Scottish Police Chief apologises.

[gordi]

 Classic!
I was in Rimini -Italy was on my honeymoon back in '83 and was explaining the stereotypes of Britain to a group
of people from all over Europe. But a late-comer to the humorous chat waited until I arrived at speaking of the
Scottish typecast and told me loudly that I was in error. He was a Scotsman!

I had to use all my limited powers of persuasion to explain that being from the North-East of England doesn't
purvey we are hesitant in spending money because of thriftiness, just that we don't have the lifestyles that
some further south do!
I bought him a pint and all was forgotten!

I was in the Algarve (Albufeira?) on holiday once, and the hotel complex had "entertainment" in the bar.
We ended up sitting in the company of a group of loud (but funny) English tourists from the "Saaath" and a very quiet (and miserable) couple from Aberdeen.
After a while, the guy from Aberdeen stood up and was making his way towards the main doors when the ringleader of the English tourists piped up loudly: "What's up Jock, has Happy Hour finished??"
The Aberdonian just looked a bit limply at the guy and then just scuttled off embarrassed, without saying a word.

It WAS actually quite funny, (even though I felt a bit let-down by the lack of a decent response from my countryman...) but I remember remarking to the English chap that he was VERY lucky that he hadn't made that statement to a Glaswegian or the outcome would have been quite different!
We ended up having a great time with loads of banter back and forth, unlike the Aberdonian who seemed to just have no sense of humour at all! Which is strange because all of my mates from Montrose, about 40miles south of Aberdeen, have a GREAT sense of humour and are fantastic company!

Weird.