Bring the Olympics to Milngavie 2020!

mani · 12-04-2008, 03:47

forget india, forget portugal forget the chinese trying to go for it again

M I L N G A V I E!!

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jaysay · 12-04-2008, 09:14

Can't be any worse than China

Neil · 12-04-2008, 10:37

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Can't be any worse than China

Are you sure?

glasgow guy · 12-04-2008, 10:50

do any of you know where milngavie ( pronounced mulguy) is ?
its a very wealthy and well to do area just outside glasgow...only the rich and sometimes famous live there...
quite famous in the west of scotland for its snobbery with pompous old people driving at 7 miles an hour on any given day...

yerself · 12-04-2008, 19:34

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its a very wealthy and well to do area just outside glasgow...only the rich and sometimes famous live there

So they're posh weegies. Still weegies though.

glasgow guy · 12-04-2008, 23:03

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So they're posh weegies. Still weegies though.

no - they dont class themselves as 'weegies' at all - infact most of them would be very offended if they were called that - partly cos they are too far up their own backsides

- milngavie is a small town with very expensive little shops - if you go there shopping for an afternoon with a strong glasgow accent you get some dodgy/suspicious looks from the shopkeepers...

and whats wrong with 'weegies' ? - which is what folk from anywhere else outside glasgow call them (mainly edinburgers) - glaswegians dont use that word...

BERNADETTE · 12-04-2008, 23:05

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no - they dont class themselves as 'weegies' at all - infact most of them would be very offended if they were called that - partly cos they are too far up their own backsides

- milngavie is a small town with very expensive little shops - if you go there shopping for an afternoon with a strong glasgow accent you get some dodgy/suspicious looks from the shopkeepers...

Where is it near GG? I lived in Kirkintilloch for a short while, is it out that way?

glasgow guy · 12-04-2008, 23:13

not a million miles away to be honest - same area if you know what I mean (east dunbartonshire)

see link...
http://www.chps.org.uk/content/media...nshire_chp.jpg

and what made you stop in the one horse town thats kirkie ??

BERNADETTE · 12-04-2008, 23:18

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not a million miles away to be honest - same area if you know what I mean (east dunbartonshire)

see link...
http://www.chps.org.uk/content/media...nshire_chp.jpg

and what made you stop in the one horse town thats kirkie ??

Yep thought it was out that way. As to why I was living there it was a mistake I made when younger. My first husband hailed from there, in fact I got married in Kirkie.

glasgow guy · 12-04-2008, 23:20

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Yep thought it was out that way. As to why I was living there it was a mistake I made when younger. My first husband hailed from there, in fact I got married in Kirkie.

unlucky....the only good thing to come out of kirkie is the road through to glasgow

BERNADETTE · 12-04-2008, 23:23

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unlucky....the only good thing to come out of kirkie is the road through to glasgow

Got to agree but in my defence I was a naive young girl at the time

garinda · 13-04-2008, 00:01

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do any of you know where milngavie ( pronounced mulguy) is ?

I do.

For six months I worked as front of house for Scotland's oldest jewellers, Laings, and we had loads of posh old biddies coming in to get their pearls re-strung from Mull-guy.

shillelagh · 13-04-2008, 00:17

Told spug - and he burst out laughing!!!

Well if theyre having the commonwealth games in 2014 in Glasgow well why not have the olympics in the same area - that way they can call on Glasgow for the stadiums that they already have. They might as well get some use out of them!!!!

glasgow guy · 13-04-2008, 08:45

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I do.

For six months I worked as front of house for Scotland's oldest jewellers, Laings, and we had loads of posh old biddies coming in to get their pearls re-strung from Mull-guy.

posh old biddies looking for a pearl neclace

glasgow guy · 13-04-2008, 08:46

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that way they can call on Glasgow for the stadiums that they already have. They might as well get some use out of them!!!!

- that may be the case for one half of the city based in the east end..