Scarlet Pimple

IHE you are awful, but I like you.

And no doubt it would have to be played at Hampden Park or similar locale . Because ICT could not afford to pay any team big money with a small crows like that at Tulloch Stadium/ By the way I seem to remember that there was a recommendation to re-name Tulloch stadium the Jock MacDonald stadium....that's assuming I got his name right?

So it's no longer a rumour then? I hear the team is going to go out on the park in their kilts and then do a "Knees up Mother Brown" routine. Then the plan is for them to disappear up the tunnel , change into their strip, come out and handily beat Charlton since Charlton's guard will be down....and, hopefully,. out. It's pre-season guys! C,mon. This will get the fans cheering and laughing and we will make a huge number of friends , get our name in all the English papers and will be invited back for sure.

Charlton-- It's also a wee trip for the players to get them enthusiastic about the new season and the club.

If ICT can hold their own in the first ten games or so then maybe they can get better and better. But enthusiasm against some of the teams like Motherwell and Celtic might not be quite good enough. This does seem to be a young team and not much experience it seems. Foran will have to set the pace by example Comments from those of you who have watched these players in action?

About 31 players then? Full roster eh? Hope the fans turn up to support the team.

Thank you for that !

HSWHW--I was thinking the same thing. Aand then another thought entered mah heid...."Who would have thunk it?"

You say that Brill was shouting instructions to the boys eh? Then was it Shrill Brill and not Kill Bill?

Confident! ; Terry will continue to pull rabbits out of the hat and, assuming he stays, things will be fine.

Now we are being taken seriously. We've arrived. Whee!

Keith in the news, eh? Och, well, it's pre-season so maybe I can digress a wee bit without attracting too much censure: The original Earl of Keith (and his family) ultimately became one of the wealthiest men in Britain. I think he came over to Britain with the Duke of Normandy in 1066. Then the Duke ran out of land in England to hand out to his buddies and he moved north to the arable lands around the Moray Firth. Then they built another stronghold higher up north of Inverness closer to Wick. The clan has a very interesting history....unbelievable actually. And bloody and dramatic like the time when the Fiancee of the Earl's son was kidnapped by another besotted north-western Chieftain , imprisoned in his tower and repeatedly assaulted until the poor lady could not stand it any more and jumped out of the high tower's window to her death. That really put the cat among the pigeons and all hell broke loose north of Inverness. Sounds like the basis for a good book ....smile ?

You naughty boys. Scarlet is blushing but you will never be ABLE TO TELL SINCE HE'S RED ALL OVER ANYWAY hA hA! It's also an American and Canadian term for a hot dog --or the meaty content, anyway. You know a sausage inside a hot dog bun with loads of mustard and all the fillings. Do I need to send you a PM Rainbow or ....er....do you now get the joke, like?

Tichy take it you got the contract, eh?

All I care about is that he scores goals and I can continue to riposte to good posts as follows: "Och aye, Jock Mackay.!"

What's this all about ,eh? It's about correct ness as in being self-rightwoeeusd and staid anda, and.,,,I think!? Why, what I am surprised about is that Bughtmaster can type anything on here correctly. After all , getting old, like he is, must be a real burdennnn,especially when you see three sets of characters at all times wth everylook. That's fine if you are luking at a pretty girl but most of the punters on here are no that and so it's ju[-ist a burden...eh? Spell checkers ar the ebes knees though exceopt that you need to be able to see what they produce to ensurethet aye doing the jobbie and all. Thank goodness owd Scarlet is gude at spennling-he shoudlbbe I learned at the feet of the maestro IHE.And thes days he is so tired and wan that he jist can't be bothered to spemd the time on reviews allt he time.But I have to hand it to hom, he does try, most of the time, onyhoo. Right! Back to the splell chicken.

So you might say it was a polished performance, even Brill-iant?

Well, absinthe makes the heart grow fonder doesn't it? Great thread,IHE.

I am going to type this one at great speed but it's niot mt fault because I have two eyes one of wehich conflicts wut the other and produces incredible images ont he scereem. Awesome is nikt the word for it. I had a word ont he phone with Terry yestyerady and he saya that's o K and he will go easy on ben untiol his speeing is upt o speed. Meanwhile back at the ranch I have another operation scheduled on the right eye soon; that's number 6 I think and hope sare high that I cam do bnetter when I come on her' after another month. But thes peed--blinding no less.

Lucky sod. I've always yearned to go to Montreal, even for a weekend. Romantic and awe -inspiring city eh? And I could have titillated the locals with my French and done a titivating touch-up job on it too. Sure needs it. Comment Allez vous, Monsieur Pimple. Moi? Ah, mais oui, Je cherche le Scotty en le pont D'Avignon. Mais non, Monsieur il est possible que vous avoir besoin d'une Cartograph a trouver Avignon , une ville quelle est situee beaucoup de kilometers du le sud de cette place. Or something like that. O.K. O.K. I know Scotty can do it better than OWD Scarlet but he lives closer to Montreal,... so there!

I did like Darren Mackie's skillset and potential but where was the drive? But I don't think he had the staying power and determination to put in the effort to maximize his talent. i.e He looked to me like a bit of a prima donna and was lazy?

Enimatic IHE? Do you mean" anime", perchance (Japanese cartoons)? Or enigmatic which rhymes with inscrutable , another Japanese trait. Or Enema which engenders a rush of blood to the ...head? I think. And if not, it must mean the pressured exit of blood from another orifice which will make you ..... ANAEMIC? Gawd, How I love this website. Brilliant man, as in brilliantine for bald men known to have side effects such as new hair growth Or brigantine (ICT's ship. the HMS Sneck)or.......?

I once encouraged a low fire by opening the damp-er.

Och! You are just thinking of Lady Godiva who was burned at the stake...eh?

Don't you think Rainbow's suggestion of a top class lady goalie has some intriguing possibilities? Imagine her emulating Mr Calder 's antics on the bar. IHE would be sure to wake up to that eh? The crowd might be on fire too and we could always send for Laurence in his fire engine to add to the fun. It would certainly draw more attention to the club, raising our profile even more from incredible to astoundingly ambitious, multi-coloured even. After all don't we have a lady physio or something already. She might have to wear tender-place- protectors though like Boudica or, as CB might recount in a moment of high -flown academic accuracy reflection, Boadicea; the bird in the Battle Wagon who fought the Romans a loooong time ago. The crowds might triple for heaven's sake.