Saddleworth2
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superb.That is absolutely the truth (I was actually talking about English City fans, I suppose, on here hating England, which is a different story).
Many, many years ago, I almost got into a fight with three very drunk, very belligerent Scots in Russell Square — of all places! One of them kept saying to me, “Hey yuu… Aye, yuu… the big ****… tek me oon!” Think Kevin Bridges describing his “altercation” standing at a bus stop one night in Glasgow, you'll get it. This is in the middle of London, right, on a Saturday night (Scotland had just beaten England at Wembley, you know, the one where there was a mass pitch invasion and they broke the crossbar)? I was going out, I was with my girlfriend. A tricky moment, to put it mildly. Adopting my suavest Roger Moore voice, incredibly, I managed to talk them down, congratulating on their victory. They calmed down and we walked away. I told that story years later to a Scottish guy I got on quite well with — a tough little git, but a good bloke basically — and he couldn't quite believe that I'd got away without at least having my nose broken.
Aaah, the advantages of a public school education! We used to have to do that sort of thing from time to time in the native districts out in Rajasthan when there was a riot on, don't you know, old boy…
Were you wearing your best cravat?