tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17852784.post113603420808992176..comments2023-11-10T10:38:52.141+00:00Comments on Kirk Elder, Senior Citizen from Peebles: Let Us Douse The Old Year With Ajax And Attack 2006 With Vim. Let Us Live As If It Is Always Our Turn To Wash The StairsKirk Elderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05301246188133213386noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17852784.post-1136207181948512782006-01-02T13:06:00.000+00:002006-01-02T13:06:00.000+00:00As an ex-Peeblean long since sadly transported to ...As an ex-Peeblean long since sadly transported to Orstralyia, and recent convert to your Blog, may I wish you all the best for 2006 Kirk Elder, and keep stickin' in the boot. Although the last Scottish politician I knew anything about was Wendy Wood, I recognise many of the Scottish Pollies you write about, if not by name, then by their endearingly familiar witless behaviour, which, disturbinglyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17852784.post-1136143656992132902006-01-01T19:27:00.000+00:002006-01-01T19:27:00.000+00:00Edinburgh's citizenry - like all of Scotland's - a...Edinburgh's citizenry - like all of Scotland's - are best avoided at Hogmanay. The Scotch national character is a house built on weak foundations and as a race they are prone to seasonal fits of maudlin sentimentality interspersed by short eruptions of brutality. Many's a Hogmanay in Edinburgh I have garnered a score of kisses and a almost as many stitches from being bottled by passersby who Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com