Manhattan Transfer: Marvel's Webbed Wonder becomes a Weegie
Meanwhile, local cinephiles have been flocking to the movie location, near Central Station, to watch Glesga being transformed into New York.
Diary correspondent Gary Hunt was passing the lights-camera-action and overheard a bunch of American tourists trying to guess the movie being made.
'They're filming Spiderman,' reported Gary to the gang.
'Really?!' said one of them, clearly surprised that he'd flown all the way from the States to witness such a spectacle.
'Yup,' grinned Gary, adding: 'Welcome to the USA, pal. Please enjoy your stay.'
Biting humour
When Frank Brewster worked in the building trade an apprentice arrived on site, and he was pure greetin' with the toothache.
Between moans and groans he revealed that the offending molar was being yanked the following day.
He was understandably nervous about the procedure, so another workman said to him in emollient tones: 'Dinnae you worry, son. It's all very scientific. The dentist chappy drags a rusty auld hammer frae the Govan shipyards intae the surgery. Then… big swing. Boom! Nae mare toothache.'
The poor apprentice nearly fainted. Though it wasn't the toothache that almost knocked him flat.
Child's play
Exasperated parent Bev McNeil says: 'I love it when my kids sigh. It almost inspires me to say to them: 'What ails thee, my little unemployed freeloaders and perpetual raiders of the kitchen fridge. Life not cushy enough for you?''
Browned off
Overheard in a Glasgow café by Amy Davidson.
A teenage girl sighed to her pal: 'On my Uni application form I have to write stuff in the 'personal achievements' section. But I haven't done anything interesting with my life.'
'You were in the Brownies,' noted her helpful chum.
'Oh, yeah,' nodded the first girl. 'But do I have to admit on the form that I only went twice?'
Vegging out
Oh, the Glesga banter!
An acerbic pal of reader Madeline Fisher was discussing a wishy-washy mutual acquaintance, and said: 'She's got the personality of a cucumber on a vegan's sandwich.'
Feartie over food
Holiday news from reader James Morley: 'I went to a haunted bed and breakfast in Paris, but left after a few hours. That place was giving me the crepes.'
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