Thirsty Mr Bonehead goes to Oxford, but where's Rebus?
With such a name, you would assume he isn't an especially erudite fellow, though you'd be wrong.
For while in Edinburgh, Mr. Bonehead popped into that most literary of saloons, the Oxford Bar, home-from-home of crime scribe Ian Rankin.
Alas, Rankin wasn't there to greet him.
The Inspector Rebus creator says: 'So by all accounts if I'd spent my free afternoon at the Oxford Bar, rather than the flicks, I'd probably have bumped into a thirsty Paul 'Bonehead' Arthurs. Nice that he found my oasis though…'
Hard to swallow
Oasis may have skipped Glasgow, but Spiderman has been all over the joint, like acne on a teen forehead.
It's almost impossible to dodge the New York superhero, who's been filming his next blockbuster in the city.
Andy Cornfield was in a newsagents near Central Station and asked the salesperson if Spidey had been in.
'Oh aye,' replied the till jockey. 'He bought a macaroon.'
'You're kidding me on,' said Andy.
'How d'you guess?' asked the newsagent.
'Well,' said Andy, 'Spidey needs to squeeze into his snug spider-suit every morning. That'll never happen if he stuffs his face with macaroon.'
Wheely frustrating
Because the arachnid fellow has been filming in Glasgow, the traffic was all snarled up.
Linda Mumford and her husband attempted to reach the city centre by car, which proved a frustratingly ponderous pursuit.
Grimacing behind the steering wheel, Linda's hubby snarled: 'This traffic jam is slower than evolution.'
Nappy noise machine
Grumpy hubbies, continued.
Jenny McLeod was on a bus with her chap when a nearby baby started yawling.
'That's the problem with babies,' winced hubby, 'they're just bagpipes in nappies.'
Not awash with dosh
Financially flummoxed Don Murphy says: 'I don't understand why the bank is upset I can't repay my loan. Surely they guessed I had no cash when I asked to borrow some…'
Pop your clogs
A morbid though amusing thought from Steve Munro: 'Before I die I'll eat an entire pack of un-popped popcorn. Should make the cremation a bit more interesting…'
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