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  • True Romance

    I only discovered this morning that it was World Poetry Day. This is what I wrote for it. I started out wanting to write a poem about the Glasgow “scramble” when the father of the bride would release a fistful of coins onto the street for the waiting weans to scramble for as the bride’s…

  • A new start

    How fab does my new site look? I liked my old site but it was a bit…serious. I don’t think people who knew me would be look at it and say, “That’s so Nettie!” I wanted something light and fun and colourful, something that reflected me and what I write about.

  • Messages, Weegie Style

    It’s funny the memories that stay with you. All the small insignificant episodes and experiences that stick to you from childhood like well chewed spitballs on the classroom ceiling. They’re there, you can see them but there’s no way of getting up there to clean them out. Some memories are disturbing, things you’d rather forget…

  • See Ma Resolutions?

    This is written for the same narrator as See Ma Man? I hope you enjoy it. See Ma Resolutions? See me? See New Year’s resolutions? Ah hate them, so ah dae. Every year ah say ah’m no gonnae dae them ony mair, but as sure as a murder oan Eastenders Christmas edition, ah aye end…

  • Z is for ZZZZZzzzzzzzzz…

    I was going to write this final post in the A to Z Challenge about Glasgow Zoo and the various small ‘zoos’ which existed all over the city in the 19th and early 20th centuries, but I am totally sick of the sound of my own voice and by. now, I’m sure I have sent…

  • V is for Variety

    The Glasgow Empire Theatre is renowned as being the place where comedians went to die. In common with many cities, music hall and then variety were popular pastimes for working people. After a week of hard toil, if a Glaswegian paid a few shillings he’d expect to be entertained, and his standards were high. Add…

  • I is for Insults

    No body does an insult like a Weegie. and to prove my point, try using the examples below next time you want to cut someone down a peg or two. WARNING: the following contains sweary words. Away n bile yer heid.  Go and boil your head. Ya big balloon.  You large, pompous oaf. Ya bampot.…

  • G is for Gangs and Ginger

    Glasgow. Gangs. The two go together like Morcambe & Wise, Torville & Dean, Brady & Hindly… As I mentioned a couple of days ago, I am from the greater area of Easterhouse. My wee scheme had 4 streets in it. Four streets and three gangs, the two biggest being the Rebels and the Fleet. One…

  • Random by Craig Robertson

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] We have a legal system so that the courts can take responsibility for meting out justice, taking decisions regarding punishment away from those who have been offended against and making that justice impartial instead of fueled  by revenge. But what if those courts let you down? This is the situation the main…

  • Windaes Twa Thoosan’ For Weegies

    [tweetmeme source=”nettiewriter” http://www.URL.com] I’ll be away my holidays soon but I thought I’d leave you with a laugh before I go. I didn’t devise this, but it has made me laugh more times than I can mention and I hope you like it too. I also hope you don’t need a translation!