fun fact I discovered while researching this post: there is a village in Aberdeenshire called Methlick. imagine the possibilities if Donny had built his golf motel there
After Jr dumped her, his idiot dad shipped her off to be ambassador to Greece. I’m sure she’s as qualified as everyone else in his evil and incompetent regime
They’re going to have to build an Aberdeen (from Aberdon, meaning mouth of the River Don) Sewage Treatment Plant just to handle the shit that spews from his anus-shaped pie hole while he’s visiting
Let's see... son of an immigrant, married to an immigrant (twice), Scotland's least favorite son. Time for an ICE raid on 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. But the ankle monitor will not fit!
"A bit like Hitler but his hands are littler."
I bow down I am not worthy thank you Jesus Thank you Scotland!
Scotland has given Trump the appropriate welcome. So refreshing. Meanwhile, I hear that he has told the EU that they have to get rid of their windmills and make some changes to immigration laws before he will discuss tariffs. And I know a bridge I can sell you.
I think that Trump's gulf course and hotel in Scotland were funded by Saudi money.
Saudi or Russian money. He doesn't care, since he is a greedy dumbshit. But of course, that leaves him literally indebted to his creditors, and if it's ill gotten or under the table money, they have leverage over him and by extension all of America now
It is unclear where all of it comes from so I may not be wrong about Saudi Arabia. Also, I really hope Scotland actually does investigate his funding sources.
When Trump complained that wind turbines make rrr-RRRR-rrr noises, actually that was them playing Judas Priest music-- because they're huge heavy metal fans
He is trying to blackmail the EU to change their policies on sustainable energy and immigrants in order to be willing to talk tariffs with them, which is ostensibly the business he is supposed to be on in Europe this week. I am hoping no one caves. The EU is already moving more in this direction as economies drag from covid and Putins war and whatever other reasons. Ursula von der Leyen is quite conservative and hopefully won't cave.
I Googled "Cunner". Aside from being a small saltwater fish, it is also: "Portsmouth derivation of 'cunt'. Usually used amicably amongst friends, as it lacks the aural bite of 'cunt'."
I do like the ways they swear and other words I don’t know but I get what they mean anyways. In London they use the “bugger off” for fuck off for instance but cunt must mean something else there too.
It has many connotations there. Some between mates, some as mild insults, some as very descriptive insults. Unlike in the US, it's not a "forbidden" word.
Not to be confused with " cunny thumber " . Traditionally used in baseball lingo to describe a pitcher who has no fastball but gets batters out by using various junk pitches like curves , drops, sliders , and knucleball with precision .
I repeat what I said in an earlier post today. Sarcasm is Scotland’s second language. It should be a fun week seeing all the signs he will be 💯 unable to understand. Of course his narcissism will have him convinced when he’s told he’s a bampot, he’ll believe he’s being told he ‘s a genius. What an “arsehole”
Pfft, I'd argue that sarcasm developed IN TANDEM with Scots Gaelic. Like, they're inseparable parts of the whole.
You know how some languages are tonal to impart meaning? (Asian languages are particularly notable for this, hence largely dumb jokes about accidentally saying "bite the wax tadpole," when you're asking for a glass of Coca-Cola in Mandarin)
Sarcasm is integral to Scots Gaelic in the same way. That's my pet theory that I came up with *all by myself*. 🤣
I should note that I am in no way a linguistics expert. I just have a finely attuned appreciation for sarcasm. Probably because I possess some Scottish ancestry myself. Not much, but I definitely got the sarcasm genes.
I'm acquainted IRL with a fair number of actual Scots, and I swear to every deity ever invented by humans, they can make casual, otherwise mundane comments on the WEATHER hilarious. People chatting over their back fences while hanging out laundry? Check.
They're colorful all the way down to the level of quantum foam. Their frikken ATOMS are identifiable as Scots.
And I say that as the highest of compliments because I ADORE sarcasm.
So I ENJOY listening to Scottish people just sitting around shooting the shit. They can make reading the ingredients on a cereal box hilarious.
HIGHLY recommend this video from 2017 during his first reign of terror from the Samantha Bee show about how the Scottish are the original Trump haters. They are goddamn heroes!
I was keeping a collection of the various nicknames for Trump during his first term. I really need to dig up that file. Some of them were absolutely laugh-out-loud hilarious.
I was trying to attribute them for awhile, but it got complicated, so I just noted where and what date I saw them next to the nickname. And noted when I saw it repeated anywhere with any frequency.
The absolute best ones were--naturally--coined by Scots.
Although some of the German ones were close. Brits have some good 'uns, too.
It was a pretty extensive list.
I haven't really seen any new ones of note this time around.
I think people are, generally, too tired, too mad, and too occupied with coming up with new ways to describe his sheer evil and fascism to be as preoccupied with laughing.
I think there's real value in mocking him, though. The more that people successfully get under his skin, the more power they take back.
And *clever* and *colorful* without resorting to profanity underscores the fact that he is neither clever nor colorful other than that distinctive orange. Which washes off when he sweats. 😁🤣
That's perfect. Perhaps others here in the states will have similar free offerings like road apples, tomatoes and more fish guts to show our endless appreciation of Chester the Molester. As Meet the Mess was starting to come on here in our hotel room, the channel was immediately changed to a very cool rerun of Wild Kingdom. Like all days, we couldn't stand another episode of these horseshit shoveling assholes defending Fuckface the Last.
I left it on, but almost threw my phone at she screen as the sniveling toadie, Lady Graham, went on about “new information” about Obama and Russia. A complete reversal, complete with loud alarm, to say only that Hillary colluded with the Russians.
There is a very funny Scots joke about a married couple, Mr. & Mrs. Brown, who had been married for years and years. Mr. Brown dies. Mrs. Brown tarts herself up and hits the Scottish hot spots, scoring rather well for a lady her age. Mrs. Brown finally succumbs to old age and on her death bed confesses to her minister that if her husband knew what she had been doing after he died, he would have turned over in his grave. At the gates of Heaven, she asks St. Peter if he has seen her husband, Mr. Brown. "Oh," St. Peter replies, "You mean Birrling Broon?"
Graham isn't dead, isn't at the gates of Heaven, but he certainly is birrling.
In case you haven't caught the joke, "birrling" translates to "spinning rapidly".
Graham is one of those people who has absolutely no moral compass of his own. He's a lifelong follower, unable to exist without the moral equivalent of a scaffolding.
He is attracted to strong personalities, period, whether they're good or malign.
John McCain happened to act, fundamentally, as a good influence on Graham. McCain's death left Graham bereft and grieving, vulnerable to the likes of Trump without his pole-star, moral compass, and scaffolding.
Doesn't make me LIKE Graham for being such a weak person. He has no business being near any power himself, being such an utter drifting jellyfish: but getting a very basic grasp on the dynamic between McCain's and his friendship helped me to understand a bit more about how he could fall under the influence of someone like Trump.
Trump isn't strong or intelligent himself, but he is fundamentally, relentlessly driven and motivated by self-interest. He'll always and only look out for himself and what is good for himself.
He thrives on the attention from toadies and toadyism (while simultaneously regarding with contempt everyone who does so); but he plays up his own alleged strength, admires bombast in others and builds up the image of himself as a tough guy.
I think Graham was, for better or worse, deeply grieved by McCain's death. And McCain's death not only left a vacuum in the broader political ethical leadership in this country, but more personally, in his influence over Graham.
There's certainly a lot more to the dynamic and friendship between them.
And I'm only an observer, looking in from the outside--both on their personal friendship and on the lives of two public figures.
But I think that's a fairly accurate outline of the situation.
Graham was a better person for McCain's influence. Without it, he was drawn into the orbit of the next big personality--and we know how utterly hollow, narcissistic, malignant, and profoundly morally bankrupt and malign that Trump is.
Fran Leibovitz is credited with the observation that, "Trump is the poor person's idea of a rich person;" it's been enlarged upon as follows:
"Donald Trump is a stupid man’s idea of a smart person, a poor man’s idea of a rich man, and a weak man’s idea of a strong man."
And for someone who is eternally and fundamentally a hollow, drifting, directionless, fundamentally shallow and weak follower, like Lindsey Graham, who models his values on the strongest person in his life...that "weak man's idea of a strong man" has, for Graham, unfortunately become Donald Trump.
I need to start a savings account specifically for travel so I can shit on all the graves I want to shit on. I doubt my Social Security checks will allow for a huge amount of travel, so I'll have to prioritize - Trump will be 1st, of course, but O'Connell, Graham, Miller, and several others are on. I'm gonna have to really start cutting back on my snacking...
Honestly, I don't particularly want to shit on their graves; I want to help put those people *in them*, and ensure that the rest of the world is ever entirely certain about where those graves are.
I don't need or want credit for it. I just want to help bury them and utterly nuke their evil legacies.
I was also glad to see that at least someone referred to the Epstein files, so that he cannot get away from it wherever he goes. I hope if Scottish journalists interview him they are all about asking about the Epstein files so that it has to make the news here too. Ff the worthless scribblers can be bothered reporting it.
It certainly looks like it Walt. Those stacked audiences can be created from homeless people who want meals.
The other Republicans, who Mikey Johnson sent home early have to hide from their constituents too. All the things that they planned to happen after the midterms are already hitting the fan now.
I saw video earlier today of tfg golfing (of course) when a Scottish reporter shouted a question at him about the Epstein files. Tfg responded by not answering and driving off amid a ridiculously long parade of golf carts while "Memories," from Cats, blared, drowning out further questions. I think it was on Meidas Touch. I guess the Scots can count themselves lucky it wasn't "YMCA"....
Great on that reporter. Following Trump around with loud music might work and it might not. I know that protesters can get quite loud too, and then there are the signs. Jeff has shown wonderful examples here.
One of my faves from the last time was when a Scot (can’t remember who) called him a “ridiculous numpty”. I’d use that one myself, but it doesn’t sound nearly as good in a Midwest American accent.
"wouldn’t you love to see the worthless scribblers of America’s corporate-controlled media be this brutally honest for five whole seconds?" I'd take three or even one...
As my late mother would say, this too shall pass. But in the meantime we have the Bam Bam Flintstone of politics as president destroying everything in his path domestically and overseas. God bless the Scots for showing up with righteous anger and great protest signs.
No problem! As I said, I got a head full of otherwise useless trivia.
Also, I'm old—I remember seeing THE FLINTSTONES on Prime Time television with my parents while I was growing up, back when the show was sponsored by Winston Cigarettes(!!!).
I'm old also and used to watch Flintstones and Jetsons. That was an era when we had a Surgeon General that cared about our health by eliminating cigarette commercials. Do we even have a Surgeon General or is that Marco Rubio's job? 🤔
Ancient pop culture trivia? Great! Do you remember a cartoon dog who was obsessed with dog biscuits and would float up to the ceiling in ecstasy when he got one? I saw him once and can not remember what cartoon he was in. It is driving me crazy that I can't.
There is a problem with Scotland. It rains about 80% of the time. I was very lucky and dodged the moisture. The Scots were very kind and sweet to me. Glad I'm not Trump.
My best friend has a bit she does whenever Scotland comes up—::affects music hall Scots burr:: "It's bleak 'n' gloomy, and nuthin' can grow.... Greet! Let's Muve in...."
I spent a few spring/summer months in Samye Ling, in the southern part of Scotland near Lockerbie, and it was cold, not unlike San Francisco in July, but not very rainy.
Yes, Bob, it is. My boyfriend, for four years, wanted to go there because he was very interested in Tibetan Buddhism, so when we went to England, we went to the Tibetan place in Cambridge (I can't remember its name), and to Samye Ling (twice). I managed a lot better than he did, since I answered all the meditation questions appropriately, and move through them quickly. I also did the daily chores every single day (vacuuming, a great way to get warm!), so when Steven asked if we could live there for free while he was studying, Akong said, "Ellen can, but you'll have to pay." I came home and he stayed. I'm still married (45 years) and he's divorced and I believe he doesn't really communicate with his son. My life in brief, after all the classics stuff.
I went to Karma Triyana Dharmacakra by Woodstock, New York, when it was still housed in a falling-down lodge and just starting to build its permanent buildings. I was on the crew that poured the foundation for the shrine, and got my hand stuck in some copper mesh, thought my fingers were crushed but I was OK, however some drops of my blood are mixed into the shrine foundation, which I suppose is auspicious, although it did not seem so at the time. I got up at dawn to join Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche (who passed a few years ago) in his morning prayer, the 21 Salutations to Tara, and he tried to slow down his rapid recitation for the newbie to try to keep up. He told me I should make it my prayer, and I still say it daily (I have it all down now).
Only been there once, and I still remember the hangover I got as I passed through Laguardia on the way home (I was still completely hammered when the plane took off)
Oh yeah. My colleague and I flew over to meet with all the country managers for Europe for a photomask company, and then they decided they wanted to end early. We drank a lot of Macallan (tasting flights and a lot more) and the next morning I was wrecked.
I feel bad for the family on the plane next to me, because I was sweating scotch the whole flight.
My colleague who was supposed to be miserable on the same flight home as me, didn't make it. Months later when our paths crossed again, he told me that he awoke to housekeeping knocking on his door. He said he had a flight at 10:30, and the polite lady told him that it was 2:30 in the afternoon. D'oh! He got to watch a full day of Scottish daytime TV...
HA! My only hangover travel story is my bro took me to a high end strip club in Vegas where midwestern me was wide eyed at all the beautiful, big breasted women. So I proceeded to drink as many cosmos as I could, dont remember the ride home, and was sick the entire next day, including getting on the damned plane that next evening. I've thankfully never had a hangover that bad since. 🤦♀️
There are Scotch whiskies available there that are not in the states it’s too good but whole cases can be purchased. It’s so good you don’t know to quit.
When I was on Skye, my first encounter was with a sweet old lady who greeted me "Nice day!"
Later I met a couple hippies who'd camped the previous night on a farmer's land, and were roused by the angry farmer who told them "My fathers fought for this land!" One of them said "Well I'll fight you for it now!" and they had a wrestle, and the farmer said "Fair enough," and then they gave the farmer some shots of their whiskey and swapped stories with him.
I had a roommate from Edinburgh when I was an undergraduate. Her name was Jane, but she told me Sheena in Gaelic. She was not a student, but had come to the US to visit a boyfriend who had invited her, but then had another girlfriend, so my roommates and I took her in. We had a wonderful time in that apartment.
Her dad had an imports business and so she had grown up in Lebanon a lot of the time. She and her brother had posh British accents because of private schools, but I know she knew Gaelic too.
Later on, I had another friend from Edinburgh. He always told me to come to the Edinburgh festival, but it was happening at a time when I could not go. I could go now, but not this summer, because I have things to take care of in the US.
I will go at some point. On my plane trip back to Europe this summer I was surrounded by a boys choir from Madison that was going to sing for a week with boys choirs in Scotland. They had been doing this for years. That must be nice to hear.
In 2016, when Rump praised Scotland for voting in favor of Brexit (63% in Scotland voted AGAINST Brexit), the responses were hilarious and brilliant. Some examples:
"Scotland voted to remain you incompressible jizztrumpet";
"Scotland voted to stay, you witless fucking cocksplat!";
"they voted to REMAIN you spoon";
"Scotland voted overwhelmingly to stay in Europe you toupéd fucktrumpet".
Actually, the Brits (similar to the magas) did not understand what they were voting for, and managed to slit their own throats. Scotland's record for education (in some areas) and invention, especially in the 18th century, is practically unmatched. They gave us the Industrial Revolution, and the Bay Area gave us computers...
We do have some great signage here at rallies, as well. I’ve noticed that the signs we carry on the streets are really for the enjoyment of the protesters. No way cars going by at 45 MPH are reading them. The Scots just have a more bodacious presentation and attitude.
Absolutely love the opening paragraph.Have no idea how you kept track of who you had written to not repeat yourself! Keep up the great news for us with your humor.
I am impressed you remember all of those, er, things and incidents, Jeff ... my post-post review, if it were me, would be like "Oh crap! I missed some!" Unless I had the paragraph typed elsewhere, added to it when necessary, then cut-and-pasted it when needed.
Mrs. Spouse must be a very charitable and forgiving person given all of the bad words that Mr. Spouse blasphemes our dear Kingshitforbrains with. Hats off.
fun fact I discovered while researching this post: there is a village in Aberdeenshire called Methlick. imagine the possibilities if Donny had built his golf motel there
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methlick
Is there a place called Cokeville for Jr?
Or Adderall Island?
Haha, maybe Kimberly Guilfoyle can find a Fishface Island in Greece
Where’s Kimberly/Fishface? It seems Jr. has a new squeeze and Kim is now disappeared.
After Jr dumped her, his idiot dad shipped her off to be ambassador to Greece. I’m sure she’s as qualified as everyone else in his evil and incompetent regime
Yeah, she has a bad case of "Trout-pout".
Hahaha 😂
Where donny boy is sent
There is a place called Twatt.
😂
good one
He can take his dildo sidekick Howie Nutlick to Methlick
🤣🤣🤣
It's just down the road from Adderally!
Its a long road to Adderall alley. Sing along.
They’re going to have to build an Aberdeen (from Aberdon, meaning mouth of the River Don) Sewage Treatment Plant just to handle the shit that spews from his anus-shaped pie hole while he’s visiting
I wish!
Let's see... son of an immigrant, married to an immigrant (twice), Scotland's least favorite son. Time for an ICE raid on 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. But the ankle monitor will not fit!
"A bit like Hitler but his hands are littler."
I bow down I am not worthy thank you Jesus Thank you Scotland!
And his mother was from there, FFS. Her maiden name was MacLeod. They recognize a complete POS for what he is. Good on them
Yes! Their taste is impeccable!
They're pretty embarrassed by her too. Another bloody gold digger immigrant, lol.
OMG, the loud MacLeods - argh! 😆
(Because they have neon yellow and black as main colour's on their tartan!)
Scotland has given Trump the appropriate welcome. So refreshing. Meanwhile, I hear that he has told the EU that they have to get rid of their windmills and make some changes to immigration laws before he will discuss tariffs. And I know a bridge I can sell you.
I think that Trump's gulf course and hotel in Scotland were funded by Saudi money.
I’m not sure where the funds came from, for his vermin infested golf motel in
Scotland Linda…but I’d love to grab a few bags of fish guts to hurl at the cretinous connard!!
Saudi or Russian money. He doesn't care, since he is a greedy dumbshit. But of course, that leaves him literally indebted to his creditors, and if it's ill gotten or under the table money, they have leverage over him and by extension all of America now
Tracking all the funds was challenging from what was disclosed Doc, who knows how many of this world’s evil billionaires were involved!!
Apparently I was misremembering my research into his funding sources. I am now reading Dubai, a different oil monarchy.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/08/the-biggest-trump-financial-mystery-where-he-came-up-with-the-cash-for-his-scottish-resorts/
It is unclear where all of it comes from so I may not be wrong about Saudi Arabia. Also, I really hope Scotland actually does investigate his funding sources.
Can I click Like about 100 times and have them all counted?
Thank you, Patrick. Irish sounding though your name might be. :-))
The same Saudis that were the home of the 9/11 terrorists?? 🫨
Yes. And that murdered US based journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Likely Douglas, the LIV golf insanity prevails!!
When Trump complained that wind turbines make rrr-RRRR-rrr noises, actually that was them playing Judas Priest music-- because they're huge heavy metal fans
He is trying to blackmail the EU to change their policies on sustainable energy and immigrants in order to be willing to talk tariffs with them, which is ostensibly the business he is supposed to be on in Europe this week. I am hoping no one caves. The EU is already moving more in this direction as economies drag from covid and Putins war and whatever other reasons. Ursula von der Leyen is quite conservative and hopefully won't cave.
I’m guessing that would have been the version that did not get built, you know the big talk about a 1.5 billion one.
I have a beautiful beach front property in AZ I'll sell trump! It's awfully expensive, since it's beachfront and all...lol
Yes. Those desert beachfront properties are the most expensive of all.
Absolutely! Gorgeous there, too
I Googled "Cunner". Aside from being a small saltwater fish, it is also: "Portsmouth derivation of 'cunt'. Usually used amicably amongst friends, as it lacks the aural bite of 'cunt'."
Oops. The sign said "scunner" A scunner is "an irrational dislike; loathing"
Yes.
As you can see from the signs, the Scots are not so dainty in their use of language. . .
In our family, we refer to him as "Thrush."
Because he's an irritating c**t. . . .
A human yeast infection? Sorry, but here in the US thrush is a lay term for that.
Keep up, H12! - What does a yeast infection give ladies?
Less of a social life?
Scunner, cunner, thrush, cunt... all appropriate for 45.
🤣🤣🤣Scunner! Haven’t thought of that word in a long time. tRUMP is a 🎯💯 full blown scunner
They need an asterisk on that definition: "*irrational to be lined through when referring to Trump."
Not fair to cunts, which have depth and warmth. DJT has neither.
Did you google Jobbie 💩 ?
I see what you did there Theresa, and applaud your dedication to the community!!
I do like the ways they swear and other words I don’t know but I get what they mean anyways. In London they use the “bugger off” for fuck off for instance but cunt must mean something else there too.
Same thing just worse than US version. When someone does something that you really don't like the response is: "Cunt that ye are!"
It has many connotations there. Some between mates, some as mild insults, some as very descriptive insults. Unlike in the US, it's not a "forbidden" word.
Not to be confused with " cunny thumber " . Traditionally used in baseball lingo to describe a pitcher who has no fastball but gets batters out by using various junk pitches like curves , drops, sliders , and knucleball with precision .
I repeat what I said in an earlier post today. Sarcasm is Scotland’s second language. It should be a fun week seeing all the signs he will be 💯 unable to understand. Of course his narcissism will have him convinced when he’s told he’s a bampot, he’ll believe he’s being told he ‘s a genius. What an “arsehole”
Pfft, I'd argue that sarcasm developed IN TANDEM with Scots Gaelic. Like, they're inseparable parts of the whole.
You know how some languages are tonal to impart meaning? (Asian languages are particularly notable for this, hence largely dumb jokes about accidentally saying "bite the wax tadpole," when you're asking for a glass of Coca-Cola in Mandarin)
Sarcasm is integral to Scots Gaelic in the same way. That's my pet theory that I came up with *all by myself*. 🤣
I should note that I am in no way a linguistics expert. I just have a finely attuned appreciation for sarcasm. Probably because I possess some Scottish ancestry myself. Not much, but I definitely got the sarcasm genes.
I'm acquainted IRL with a fair number of actual Scots, and I swear to every deity ever invented by humans, they can make casual, otherwise mundane comments on the WEATHER hilarious. People chatting over their back fences while hanging out laundry? Check.
They're colorful all the way down to the level of quantum foam. Their frikken ATOMS are identifiable as Scots.
And I say that as the highest of compliments because I ADORE sarcasm.
So I ENJOY listening to Scottish people just sitting around shooting the shit. They can make reading the ingredients on a cereal box hilarious.
Or sound like poetry. It's linguistic genius.
Apologies if I sound nitpicky or overly critical, but people hang out “washing” not laundry otherwise 🎯😍
Love the handle!
Thank you Teddy😘
I love the one stating..'May her arsse break put in boils ya scunner!" I didn't do it last night but I have to look up meaning of scanner now!
HIGHLY recommend this video from 2017 during his first reign of terror from the Samantha Bee show about how the Scottish are the original Trump haters. They are goddamn heroes!
https://youtu.be/3pbTmXsfiYk?si=u-hcANnPigfMO8R6
I myself was very partial to "Fuck off ya tiny-handed orange faced CUNT"
Wouldn't it be fun to throw fish guts at Vonshitzenpants as he tries to golf?
Nice Kathleen!!
The Scottish people certainly have a way with words.
I remember from 2016 their insult (from memory) calling him the "tiny fingered, Cheeto colored, ferret-wearin', shit-gibbon"
That is still spot on observation today
Still one of my all-time favorite descriptions of that pig-shit-gobbling maggot.
Your description is great also, Elle. And completely accurate.
Hope some Substackers pick that up. Just for variety.
I was keeping a collection of the various nicknames for Trump during his first term. I really need to dig up that file. Some of them were absolutely laugh-out-loud hilarious.
I was trying to attribute them for awhile, but it got complicated, so I just noted where and what date I saw them next to the nickname. And noted when I saw it repeated anywhere with any frequency.
The absolute best ones were--naturally--coined by Scots.
Although some of the German ones were close. Brits have some good 'uns, too.
It was a pretty extensive list.
I haven't really seen any new ones of note this time around.
I think people are, generally, too tired, too mad, and too occupied with coming up with new ways to describe his sheer evil and fascism to be as preoccupied with laughing.
I think there's real value in mocking him, though. The more that people successfully get under his skin, the more power they take back.
And *clever* and *colorful* without resorting to profanity underscores the fact that he is neither clever nor colorful other than that distinctive orange. Which washes off when he sweats. 😁🤣
My faves are the fish guts and his arse with boils
That's perfect. Perhaps others here in the states will have similar free offerings like road apples, tomatoes and more fish guts to show our endless appreciation of Chester the Molester. As Meet the Mess was starting to come on here in our hotel room, the channel was immediately changed to a very cool rerun of Wild Kingdom. Like all days, we couldn't stand another episode of these horseshit shoveling assholes defending Fuckface the Last.
I left it on, but almost threw my phone at she screen as the sniveling toadie, Lady Graham, went on about “new information” about Obama and Russia. A complete reversal, complete with loud alarm, to say only that Hillary colluded with the Russians.
I still cannot believe Graham's 180 to be a tumphumper after he was such close friends with John McCain. Kompromat, I guess
Along with his cowardice at being run out of office by MAGAts.
There is a very funny Scots joke about a married couple, Mr. & Mrs. Brown, who had been married for years and years. Mr. Brown dies. Mrs. Brown tarts herself up and hits the Scottish hot spots, scoring rather well for a lady her age. Mrs. Brown finally succumbs to old age and on her death bed confesses to her minister that if her husband knew what she had been doing after he died, he would have turned over in his grave. At the gates of Heaven, she asks St. Peter if he has seen her husband, Mr. Brown. "Oh," St. Peter replies, "You mean Birrling Broon?"
Graham isn't dead, isn't at the gates of Heaven, but he certainly is birrling.
In case you haven't caught the joke, "birrling" translates to "spinning rapidly".
Graham is one of those people who has absolutely no moral compass of his own. He's a lifelong follower, unable to exist without the moral equivalent of a scaffolding.
He is attracted to strong personalities, period, whether they're good or malign.
John McCain happened to act, fundamentally, as a good influence on Graham. McCain's death left Graham bereft and grieving, vulnerable to the likes of Trump without his pole-star, moral compass, and scaffolding.
Doesn't make me LIKE Graham for being such a weak person. He has no business being near any power himself, being such an utter drifting jellyfish: but getting a very basic grasp on the dynamic between McCain's and his friendship helped me to understand a bit more about how he could fall under the influence of someone like Trump.
Trump isn't strong or intelligent himself, but he is fundamentally, relentlessly driven and motivated by self-interest. He'll always and only look out for himself and what is good for himself.
He thrives on the attention from toadies and toadyism (while simultaneously regarding with contempt everyone who does so); but he plays up his own alleged strength, admires bombast in others and builds up the image of himself as a tough guy.
I think Graham was, for better or worse, deeply grieved by McCain's death. And McCain's death not only left a vacuum in the broader political ethical leadership in this country, but more personally, in his influence over Graham.
There's certainly a lot more to the dynamic and friendship between them.
And I'm only an observer, looking in from the outside--both on their personal friendship and on the lives of two public figures.
But I think that's a fairly accurate outline of the situation.
Graham was a better person for McCain's influence. Without it, he was drawn into the orbit of the next big personality--and we know how utterly hollow, narcissistic, malignant, and profoundly morally bankrupt and malign that Trump is.
Fran Leibovitz is credited with the observation that, "Trump is the poor person's idea of a rich person;" it's been enlarged upon as follows:
"Donald Trump is a stupid man’s idea of a smart person, a poor man’s idea of a rich man, and a weak man’s idea of a strong man."
And for someone who is eternally and fundamentally a hollow, drifting, directionless, fundamentally shallow and weak follower, like Lindsey Graham, who models his values on the strongest person in his life...that "weak man's idea of a strong man" has, for Graham, unfortunately become Donald Trump.
I can’t wait to buy a first-class plane ticket to shit on Graham’s grave
I need to start a savings account specifically for travel so I can shit on all the graves I want to shit on. I doubt my Social Security checks will allow for a huge amount of travel, so I'll have to prioritize - Trump will be 1st, of course, but O'Connell, Graham, Miller, and several others are on. I'm gonna have to really start cutting back on my snacking...
Honestly, I don't particularly want to shit on their graves; I want to help put those people *in them*, and ensure that the rest of the world is ever entirely certain about where those graves are.
I don't need or want credit for it. I just want to help bury them and utterly nuke their evil legacies.
Linseed could be in the Epstein files himself in addition to what Dear Cheater has on him. He's always obeying no matter what.
Graham would be sucking off young boys’ ham if he were in the files
I was also glad to see that at least someone referred to the Epstein files, so that he cannot get away from it wherever he goes. I hope if Scottish journalists interview him they are all about asking about the Epstein files so that it has to make the news here too. Ff the worthless scribblers can be bothered reporting it.
Don’t think Scottish journalists will be allowed anywhere near Shitler. His handlers know he will get ripped to shreds.
Shitler can’t even appear in public in America now, unless it is a stacked audience (like at West Point earlier this year).
It certainly looks like it Walt. Those stacked audiences can be created from homeless people who want meals.
The other Republicans, who Mikey Johnson sent home early have to hide from their constituents too. All the things that they planned to happen after the midterms are already hitting the fan now.
I saw video earlier today of tfg golfing (of course) when a Scottish reporter shouted a question at him about the Epstein files. Tfg responded by not answering and driving off amid a ridiculously long parade of golf carts while "Memories," from Cats, blared, drowning out further questions. I think it was on Meidas Touch. I guess the Scots can count themselves lucky it wasn't "YMCA"....
Great on that reporter. Following Trump around with loud music might work and it might not. I know that protesters can get quite loud too, and then there are the signs. Jeff has shown wonderful examples here.
😂😂 Loved the fish guts.
Wouldn’t mind hurling a few bags of fish guts at him myself, you Kay??
Not at all! Chum for the chump
Being a huge fan of languages, Scottish translated words are pretty fun Suki!!
One of my faves from the last time was when a Scot (can’t remember who) called him a “ridiculous numpty”. I’d use that one myself, but it doesn’t sound nearly as good in a Midwest American accent.
How about “Numpty Dumpty”?
Trumpty Numpty…
There’s definitely a verse in there somewhere.
"wouldn’t you love to see the worthless scribblers of America’s corporate-controlled media be this brutally honest for five whole seconds?" I'd take three or even one...
Exactly Run!!
"Beat it, ya big orange Jobbie." 😂😂
I've never been to Scotland but now I must go. Fish guts? Scunner? 🤣
He really is an international embarrassment.
This is a nightmare.
Truly. It feels like our pain and embarrassment will never end.
As my late mother would say, this too shall pass. But in the meantime we have the Bam Bam Flintstone of politics as president destroying everything in his path domestically and overseas. God bless the Scots for showing up with righteous anger and great protest signs.
I object!
Bam-Bam Rubble (not Flintstone—their child is Pebbles) is a far better human being than Donald Trump will ever be.
Dr Darke with the Flintstones Facts for the Win!
Yay! Let's hear it for a head full of otherwise useless ancient Pop Culture trivia!
You are correct. Bam Bam was the progeny of Barney. My bad.
No problem! As I said, I got a head full of otherwise useless trivia.
Also, I'm old—I remember seeing THE FLINTSTONES on Prime Time television with my parents while I was growing up, back when the show was sponsored by Winston Cigarettes(!!!).
I'm old also and used to watch Flintstones and Jetsons. That was an era when we had a Surgeon General that cared about our health by eliminating cigarette commercials. Do we even have a Surgeon General or is that Marco Rubio's job? 🤔
Winston cigarettes! OMG! I remember that!
Ancient pop culture trivia? Great! Do you remember a cartoon dog who was obsessed with dog biscuits and would float up to the ceiling in ecstasy when he got one? I saw him once and can not remember what cartoon he was in. It is driving me crazy that I can't.
I love Scotland. Especially Edinburgh and the western Highlands. Hope you get to go sometime.
Definitely! It’s really on my radar now!
The Scots really are lovely people.
Just wear something warm.
I have zero connection with Scotland, but have always wanted to visit since Paul McCartney-lovin' teenage me knew he lived there.
https://youtu.be/Plhtk_XJqhM?feature=shared
There is a problem with Scotland. It rains about 80% of the time. I was very lucky and dodged the moisture. The Scots were very kind and sweet to me. Glad I'm not Trump.
Aren’t we all?
Some of us. The ones not delusional
My best friend has a bit she does whenever Scotland comes up—::affects music hall Scots burr:: "It's bleak 'n' gloomy, and nuthin' can grow.... Greet! Let's Muve in...."
I was there in the summer and it wasn’t especially rainy, but I wasn’t on the west coast.
I spent a few spring/summer months in Samye Ling, in the southern part of Scotland near Lockerbie, and it was cold, not unlike San Francisco in July, but not very rainy.
Samye Ling sounds Tibetan
Yes, Bob, it is. My boyfriend, for four years, wanted to go there because he was very interested in Tibetan Buddhism, so when we went to England, we went to the Tibetan place in Cambridge (I can't remember its name), and to Samye Ling (twice). I managed a lot better than he did, since I answered all the meditation questions appropriately, and move through them quickly. I also did the daily chores every single day (vacuuming, a great way to get warm!), so when Steven asked if we could live there for free while he was studying, Akong said, "Ellen can, but you'll have to pay." I came home and he stayed. I'm still married (45 years) and he's divorced and I believe he doesn't really communicate with his son. My life in brief, after all the classics stuff.
I went to Karma Triyana Dharmacakra by Woodstock, New York, when it was still housed in a falling-down lodge and just starting to build its permanent buildings. I was on the crew that poured the foundation for the shrine, and got my hand stuck in some copper mesh, thought my fingers were crushed but I was OK, however some drops of my blood are mixed into the shrine foundation, which I suppose is auspicious, although it did not seem so at the time. I got up at dawn to join Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche (who passed a few years ago) in his morning prayer, the 21 Salutations to Tara, and he tried to slow down his rapid recitation for the newbie to try to keep up. He told me I should make it my prayer, and I still say it daily (I have it all down now).
Only been there once, and I still remember the hangover I got as I passed through Laguardia on the way home (I was still completely hammered when the plane took off)
LOL. That’s tough!
Oh yeah. My colleague and I flew over to meet with all the country managers for Europe for a photomask company, and then they decided they wanted to end early. We drank a lot of Macallan (tasting flights and a lot more) and the next morning I was wrecked.
I feel bad for the family on the plane next to me, because I was sweating scotch the whole flight.
To this day, I do not touch the stuff
So you acted like a Scot
Youch!
You just reminded me why I've been sober for over forty years.
Ouch! 🥴
Ahh, the Macallan’s gotcha!
That’s cuz you were drinking “proper beer,” Geoff.
Oh yeah, lots and lots of "proper beer"
My colleague who was supposed to be miserable on the same flight home as me, didn't make it. Months later when our paths crossed again, he told me that he awoke to housekeeping knocking on his door. He said he had a flight at 10:30, and the polite lady told him that it was 2:30 in the afternoon. D'oh! He got to watch a full day of Scottish daytime TV...
HA! My only hangover travel story is my bro took me to a high end strip club in Vegas where midwestern me was wide eyed at all the beautiful, big breasted women. So I proceeded to drink as many cosmos as I could, dont remember the ride home, and was sick the entire next day, including getting on the damned plane that next evening. I've thankfully never had a hangover that bad since. 🤦♀️
There are Scotch whiskies available there that are not in the states it’s too good but whole cases can be purchased. It’s so good you don’t know to quit.
We celts don't fuck around.
I've never heard the term scunner before but can make an educated guess because it's directed at him.
It’s a lovely country.
It is a beautiful country, lush and green hillsides plus, the people are equally as wonderful.
Me too Susan. I want to go to Scotland too!
Rain or not, I need to go. I have some Scots in my family tree!
When I was on Skye, my first encounter was with a sweet old lady who greeted me "Nice day!"
Later I met a couple hippies who'd camped the previous night on a farmer's land, and were roused by the angry farmer who told them "My fathers fought for this land!" One of them said "Well I'll fight you for it now!" and they had a wrestle, and the farmer said "Fair enough," and then they gave the farmer some shots of their whiskey and swapped stories with him.
Well...ONE person's met many strangers there.... 🤣
I can’t wait!!💙
were you able to communicate in Glascow? Fortunately I had a translator with me
I had a roommate from Edinburgh when I was an undergraduate. Her name was Jane, but she told me Sheena in Gaelic. She was not a student, but had come to the US to visit a boyfriend who had invited her, but then had another girlfriend, so my roommates and I took her in. We had a wonderful time in that apartment.
Her dad had an imports business and so she had grown up in Lebanon a lot of the time. She and her brother had posh British accents because of private schools, but I know she knew Gaelic too.
Later on, I had another friend from Edinburgh. He always told me to come to the Edinburgh festival, but it was happening at a time when I could not go. I could go now, but not this summer, because I have things to take care of in the US.
I will go at some point. On my plane trip back to Europe this summer I was surrounded by a boys choir from Madison that was going to sing for a week with boys choirs in Scotland. They had been doing this for years. That must be nice to hear.
God bless the Scots. No one can top them in the insult drpartment.
Do you think if we ask politely the people of Scotland will send Americans some (not golf) balls?
Where is our national hatred on display as he tramples through everything that was good here?
I just realized Trump's barbed mouth Is a genetic gift from his Scotch mother. He uses that great gift for pure evil.
In 2016, when Rump praised Scotland for voting in favor of Brexit (63% in Scotland voted AGAINST Brexit), the responses were hilarious and brilliant. Some examples:
"Scotland voted to remain you incompressible jizztrumpet";
"Scotland voted to stay, you witless fucking cocksplat!";
"they voted to REMAIN you spoon";
"Scotland voted overwhelmingly to stay in Europe you toupéd fucktrumpet".
Brilliant stuff.
Sounds like the same shitty minority rule that we have in the States.
Actually, the Brits (similar to the magas) did not understand what they were voting for, and managed to slit their own throats. Scotland's record for education (in some areas) and invention, especially in the 18th century, is practically unmatched. They gave us the Industrial Revolution, and the Bay Area gave us computers...
Those particular genes apparently dissipate as is on display daily in the states.
Please, we try...
I remain in awe of their ability to come up with new and hilarious ways to hate on Trump.
Cocksplat 🤣
Scotland gave him my personal favorite nickname during his first term, Marmalade Shitgibbon. It just fits on so many levels
The vocabulary the Scots have for vituperation is unmatched.
Yes! They really stick it to him! Love it!
I fucking love the Scots.
I was married to one for 13 years.
And I must say, I loved fucking the Scots. . .
Why Lady Emsworth! 🤭
Why? If you don't KNOW why - I'm far too shy to tell you. . .
Your shyness is definitely bubbling through, my lady. I wasn’t really asking why…I think I know why. It was more of an excited exclamation.
Haha, we'll chalk it up to dyslexia
Oh, is THAT what it was? I wondered why our pre- nup included "Dailysex. . . "
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😂😂😂
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America can learn a lot from the Scots when it comes to signs.
Yes, we must work on our insulting. No more rationality, peace, love, etc....
Jeff’s opening paragraph has many of them right there. They should have stripped him and hosed him with insect poison to let him in.
We do have some great signage here at rallies, as well. I’ve noticed that the signs we carry on the streets are really for the enjoyment of the protesters. No way cars going by at 45 MPH are reading them. The Scots just have a more bodacious presentation and attitude.
Standing ovation for that brilliant opening!
I particularly love that one of the most popular searches on google is “what is a scunner”, the Scots are brilliant at insults.
You might like Terry Pratchett’s Nac Mac Feegles
The Scot sign making has risen to a new level.
Scots are the world leaders in shade-throwing. God bless their flinty hearts.
Actually, when I was there, they were the kindest, nicest people, even to hippies in 1973. I never saw a flinty heart...
HA! Nope—you are NOT BAD! 🤣🤣. Another lovely L O N G descriptive sentence……….🤗
fun fact: Ms Spouse hates that opening paragraph and skips over it whenever I use it
Today’s opening paragraph is Pulitzer-worthy.
Absolutely love the opening paragraph.Have no idea how you kept track of who you had written to not repeat yourself! Keep up the great news for us with your humor.
Sorry, Ms. Spouse. Jeff’s hyphen festivals are always glorious!
😆Well…to each his own Ms. Spouse! lol
So do I. Sorry Uncle Jeff.
Butler-bullying? That’s low.
It’s great. Had me lol.
Might be a new hyphenated record, Jeff.
I am impressed you remember all of those, er, things and incidents, Jeff ... my post-post review, if it were me, would be like "Oh crap! I missed some!" Unless I had the paragraph typed elsewhere, added to it when necessary, then cut-and-pasted it when needed.
Dunno. I like it. I like it a lot
I know better than to cross Ms spouse so I won’t touch that topic.
Mrs. Spouse must be a very charitable and forgiving person given all of the bad words that Mr. Spouse blasphemes our dear Kingshitforbrains with. Hats off.
I love the hyphens. Please add some commas for speedier digestion. Thank you.
I was thrilled to see the now classic hyphenated words. I’ve missed them.