Orange Walk

[sbcmfc]

And one day in the near future, the bus tours will be sitting for their dinner in McTavish's Kitchen in Oban whilst the band plays The Sash.

I know some folk that would be booking a holiday in Oban if they read that! Haha!

[Mindimoo]

https://youtu.be/ylr_lAtw7vU

It's fascinating watching this stuff. The people are a whole anthropological study in themselves. And why are there so many trees growing out of the walls in Glasgow?

I've always wondered what the toursts must make of this shite? But trying to think objectively about it, from their perspective, it's probably not that bad. Imagine you were in Salzburg or Bratislava or somewhere and they had a big march in the town and everyone was singing along, we'd think it was brilliant. Ok, so they might be singing about burning jews or hanging gypsies or killing catholics or whatever but I wouldn't understand it and all I'd see is a jolly bunch of fat balding people. What's the harm? Am I being too optimistic?

I felt obliged to watch that so I could give a reasoned comment. I watched it, no comment.

[sbcmfc]

I felt obliged to watch that so I could give a reasoned comment. I watched it, no comment.

Me too.

I didn't know "Big Jock Knew" or sloop john B were Orange tunes! (Although I'm far from an expert).

[kirkintoddy]

Whats the difference between Sinn Fein and the Orange Order ?

The queen doesn't shake hands with the Orange Order.

[goodguy]

If one thing guaranteed to boil my piss it's orange band drumming. Talentless feckers.

[Flora MaDonald]

Fat for me !

I always had you doon as as a skinny Fenian.

[Tartan Docs]

anybody going to Orangefest in George Square next Saturday?

[thplinth]

Apparently there was some guy in Glasgow who was famous for running and jumping through the big drum every year - I just heard it from a relative but not sure the details. If true it is top calss work and he deserves a medal.

[thewelk]

anybody going to Orangefest in George Square next Saturday?

Another decent solution that. Controlled ticketing. Controlled policing. Confine it to Strathclyde park. Let them march in circles. Only causing bother with each other. Bars that don't sell buckfast.

[Pool Q]

One thing the OO will not do is confine their walks to areas where they are welcomed by the the local community. Look at the trouble the Parades Commission have had in Northern Ireland. Their triumphalist celebration of 'Protestant and British heritage and culture' has to be visible (and painfully audible) across the population, especially to those who are not 'the People'. That's the point.

Edited May 27, 2015 by Pool Q

[thewelk]

One thing the OO will not do is confine their walks to areas where they are welcomed by the the local community. Look at the trouble the Parades Commission have had in Northern Ireland. Their triumphalist celebration of 'Protestant and British heritage and culture' has to be visible (and painfully audible) across the population, especially to those who are not 'the People'. That's the point.

Yeah. Even though my 'local' orange walk was walking about half a mile away, I always knew exactly when it reached the chapel because the audio levels would go up then back down again when they passed.

[ParisInAKilt]

One thing the OO will not do is confine their walks to areas where they are welcomed by the the local community. Look at the trouble the Parades Commission have had in Northern Ireland. Their triumphalist celebration of 'Protestant and British heritage and culture' has to be visible (and painfully audible) across the population, especially to those who are not 'the People'. That's the point.

Correct.

Best ignored.

Is their numbers falling?

[Flure]

One thing the OO will not do is confine their walks to areas where they are welcomed by the the local community. Look at the trouble the Parades Commission have had in Northern Ireland. Their triumphalist celebration of 'Protestant and British heritage and culture' has to be visible (and painfully audible) across the population, especially to those who are not 'the People'. That's the point.

It's also true that they've got every right to walk along Her Majesty's Highway.

(Providing rules are adhered to etc....)

And, as long as we hold dear free speech and all that jazz, they'll continue to do it.

[Flora MaDonald]

Yeah. Even though my 'local' orange walk was walking about half a mile away, I always knew exactly when it reached the chapel because the audio levels would go up then back down again when they passed.

That is utterly pathetic.

[fishcumnock]

Wish I wiz skinny like you flora !

[Parklife]

Bars that don't sell buckfast.

Yawn.

Anyone that blames a particular drink for the behaviour of scumbags is a bit of a simpleton, IMO.

[sbcmfc]

Yawn.

Anyone that blames a particular drink for the behaviour of scumbags is a bit of a simpleton, IMO.

It's certainly putting the horse before the cart, but it is the drink of choice for scumbags.

[thewelk]

Yawn.

Anyone that blames a particular drink for the behaviour of scumbags is a bit of a simpleton, IMO.

There's a clear correlation between those guys that drink buckfast and increased crime. I know there's probably a non negligible link between the social problems of those particular individuals and the crime but I wouldn't rule out the additional effect of 750 mls of sweet wine with15% alcohol and 8 cans of coke worth of caffeine in it.

[Orraloon]

Apparently there was some guy in Glasgow who was famous for running and jumping through the big drum every year - I just heard it from a relative but not sure the details. If true it is top calss work and he deserves a medal.

I would have thought something like that would have made it on to youtube? Would he no jist bounce off it?

[Flora MaDonald]

I would have thought something like that would have made it on to youtube? Would he no jist bounce off it?

I'm astonished there's one thin enough to fit through it.

[Maq]

I imagine we can learn a lot from the good people of Donegal who positively embrace Orangism as part of the very fabric of their history.

Whit?! Don't know what khunts you know from Donegal - but I've for family over there and they certainly don't 'embrace' orangism!

Donegal council, for example, is all Republican I think? Pretty sure all their TD's are as well

[thplinth]

I would have thought something like that would have made it on to youtube? Would he no jist bounce off it?

I'm astonished there's one thin enough to fit through it.

We are talking a good while ago now I think. 60's 70's maybe I will ask...

Apparently he always found a way, flying out of closes at the last second etc to dive beautifully through the the big drum, you know the huge sideways one.

[Kirk]

Another decent solution that. Controlled ticketing. Controlled policing. Confine it to Strathclyde park. Let them march in circles. Only causing bother with each other. Bars that don't sell buckfast.

I said that they should hire Ibrox and march round the stadium until their hearts are content. Gives the club some much needed cash too.

[Orraloon]

We are talking a good while ago now I think. 60's 70's maybe I will ask...

Apparently he always found a way, flying out of closes at the last second etc to dive beautifully through the the big drum, you know the huge sideways one.

Aye, but the real ones aren't made of tissue paper, you know. Are you sure you're not getting mixed up with Carry On Up the Shankill or something like that?

[thplinth]

Aye, but the real ones aren't made of tissue paper, you know. Are you sure you're not getting mixed up with Carry On Up the Shankill or something like that?

No shit sherlock. I dare say with the right technique and practice you could perfect it, perhaps using some wee tool to breach the skin after which with enough momentum you would get through no bother, much like after a balloon is popped. Who knows but he also risked a kicking each time he did it no doubt.