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PREMIUM Pete Miller says these bollards outside a school in Sandymount, Dublin, are a constant reminder to local pupils that not only is the pen mightier than the sword, but also that the pencil is a pal of the pedestrian. The hole truth YEARS ago reader Martin Garfield worked at a gym famous for training Scottish boxers. He recalls two lumpy lads getting in the ring to have a practice punch-up. One lumpy lad walloped the other square in the face, causing the victim’s nose to gush with blood. “Yuv broken ma nostril,” howled this poor chap. To which the other combatant responde...

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PREMIUM Reader Natasha Evans, based in New York State, spotted this snowman made out of a post box. We imagine that local postmen would be a tad wary about sliding their hands into this particular slot Meat is murder A RECENT mention of Vera Lynn in the Diary reminds Jim Allan from Cellardyke of his student days. As a resident of Glasgow Uni's MacBrayne Hall in Park Circus Place he frequently joined in choruses of “whale meat again” when yet another meal was served by Matron, who was stretching the meat allocation by using unrationed whale steak. Our correspondent rather enjoyed the u...

PREMIUM Ian Will spotted this fence in Aberdeen, leading him to conclude that local signwriters don’t have a handle on the word vandal Mind your language MEDICAL terminology can be most mysterious, and not just for the layman. Reader Bob Byiers recalls a doctor from distant parts working as a locum in an Ayrshire village. Confused by the local lingo, this chap asked colleagues during a coffee break what a patient meant when she said she was “jist hingin”. One colleague didn’t entirely quell the visiting doctor’s confusion by explaining that the patient must be “a wee bit peely...

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