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Vee Tee
Beginner April 2012

Scottishness Test (Joke)

Vee Tee, 6 December, 2011 at 08:58 Posted on Off Topic Posts 0 27

I just received this and thought it was hilarious, don't know what non scottish folks would make of it?!

To receive this email you have to have lived and worked in Scotland , OR have been around Scots people a lot. It tests if the extent to which you understand the strange way they talk over there. And then it tests your taste for the strange corny sense of humour – something which often takes a long time to understand, i.e. tests how long you really were in Scotland .... Until email was invented this test never left Scotland . Here it is - how many of these 22 jokes do you get?

Hint: this is difficult; even if you were born and brought up in Scotland you may not get them all! If you get more than eight you become an honorary Scotsman(woman)!

1. A pregnant teenage girl phones her dad at midnight and says:
'Can you come and get me? I think ma water has broken
'Okay,' says her dad. 'Where are you ringing from?'
'From my knickers tae ma feet. '

2. A Glasgow woman goes to the dentist and settles down in the chair.
'Comfy?'asks the dentist.
'Govan,' she replies.

3. What did the Siamese twins from Glasgow call their autobiography...?
Oor Wullie.

4. A guy walks into an antiques shop and says: 'How much for the set of antlers?'
'Two hundred quid,' says the bloke behind the counter.
'That's affa dear,' says the guy.

5. Did you hear about the fella who liked eating bricks and cement?
He's awa' noo.

6. After announcing he's getting married, a boy tells his pal he'll be wearing the kilt.
'And what's the tartan?' asks his mate.
'Oh, she'll be wearing a white dress,'

7. Ten cows in a field. Which one is closest to Iraq ?
Coo eight.

8. Three wee jobbies sitting on the pavement.
Which one's a Musketeer?
The dark tan yin.

9. A Scotsman in London is having trouble phoning his sister from a telephone box.
So he calls the operator who asks in a plummy voice:
'Is there money in the box?'
'Naw, it's just me,' he replies.

10. While getting ready to go out, a wee wifie says to her husband:
'Do you think I'm getting a wee bit pigeon chested?'
And he says: 'Aye, but that's why I love you like a doo.'

11. What was the name of the first Scottish cowboy?
Hawkeye The Noo.

12. What do you call a pigeon that goes to Aviemore for its holidays?
A skean dhu.

13. How many Spanish guys does it take to change a lightbulb?
Just Juan.

14. A man takes a pair of shoes back to the shop and complains that there is a lace missing.
'No,' argues the assistant, 'Look at the label - it says Taiwan .'

16. What do you call an illegitimate Scottish insect?
A wee fly b*****d.

17. Did you hear about the BBC Scotland series that features the queue for the toilets at Waverley Station?
It's called The Aw' Needin' Line.

19. Why was the Chinese restaurant so bad?
Because the chef was Low Ping.

20. While being interviewed for a job as a bus driver, a guy is asked:
'What would you do if you had a rowdy passenger?'
'I'd put him off at the next stop,' he says.
'Good. And what would you do if you couldn't get the fare?'
'I'd take the first two weeks in August,' he replies.

21. Two negatives make a positive but only in Scotland do two positives make a negative -
'Aye right.'

22. A Glasgow man - steaming and skint - is walking down Argyle Street .
When he spots a guy tinkering with the engine of his car!
'What's up Jimmy?' he asks.
'Piston broke,' he replies.
'Aye, same as masel...

27 replies

Latest activity by Vee Tee, 6 December, 2011 at 14:19
  • Spangler
    Beginner September 2010
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    Love some of these. Will tell you these ones again:

    Man goes into a bakery & asks the baker "is that a doughnut, or a meringue?" Baker: "No, you're quite right, it's a doughnut"

    What's the difference between a Scotsman & a cartoonist?

    A Scotsman wears a kilt, but Walt Disney.

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  • celticgoddess
    Beginner March 2012
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    Hahaha! I love being Scottish but I hate our weather!

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  • Vee Tee
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    Agreed!! Brrrr

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  • judeclarke
    Beginner October 2011
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    I had to read some of them twice, with a scottish accent, and look up some 'dialect' words - PMSL! But then I'm a southern softie....

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  • Arquard
    Beginner May 2011
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    I got some of them! We have Scottish friends who have ben clueing me up on the lingo.

    I've never been to Scotland but every time I see bits of it on telly I want to move there!

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  • S
    Beginner October 2011
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    Heehee, these just cheered up my dull Tuesday morning! I love Scotland, we holiday there as much as we can and have made some fab friends.

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  • Houdini
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    Spangles - you will be pleased to note even I got some of these!

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  • ATB
    Beginner August 2014
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    I got all but one of those (the brick cement one!) so there really is no hope for me!

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  • Spangler
    Beginner September 2010
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    ? so does this mean I don't have to do my Scottish accent and say these to you when we next meet up?!

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  • Houdini
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    You still need to do some of them...

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  • Fergo
    Beginner December 2012
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    Very funny indeed ?

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  • ForTheLoveOfMrsBrown
    Beginner January 2012
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    I don't get numbers 2, 3, 5, 8, 10, 12, 17, 19 or 20 Smiley sad

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  • *JLS*
    Beginner July 2012
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    Love them - being from Glasgow I got all of them. Spangler I love the baker joke, always tickles me :0)

    Another about the cows - there are 12 cows in a field, how do you know which one is on holiday??

    The one with the wee calf!!

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  • Spangler
    Beginner September 2010
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    Love that one too, JLC! ?

    Any of you Scots remember Rikki Fulton? Loved him. Still chuckle at Scotch & Wry.

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  • ATB
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    I was an extra in some of his sketches!

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  • celticgoddess
    Beginner March 2012
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    Rikki Fulton was a legend Spangler. I always remember Hogmanay at my granny's with Scotch and Wry on tv. If you like Scottish banter then check out 'Still Game'. It's ppl acting as pensioners, they're all much younger IRL. So funny, the patter is brill! Cantankerous old gits

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  • Vee Tee
    Beginner April 2012
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    Hahah I love Still Game, I miss the good old Hogmannay TV, its just not the same now. I have to admit I lately even have been known to go over to....Jools Holland...?

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  • Spangler
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    Seriously? So jealous! Absolute leg-end. Made the husband watch Scotch & Wry as part of his initiation to the family.* Did.not.get.it.at.all.

    Will check out Still Game - thanks for the recommendation chaps!

    *Realised that saying "the family" makes us sound like low rent Scottish mafia.

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  • 1234ABC
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    he's awa' noo - supposed to sound like 'he's a wall now'

    I'm glad i got them all...was a bit worried i wouldn't. Smiley smile

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  • Vee Tee
    Beginner April 2012
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    LOL I just went back through the ones you didn't get to see what they were and had a laugh haha.

    Sorry Footlong, but the good news is you got more than 8 right, so you qualify for Honourary Scotswoman status!!!

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  • Vee Tee
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    Hahah although most of them ring of Glaswegian in my mind, I think this one is particularly Aberdonian.

    I took it as you said, he's a wall now but worth pointing out that its supposed to sound like 'he's away now' and that to me means he's dead lol.

    There used to be an old Aberdonian drank in the club I work in and on hearing the news an old aquaintance of his had passed away this was how the conversation went in the club

    'Did you hear Jim was deed?'

    'Aye, I heard that, I just saw him yesterday at the bus stop. I thought 'oh, he must be gan awa' a place, and now he's awa' a place alright.'

    Made me laugh inappropriately to myself

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  • Spangler
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    ?

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  • 1234ABC
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    I suppose if you ate bricks and cement you probably would end up deed! ?

    I've got a friend from Aberdeen and her dad turned to us one night when we were up visiting and said 'Furry boots ye awa tae the nicht like ken?'

    The Dorich accent is awesome. We tease my friend because she say's 'Tasco' instead of 'Tesco'.

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  • *JLS*
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    He he I understand this!! I used to live near Inverness and this is the way we spoke too ? My OH laughs at me (he's scottish too) as my accent changes to be more teuchter like when I am speaking to my friends from back home!!

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  • Spangler
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    I use Scottish-isms regularly & living in the South, no bugger understands what I mean! By the way, don't have a Scottish accent, but my family are Scots.

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  • 1234ABC
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    I grew up in the countryside (sticksville) and my accent was between stirling and glasgowish. I then went to college and uni in Glasgow and it's become more weegie now. but some people struggle to place me, Some think i'm Scottish, some think I'm English who's been living in Scotland for a while, and other's think I'm Irish!

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  • celticgoddess
    Beginner March 2012
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    Spangler I was just about to ask if you were Scottish!

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  • Vee Tee
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    Hahaha yes, Inverness and Aberdeen can be quite similar at times, Inverness is supposed to be THE Scottish accent to have apparently, they speak the most proper English I believe haha...

    My OH is originally from Falkirk, but 25 years up here and he's got a very soft version of it. I love it.

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