The fallout from Billy Connolly's 'the people from my city are funnier than the people from your city' comments continues to, er, fall out.
Billy Connolly – Scotland's most famous comedian? Well that's entirely a matter of opinion and taste.Billy Connolly can be funny, but in my opinion is mostly a foul-mouthed embarrassment to Scotland and the Scots.Peter - very disappointed/concerned, Edinburgh Away an boil yer hied yah weggie b*****d. So funny to come from a city that has the some of the worst crime and murder rates in Europe and undoubtedly the worst record of alcoholism and heart attacks in Europe too!LyonHearts,le teil Well I think Grant Stott's attempts at jokes make it quite clear he's not really in a position to be judging anyone's humour. Is that really the best he can come up with?? This reminds me why I don't listen to Forth.James2122Watch it James2122, Grant's an Evening News man. That means his material is comedy gold – OFFICIAL. Now, what else has been rattling your cyberspace cages? How about our story regarding pre-teens getting hospitalised by their binge drinking sessions? Some of you weren't very impressed with the story at all, however.
Take 1: 'MSP Gavin Brown, said: 'These statistics are absolutely chilling.''
Take 2: 'David Steedman, A&E consultant, said the number of children brought into acute hospitals because of alcohol was "very small". He added: "It does happen from time to time, and may be due to a one-off incident in the home rather than indicate a deeper problem."
So, another non-story dressed up as a "crisis".Unimpressed oneOthers, meanwhile, could smell the distinct whiff of a conspiracy theory. Gasp!
The government's liberalisation of the alcohol laws has become a problem for the whole of Britain.
They are not prepared to reverse the decisions that are making us the drunken man of the world. But why did this happen in the first place?
I believe – and it is only a theory – that our government did this in the fight back against drugs. The idea was if they flooded the market with booze, the drug users using illegal drugs would see the error of their ways and start using the government's preferred drug, alcohol.
How naive they were. They've created even bigger problems, and they no longer know how to solve it. So they just go along with it, letting others sort out their mess.Andrew Murphy, EDINBURGH Ah, but maybe that's what the government wants you to think Andrew – have you considered that, eh?
Hey, look at the time – let's have an 'And finally'.
And finally, Ben Shaw was blinded in an attack on his convoy while serving with British forces in Basra, but it didn't stop him driving a Ferrari around Knockhill racetrack at the weekend, before dashing off to get married.
Ben Shaw, good luck on both events. You certainly deserve it, you are a great guy.alex paterson, At the moment in SevillaGood work that fella.Foo,ejinbara Cor – proper, non-ironic praise. Heartwarming stuff.
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