31 Arthur", Beat. A" extinct .cicar‘c r'
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33 "All that way just to pick is), a chickenV' “Aye She doesn't make the
best soup I". the I'IITJIIIIHIU‘, for nothing '
34 Chips and cheese from the Kings Cafe after a Ioooong night in Slea/fiv "s. Aaah.
35 The way old f‘x'indstone buildings look cut out against the sky on clear. sunny Winter days.
36 The word ‘nyaff', (:SIXKLIHH‘y when used to descrilx: rmsons employed in the customer services departments of the public transport industry.
37 Clare Grogan singing 'I Iappy Birthday”,
38 The classic SCOTTISH Indian curry. Espmially from Mother India in Glasgow or the Dil Se in Kirkwall, Orkney.
39 The long. slow coach Journey down from Skye. through Glencoe. as the mist and the grandeur and the sca/e hits you.
40 The beauty and engineering skill of the Forth Road Bridge. And that the paint )ob Will never be finished.
41 The fact that optimistic and cold- resistant children still sWim in the sea at Portobello beach in February.
42 Cafe 52 in Aberdeen. A former garage. about two metres in Width, slap bang in the middle of the red light zone and sewing some of the best. most innovative contemporary Scottish cooking in the country. With attitude.
43 That touring bands still love a Scottish audience better than any other. And we know they don't Just say that to all the girls.
44 The sea. Always different. always the same.
45 Alasdair Gray.
46 The first few days of the Edinburgh Festival. Before you remember that yOU hate flyerers and too-wacky street performers, it all seems kinda magical.
47 Those brilliant pink stucco elephants in the foyer of the Citizens Theatre.
48 The number 27 bus turns round Gilmore Place. Someone shouts 'There's a Proclaimerf' Everyone gawps and waves. Proclaimer glowers.
49 That Scots haVing great sporting success in any field is still greetrxl With shock. then delight. And then everyone claims to have known the sports person's father. And they probably did.
50 Chilling out With the hippies at the Forest Cafe.
51 That very. very lanky statue of Donald Dewar at the top of Buchanan Street. Was he that much of a giant amongst men?
52 Salt'n'saucez salt'n'Vinegar. Choose Wisely my son.
53 That we were the first place in Britain to Introduce the smoking ban.
54 The Forge. the most remote pub in Britain that requires y0u to walk three hours or travel half an hour by boat.
55 The Electric Brae. It looks like you‘re going up. but yOu're gomg down. Freaky.
56 Hot toddies.
57 Monorail. Pub-a-Dub and Avalanche Records. The last bastions of vinyl seduction.
58 Irn Bru and Tennent's Lager adverts. Making wee bits of genius from the eViI of advertising.
59 The Falkirk Wheel — a futuristic fantasy made flesh (well, concrete).
60 The great big 'Teletubbies' horn on the M8.
61 Being welcomed abroad by all nations.
62 ”500 miles' by The Proclaimers (See alternativeanthems. page 25).
63 Glasgow School of Art hipster kids in Deirdre Barlow spectacles. rocking the skinny Jeans way before Kate Moss got her bony knees into them.
64 The stink of Mellis' Cheesemongers. How can something that smells so bad be so very, very good?
65 The BIG glitterball in the ABC. It's the biggest in Europe apparently. Although we're not exactly Sure who measures these things mind you.
66 The Variety Bar.
67 A strong tradition of sceptICism — from DaVId Hume to the Poll Tax.
68 Feeling yOur trousers flap courtesy of the Messenger SOund System, More
than Just bass in yOur face.
69 The land reform act (in prinCipIe if not in practice).
70 lnstal. Kill Your Timid Notion, Le Weekend. Dialogues. New Territories — embraCing the weirdness in art.
71 The Juke Box in Nice N Sleazy's.
72 The light — the Quantity and quality of the stuff is something speCial. October is the best month.
73 Triptych. RIP
74 Pioneering the deep-fned Mars bar.
75 The smell of the brewery in west Edinburgh.
76 Legitimate. skilled ceilidh dancing at weddings.
7'! Pnngle knitwear (off the golf course only, mind).
78 ‘Roamin' in the Gloamin".
7'9 Der-ner Neh-neh Ner-ner-ner! Der- rier Neh-neh Ner-ner-ner! (See page 24).
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