Glasgow's foibles #1
I have noticed with an increasingly amused look on my face that Glasgow has many differences to Edinburgh, some of which are strange and difficult to explain. I was out in Edinburgh at the weekend and being recently single was obviously window shopping some of the blokes that were out on the randan. I noticed the obvious difference between the Edinburgh and Glasgow male population: height.
For some reason Glasgow is full of quite small guys. I still haven't quite figured out why this should be the case, but I have been trying to spot tall guys when I'm walking to and from work, and they seem to be a rare breed indeed through here. Edinburgh, on the other hand, seems to have tall, stringy blokes at five for a pound.
Perhaps this is why Glasgow is such a mental city. I think I may have figured out why so much of Glasgow's male population enjoys a good fight on a Saturday night after a beer fueled night on the tiles. It's Small Man Syndrome. SMS is something of a bizarre entity, whereby men of a shorter stature than your average bear seem to be intent on showing their manliness through a combination of behaviours, ranging from a belligerent swagger to just full on sweary, in your face agression.
SMS is something I absolutely detest, but with the sheer volume of wee guys through here I really do think it's a certifiable reason for the insanity that this city can perpetuate. The Scottish Government is going about it all wrong! How can they cure social ills with advertising campaigns and workshops teaching one how to eat five bananas and apples a day? They need to be supplying high heels to all the blokes over here, or alternatively banning all men over the height of five foot nine to the periphery of the city... I swear, you could wave goodbye to all the drunken debauchery that goes on in this town with a scheme like that!
So with that in mind, Edinburgh 1, Glasgow 0.
For some reason Glasgow is full of quite small guys. I still haven't quite figured out why this should be the case, but I have been trying to spot tall guys when I'm walking to and from work, and they seem to be a rare breed indeed through here. Edinburgh, on the other hand, seems to have tall, stringy blokes at five for a pound.
Perhaps this is why Glasgow is such a mental city. I think I may have figured out why so much of Glasgow's male population enjoys a good fight on a Saturday night after a beer fueled night on the tiles. It's Small Man Syndrome. SMS is something of a bizarre entity, whereby men of a shorter stature than your average bear seem to be intent on showing their manliness through a combination of behaviours, ranging from a belligerent swagger to just full on sweary, in your face agression.
SMS is something I absolutely detest, but with the sheer volume of wee guys through here I really do think it's a certifiable reason for the insanity that this city can perpetuate. The Scottish Government is going about it all wrong! How can they cure social ills with advertising campaigns and workshops teaching one how to eat five bananas and apples a day? They need to be supplying high heels to all the blokes over here, or alternatively banning all men over the height of five foot nine to the periphery of the city... I swear, you could wave goodbye to all the drunken debauchery that goes on in this town with a scheme like that!
So with that in mind, Edinburgh 1, Glasgow 0.