cooponthewing 1,139 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 2 hours ago, Uilleam said: I don't want players with "chimp" brains;. I don't want players with "chump" brains; I want players with "champ" brains. Not much to ask, really. It’s at times like this we find poetry moments of genius........The Booker Prize awaits? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uilleam 5,943 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 23 minutes ago, cooponthewing said: It’s at times like this we find poetry moments of genius........The Booker Prize awaits? How could I compete with this deathless prose from former recipient, Jas. Kelman: "Ah'm fuckin' fucked tae fuck"? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
26th of foot 6,082 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 6 minutes ago, Uilleam said: How could I compete with this deathless prose from former recipient, Jas. Kelman: "Ah'm fuckin' fucked tae fuck"? Whatever became of James Kelman? Last I saw him, he was lying, jarring open the door to the Scotia Bar. It was a very hot day and I thanked him for providing a most necessary service. He failed to acknowledge my approval. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uilleam 5,943 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 (edited) 25 minutes ago, 26th of foot said: Whatever became of James Kelman? Last I saw him, he was lying, jarring open the door to the Scotia Bar. It was a very hot day and I thanked him for providing a most necessary service. He failed to acknowledge my approval. Manners maketh the man, as my late mother would say. Kelman is still around and still writing, as far as I know. Whether he is enjoying a continuation of his literary moment in the sun is open to debate. Uncharitably, perhaps, the thought occurs that wance you huv read wan ae the cu nt's books, you huv read them aw. Edited April 1, 2019 by Uilleam 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnMc 2,754 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 Wasn't Dirt Road only published last year? I read How Late It Was, How Late and never felt the need to read any of his books again, perhaps that's unfair of me. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buster. 5,199 Posted April 1, 2019 Share Posted April 1, 2019 1 hour ago, Uilleam said: How could I compete with this deathless prose from former recipient, Jas. Kelman: "Ah'm fuckin' fucked tae fuck"? Sounds very Glasgow to me,.........a man who knows his subject ? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaffer 1,665 Posted April 1, 2019 Author Share Posted April 1, 2019 12 hours ago, andy gray said: The article is using the term 'chimp brain' in an article which clearly explains that it is a psychological concept, not an insult. Has the OP actually read the article? If this had been a single piece, it would have been 'understandable', however the context behind this is a player who in this paper and elsewhere has been subject to language that is disgraceful. We are either living in a world where free speech is acceptable, and I wish that was the case, or we are not. How can this crap be published and regarded as acceptable and yet we have politicians up in arms at less offensive material? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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