Heartland

As long as it's not me, I don't mind. And don't think I didn't notice that reference to me in a thread in the Sisters forum, you!

The bloke who did it was wearing a Rangers shirt apparently.

Go Figure.

More seriously, what an arse hitting a seven year old kid. Scum.

canon docre wrote:

timsinister wrote:Cheers Si, makes a little more sense now...

actually no.... still not.

Tim = Tim Malloy

Tommy = Thomas Atkins
(the Duke of Wellington, on being asked to supply a name to a new Periodical about British Soldiers suggested one of his favourite staff officers who had perished recently in battle)

Why do German's get called Fritz?
We know that Sherman Tanks/Septic Tanks get called GI Joe, but that's because they're named after a toy soldier......(you work it out )

DarkAngel wrote:I really had no idea this kind of thing went on between England and Scotland. To call it racism is interesting too because I never thought of the two countries as two different races. Why would anyone punch a child because of his shirt???

McGlashan's views on the English

Big Si wrote:

canon docre wrote:

timsinister wrote:Cheers Si, makes a little more sense now...

actually no.... still not.

Tim = Tim Malloy

Tommy = Thomas Atkins
(the Duke of Wellington, on being asked to supply a name to a new Periodical about British Soldiers suggested one of his favourite staff officers who had perished recently in battle)

a bit clearer now, thanks Si.

Big Si wrote:Why do German's get called Fritz?
We know that Sherman Tanks/Septic Tanks get called GI Joe, but that's because they're named after a toy soldier......(you work it out )

Maybe because it was a very common name back in the days of WWI?