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100 things...
Like every true Scot, wee
...we hate about lists
Hamish wears nothing under his kilt.
With Aldi set to open its 100th store north of Hadrian’s Wall tomorrow (25 November), at Hermiston Gait Retail Park in Edinburgh, the supermarket chain has published a list of ‘100 things we love about Scotland’. This was the usual mix of stereotyping tosh (kilts, whisky, bagpipes, square sausage, the Proclaimers) topped up with a generous helping of filler material to round it up to 100 (men in kilts, women in kilts, buskers, Amy McDonald). At least there was no mention of deep-fried Mars bars. Or Amy McDonald busking in a kilt. Predictably, the list generated a barrage of comments (600
What a carve-up
and counting) from picky Scots quick to point out things Aldi had missed. Tablet, macaroon bars, macaroni pies, Tunnock’s tea cakes and Irn-Bru were all demanded by calorie-crazed Caledonians. Given its fondness for beating Westminster to the punch with new legislation (deposit return scheme, minimum unit pricing, protection of shopworkers), this makes one wonder why the Scottish government has been dragging its heels lately over junk food rules. Anyway, the list was so successful Aldi swiftly followed it up another which featured – wait for it – dogs in kilts. We’re also sad to report the number one slot went to… deep-fried Mars bars.
morning when feeling delicate. Or
That plinking sound you can
when turning themselves inside out
hear is an extremely cynical penny
with their head down the toilet.
dropping.
New research has made the
As for recovery food, Brits
earth-shattering discovery that 43%
believe takeaways are best when
of party goers say they’re likely to
feeling burst, with 28% of respond-
over-indulge in December, no doubt
ents plumping for pizza.
to make up for the fairly dismal fes-
Surprisingly, carveries were
tive season that was Covid’s Christ-
the nation’s second-favourite
mas gift last year.
choice for hangover grub.
This also means a large number
Surprising, that is, until
of festive frolickers will be suffer-
you discover the research
ing the next day. The research also
was conducted on behalf of
revealed that, after a night out, it takes
Farmhouse Inns, which oper-
5.7 hours to recover on average, with
ates a chain of 70 carveries
20% of Brits staying in their PJs all
across the UK.
WEDNESDAY 24TH NOVEMBER 2021 / ISSUE 83 / SLRMAG.CO.UK / 39
