JINGS CRIVVENS! It's A Favourite BROONS Poll!

Now this is a proper poll.

I don't even know who most of them are and I'm Scottish!

http://www.thatsbraw.co.uk/The%20Broons/broonsfamily.jpg

http://www.thatsbraw.co.uk/The%20Broons/broonstripcigars.gif

what the shit

http://www.thatsbraw.co.uk/The%20Broons/broonstripbabysit.gif

http://www.thatsbraw.co.uk/The%20Broons/broons-31-12-1950.gif

It's a strange world, Mr. Que. I only barely know about it.

http://www.thatsbraw.co.uk/The%20Broons/broons-lino-roll.gif

http://www.thatsbraw.co.uk/The%20Broons/broonsstrip-1947book.gif

I think I kind of like Hen

you can think of it as a scottish snuffy smith

someone has some explaining to do, or fess up to putting drugs in my coffee. i don't think i can handle googling "The Broons" right now.

you can think of it as a scottish snuffy smith

-- Tracer Hand, Tuesday, June 19, 2007 2:24 PM (15 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

okay, that's better i can dig that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Broons

Hen is supposedly a Rangers fan and Joe supports Celtic (In the very early annuals this is the case, but later they change to supporting Rovers , United or City)

Mr Que
http://www.thatsbraw.co.uk/

I imagine this thread as Ned not being allowed to say "Heavens"

http://www.thatsbraw.co.uk/Oor%20Wullie/OW-jings_and_crivvens-full.jpg

http://www.thatsbraw.co.uk/Oor%20Wullie/wullie%20fighting%20strip.gif

Help Ma Boab It's Oor Wullie in a colour strip!
http://www.thatsbraw.co.uk/Oor%20Wullie/Wullie_In_Colour_Mar92.jpg

Michty Me The Broons in colour!
http://www.thatsbraw.co.uk/The%20Broons/Broons_In_Colour_Jun92.jpg

WTF, incest in the Sunday Post?

David Byrne out of Talking Heads used to get the Broons album sent to him each christmas, until the auntie that did this, died.

Which is one thing I have in common w/him.

Maggie wore a swimsuit once, in my formative years.

and?

... it helped him thru puberty, I imagine

haha

Oor Wullie played a big part in my childhood, though I can't for the life of me think why.

the bairn always freaked me out cos she looked like a shrivelled old man in a dress

Because The Broons and Oor Wullie are great! My mum bought the facsimile of the 1st Broons annual that was issued last year. One of the funniest I've ever read.
I remember reading all the 60s annuals my aunt had and I also got some of the early-mid 70s annuals at jumble sales when I was about 8. I'd love to read the ones I haven't though.
x-post

The Bairn is just a younger version of Maw Broon really.

I always wondered what age they all were. in that 1st annual they mention maw and paw's silver wedding. Yet wikipedia says Hen is the eldest at 30!
Considering this is the sunday church of scotland post he can't be!

Oh come on, they sent Hen on a date with his sister. Anything's possible.

I can't believe stet's joke needed explaining. I thought all blokes of a certain age in Scotland had thoughts about Maggie Broon. She was like a Jessica Rabbit for the tattie-scone brigade.

He was joking?

I wonder who will win this. I really have no idea who is most popular. Maybe Granpaw? i went for him.

the Bairn: "I heard a mannie saying he attacked Granpaw! He said he went for him!"
Maw: "Jings, he micht be struck doon dead!"
[ENTIRE FAMILY ZOOM FROM GLEBE STREET TO GRANPAW'S HOOSE]

[GRANPAW IS READING THE PAPER]
[FAMILY RUSH IN]
Granpaw: "Help ma boab!"
[GRANPAW SPITS OUT FALSE TEETH AND TEA]

A'Body: But the Bairn said you were attacked!

[THE BAIRN BLUSHES]

There was a whole annual where that was pretty much the only plot. That, or MAW leaves PAW, JOE AND HEN to do something simple like peel tatties and make tea and CHAOS ENSUES

Just like in real life

without the but and ben, though.

I wonder if anyone still has them

Both my bosses have but n' bens

I voted for Hen because I was always amused by a guy being called hen. I am easily amused.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1355/571102420_bf7f3a0779.jpg?v=0

It's worth searching for The Greens (drawn by Frank Quitely, don't know who wrote it) if it's that sort of thing you're after. Was in the short-lived Scottish Viz-a-like Electric Soup.

No Dudley Watkins, no gd

I remember Electric Soup.

Private Eye has a new strip called "The Broonites" the now. It's fairly funny.

Any chance when the ILX admin post comes along we could have it say "HELP MA BOAB this is the last day of voting" and "MICHTY ME The Results Are In!" ?

Well, I'm Scottish, but no.

Not being from Dundee and so on.

I wonder how many maws in scotland will get this at xmas

Why not start a poll to find out?

You could webmail the Twisted Pollstarter and ask him.

I heard he retired.

Nutritionists have warned that the Broons' diet could lead to obesity

read it and weep, folks. read it and fucking weep.

anyway, back in the real world ... haud on, is maw really advocating lager for breakfast? hardcore!

Naw, Hen does. His instructions are "cook and eat".

Lager'n'fry-up breakfast fucking rules (that is my breakfast, most weekends, tbh)

xpost - see Hen's nowhere NEAR obese! It's all LIES!

On the other hand, he is 8'4".

and a rangers fan

How old is Granpaw? about 150 now? The Bairn is a pensioner too.

Of course he's a Rangers fan, he's from Dundee xp

Joe is from Dundee and supports Celtic.

Could be worse, he could be from Hamilton and support Liverpool.

I support Hamilton actually (and Liverpool)

yeah, that bit in brackets kind of weakens your argument a bit.

Famous past ILX bits in brackets

I have never had a gay experience (except for that time I wanked that guy off)
This story proves it's FAKE (except for the fact that the story isn't actually true)
Just a bit of fun, etc (except I'm trying to turn a profit from it)
I am not Calum (except I am)

You forgot:

I shouldn't post about things if I don't know the whole story (unless it suits me to do so)

http://en.RONGopedia.org/

Also

WE ARE NOT GOING TO MONO (except we are)

:-)

(to both of you)

Haha

Results 1 - 1 of 1 for rongopedia

yo, googlewhack, I await my visit from Dave Gorman.

yo, googlewhack, I await my visit from Dave Gorman (except I'll make sure I'm not in)

Hands up who got the Annual.

I did but not read it yet.

or the oor wullie/broons 1946-56 book

what the hell

I haven't read a Broons or Oor Wullie annual since I re-read one from the 80s that I found in my attic earlier in the year that I bought second-hand in the mid 90s and must admit to being unaware that they still produced them with any regularity.

Although I still have an abiding love for them despite their awfulness. I also love the crap comic of my other country - Chile - Condorito.

http://images.ucomics.com/comics/cond/2007/cond071227.gif

Translation: First panel - "Help Condorito, I'm sinking, I don't know how to swim." "Don't give-up, Ungenio."
Second panel - "Do like the little dogs do."
Third panel - "Woof, woof!"

And that's not even a particularly bad one.

Every strip ends with someone fainting with a "plop" or with someone saying "exijo una explicación" (I demand an explanation).

The Broons annual comes out one year and Oor Wullie the next.

what the hell

-- BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Friday, 28 December 2007 03:02

No, It's Help Ma Boab

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/7180672.stm

Who is getting an annual for Christmas?

Ailsa do you still have lager 'n' fry-up breakfasts at the weekend?

Sometimes, aye. Why?

just wondering

Ok then...

Maw Broon's two tablet recipes aren't as good as mine, btw.

Not had tablet in years.

Still got all your own teeth then

lol

still never had stovies either.

I did see Tesco selling Stovies and I have to say it looks vile.

and the packets usually look a lot better than in actual form so i dread to think how minging it looks.

Stovies are great. Make yr own, Tesco dreck can't possibly compete.

I'm not sure I fancy trying it tbh

It's basically stew and tatties (or mince and tatties, or sausage and tatties) with EXTRA LARD - what's not to like?

I saw deluxe reprints of the first Broons Book and the first Oor Wullie Book in the book shop yesterday and felt a bit annoyed that no-one is ever going to buy them for me.

I wish I'd brought my Broons cookbook over here with me.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XzppvzK3EWs/TX30ot-vdYI/AAAAAAAAA5Y/vrlIKbCgWfA/s1600/image0-39.jpg

Here is THE BROONS strip that was "banned" and never saw print
until its appearance in THE SUNDAY POST, March 13th, 2011.
(Yesterday.)

It's thought that it was vetoed because the word "lover" in the
second panel was considered far too racy for a kids' strip in a family
newspaper in 1936. Morris Heggie, comics expert and current writer
of THE BROONS and OOR WULLIE, thinks that not only is it one
of the earliest Broons strips in existence, but may even be the first
one that artist DUDLEY D. WATKINS ever drew - the "pilot"
episode, in effect.