Edinburgh
Created | Updated Apr 7, 2002
Edinburgh is the centre of the known universe and capital of Eris's own beloved country: SCOTLAND! Our neighbours on the west coat like to make out that the Burghers are cold and unfriendly while they are salt of the earth types who befriend anyone who enters their dismal stinking city. This may be true but hey who the hell wants to be friends with a soap dodging weedjie anyway?
The best area of Edinburgh is Leith (though some would maintain it's actually not part of the city) which has a huge range of "Characters" who will happily greet you with the shout "Hibees" to which the correct response is "Up the Jambos". This will lead to a very warm welcome involving a stake, some firewood and a gallon of petrol.
About the only thing in which Edinburgh is deficient in in good football teams (though for godesses sake don't say that out loud here) . This is more than made up for by the fact that people are not murdered every time the local sides play each other.
Anyway back to Edinburgh. Here's a quick list of what we've got that make the place so cool.
1. A castle I've never been to!
2. The rusting, once proud symbol of the British Empire lying in a dock in Leith. (Naw, never been there either)
3. A parliament of marginally less dangerous fools than in London. This includes zygotic specimens of "Scottish Soclialist", "Green" and "Labour man with integrity"
4. A rather funky looking museum.
5. A large population of dissatisfied youth shut away in dirty flats on the outskirts of the city consigned to a life of drug abuse, poverty and acting as extras on films about heroin (AKA schemies).
6. And last but not least your humble author.
The best area of Edinburgh is Leith (though some would maintain it's actually not part of the city) which has a huge range of "Characters" who will happily greet you with the shout "Hibees" to which the correct response is "Up the Jambos". This will lead to a very warm welcome involving a stake, some firewood and a gallon of petrol.
About the only thing in which Edinburgh is deficient in in good football teams (though for godesses sake don't say that out loud here) . This is more than made up for by the fact that people are not murdered every time the local sides play each other.
Anyway back to Edinburgh. Here's a quick list of what we've got that make the place so cool.
1. A castle I've never been to!
2. The rusting, once proud symbol of the British Empire lying in a dock in Leith. (Naw, never been there either)
3. A parliament of marginally less dangerous fools than in London. This includes zygotic specimens of "Scottish Soclialist", "Green" and "Labour man with integrity"
4. A rather funky looking museum.
5. A large population of dissatisfied youth shut away in dirty flats on the outskirts of the city consigned to a life of drug abuse, poverty and acting as extras on films about heroin (AKA schemies).
6. And last but not least your humble author.
