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Dundee woman in hospital gives birth to a baby boy. "What are you going to call him?" asks the midwife. "Nathan," says the woman. "Aw come on," says the midwife, "you've got to call him something"
An Aberdonian returns home to visit his parents a few years after going to London to make his fortune. He waxes lyrical to them about how well he has done, and after an hour or so he says "And I owe it all to you pair, and I want to show you my gratitude."
He opens a suitcase crammed full of bank notes, and his parents are speechless. He removes two £10 notes and gives them 1 each, then closes the case again and locks it.
The father turns to the mother and says "This is fantastic news Jean. Now we can afford to get married at last"
The son looks shocked and says "You mean you two never got married??"
"Oh no son" repiles his dad, "we could never afford to when we were struggling to raise you"
"But you know what that makes ME then?" replied the son.
"Aye" said his dad "and a fooking tightarsed one at that too!!"
“The period of the disintegration of the European Union has begun. And the first vessel to have departed is Britain”
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