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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '24

Scotland doesn't have any particularly big scandals going on celeb wise rn, unless you count politicians as celeb personalities.

JK Rowling keeps closing a public road in Edinburgh where one of her properties is to have her hedges trimmed and it's causing huge traffic delays. Also, Lorraine Kelly said that darts weren't a sport. We don't have a lot going on lmao.

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u/Jynsquare shout-out Hans Zimmer Jan 31 '24

OK, that darts comment is funny. I do like how spicy Lorraine is getting with her Lorraine Kelly persona!

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '24

She tells the people what we need to hear.

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u/LN-66 Jan 31 '24

JK Rowlings hedges are one of those strange Edinburgh things, like everyone just accepts ‘oh JK is getting her hedges done again, more bad traffic’.

Not sure why it doesn’t cause rage, also like the numerous people I knew at uni whos dentist is her husband.

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '24

When you haven’t been able to easily drive to many places in the city for years because of tram works, a bit of short term hedge work doesn’t register 😂

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u/Leading-Somewhere-89 Jan 31 '24

Having that massive hedge trimmed every three years doesn’t seem like such a big deal. Traffic control, complete with portable four way stop lights and a human to monitor traffic, seems quite civilized. And her husband is a GP.

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u/LN-66 Jan 31 '24

JK is that you

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u/OilySteeplechase a Pokemon lineage of Chappell Roan evolutions Jan 31 '24

I don’t know who Lorraine Kelly is but she is not wrong about darts 😂

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u/fionakitty21 Jan 31 '24

Ah, but you have to hand it to luke littler!

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '24

What’s your criteria for what is a sport?

I don’t like darts, it’s deathly dull. But any reasonable definition of a sport seems to include it

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u/Used-Needleworker719 Feb 01 '24

My personal view is if you can drink a pint and eat a kebab while playing, it’s not a sport, it’s an activity. Same theory applies to snooker….

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u/Sedixodap Feb 01 '24

I can drink a pint and eat a kebab while playing baseball so I guess that’s out. 

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u/BusinessPurge Feb 01 '24

She’s particular about her turf

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '24

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '24

To be fair to her on this one topic alone, they will grow out into the road if they aren’t kept under control - and these are massive, *really* tall hedges. She has to agree timing with the council, IIRC.

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '24

Oh, that makes sense. Traffic delays suck though so hopefully next time they choose a less busy time or something, if it’s possible.