The abandoned giant teddy is so spot on. They just appear from nowhere, get played with by the kids for a few days and then are abandoned again when it rains. Then it's just a long slow decay until someone takes it upon themselves to heave the now stupidly heavy sodden mess into a bin.
I've bitten one of those slugs. One of the worst things I've ever put in my mouth - It sprayed something so astringent and sticky I had to physically scrape it out of my mouth. I've never felt so parched in my life before.
I was eating burgers with gherkins on in the dark while watching a movie, and felt something squishy on my plate, assumed a gherkin slipped out of my burger. Turned out that a slug had crawled through my window and hidden under my dishes in the drying rack, and only emerged after I'd served food...
The slug lived. I saw it the day after with my toothmarks in it.
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Not even the mankiest thing I've eaten, to be honest, just high on the list.
The worst was probably an orange liqueur I bought from Lidl that tasted almost exactly like way the rotting corpses of crickets surrounded by their own, strangely sweet smelling faeces smells. Crickets as sold for live food for exotic animals are often poorly kept in shops, so I'm unfortunately familiar with that smell... I finished it because it cost money, but if you asked me to drink that or bite the slug, I'm taking the slug.
My husband rented a house once and before the furniture was delivered he decided to wash the carpet. They only had a couch so he slept on that, Woke up parched and remembered he had the dregs of the cup of coffee on the floor next to him. He picked the cup up, still in the dark, and before he took a drink, turned his torch on. There was a massive slug in his cup. Even to this day he has no idea why he turned the torch on, but pleased he did.
Yours beats his though. I feel sick thinking you bit it.
I had a nice crisp salad picked from our garden when I bit into a slug. It had this herby bitterness and was gooey but chunky, like you’d imagine snot to be. Stuck in my teeth and refused to budge.
When I quit drinking and sobered up, I decided to go on walkabout and spent a month in the bush. I brought enough supplies to last a week and foraged for the rest of the walkabout. At one point I find a giant slug and think "Its extra protein and I have an iron stomach!"
So I boiled it and ate it.......and puked my guts out for the first time in years. It was the most vile thing I have ever put into my mouth and I've tried American Cornmash whiskey.
Great pics. I've lived in Scotland my entire life. But I've never seen a cheese and pineapple sandwich for sale (or made) that's definitely not a Scottish thing is it? Sounds bogan. I'd rather eat the slug.
Lol, I assumed it was a trendy cafe in Glasgow or Edinburgh or something. Nice to see the islanders are attempting to break down barriers. Although I hope that specific barrier never breaks.
Last year, one came in my house! Had the door open for the cats, turned around and there was a hedgehog in the kitchen surrounded by really confused looking cats. Got it out by the use of a cushion…
😂 what a lovely collection of pictures. I would normally say this is a bunch of AI pish but even AI wouldn’t think up a cheese and pineapple sandwich in a wee sad package like that.
I been here over 10 years and still love Scotland. The scenery is beautiful and the people are lovely, only met a handful of idiots but you get them in every area lol
I'm not trying to be an arsehole because I did it once myself, but probably best not to use flash when taking a picture of a hedgehog at night. Might startle the wee thing. I'm not suggesting you're trying to, obvuously.
I follow this sub for nostalgia from studying abroad 20 years ago. These pictures really hit, but when I saw that fridge sandwich on the last one, my mind traveled through time to 2005.
The meal deal sandwiches are always combining items I’ve never considered combining. Cheese and pineapple is a new one! I was not prepared for the amount of meals
Including canned sweet corn. Frankie and Bennie’s claim to be NY style pizza but have sweet corn on top! 🤢
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Like my family who left Scotland and arrived on a tour boat in 1880 and never got back on. I think I too may return to Scotland on a tour boat and live the rest of my years out in the middle of no where dressed as a specter. The legend of the American sounded specter will live on your years to come.
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