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Search Results for: tap top bottle - 4 Scottish word posts.

Orangutang holding an oar upright is alongside two men on a boat which is being towed by two large basking sharks, one of which has a child riding on its back that is submerged up to its neck in the water.

Scottish Word: Tap.

Tags: boat, nude, orangutan, rowing, shark, under water

Orangutang holding an oar upright is alongside two men on a boat which is being towed by two large basking sharks, one of which has a child riding on its back that is submerged up to its neck in the water.

I jist think were gonna get done fur cheatin. First, oor towein sharks are clearly visibill, second we’re no rowin, an third, pets are forbidden tae tak pairt in the race. Ahn tae tap it aw … Continue reading Tap. →

boat, nude, orangutan, rowing, shark, under water
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Man on home made electric wheelchair.

Scottish Word: Hunker-bane.

Tags: battery, eyeball, flag, lamp, marble, sign, wheelchair

Man on home made electric wheelchair.

I’m ‘feuach’ o mha fit tae hunker-bane, deef – gless-ee’d an stumpy. But wi my cairtie douchty n virr – nithin daunted – hardy, we maun-dae. Nae ben, heich, heuch or brae will stap or stint … Continue reading Hunker-bane. →

battery, eyeball, flag, lamp, marble, sign, wheelchair
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Mad evil scientist about to release the vicious genie from the bottle.

Scottish Word: Wirricow.

Tags: monster, mouse, pencil, scientist, spacesuit

Mad evil scientist about to release the vicious genie from the bottle.

Boss! Boss! Are ye mad? Mind yersel. Threaten them aw ye want. But if ye pap the tap aff the bottle then mind you’re the only one wi-oot onie protective gear. And of aw folk, ye … Continue reading Wirricow. →

monster, mouse, pencil, scientist, spacesuit
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Gran and Grandad in front of the fire on a wet afternoon opening the whisky.

Scottish Word: Feeze.

Tags: beard, painting, pour, rain, window

Gran and Grandad in front of the fire on a wet afternoon opening the whisky.

I’ll jist feeze aff the tap o the wee bottle here fur us tae have wee a dram or two inside us oan this oorlich simmer efternuin. Aye the world’s cheengin. What’s goan tae be left … Continue reading Feeze. →

beard, painting, pour, rain, window
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Girl with a handful of botanical posters of clover, devils bit scabious, and narrow leaved plantain yelling at her brother who is lying in the grass among daisies and buttercups admiring the seed heads of rib-wort plantain (scabiosa lanceolata). All on a sunny day.
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Two women in protective head scarfs and greatcoats with a gas powered heater emitting steam strapped to their backs stroll in front of two brutalist style apartment blocks where a couple with a fire burning in the hallway peer out. Meanwhile ash and dust fall like snow from a blackened sky.
Fliskie.
A dolphin on the surface of a calm sea and has red a contraption fitted to its back with wires running from a steering wheel to suckers attached to its flippers. Sitting in the open cockpit of the contraption sits a man with goggles and a snorkel listening to a mermaid that only has her head above the translucent waters.
Piece-time.
A male and female dwarf with red pointy hats, blue aprons and gardening implements are harvesting large red berries from a large leafy fruitful plant that is watching them from eyes in its root below ground. The view below ground shows the large gnarled root clutching the bones of previous burials in amongst the earth and stones.
Vivre.

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