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Roddy Macdonald

You'll have had your tea then, Stewart?

Yesitis

Yes, I find unionists usually speak rubbish as they rubbish the Scottish part of their country.

Bill C

What can you say?  Depressing or what?

CameronB

Nationalists will not guaratee there will be no Nazi invasion from the moon, in 2018.

scottish_skier

Having written my undergraduate thesis on permo-carboniferous volcanism in the Midland Valley, I can probably offer some reassurances on this.

The next phase of magmatism is not due for at least 2 years.

Oh and incidentally, there’s some lovely volcaniclastic sediments mixed in with the pyroclastic beds and lava flows out at North Berwick; classic vent structures too. With a keen eye you can even find some quite exotic deep crustal rock clasts.

Anyhoo, I blame the Iapetus Ocean. If it hadn't decided to close, we wouldn't be in this mess.

Jiggsbro

Nationalists will not guaratee there will be no Nazi invasion from the moon, in 2018.

 

You think they'll wait until 2018? As soon as Trident goes, they'll attack.

Boabyfett

What I want to know is will the SNP gaurentee that the earth will not be blown up by a 'Death Star' in an independant Scotland? Who is to say that is a moon and not a giant space station!

Juteman

The Yes movement should inform the citizens of Dundee that the La' will definately not explode after independence.

There could be panic in the streets otherwise.

DMyers

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!  Shit, my flat will burn in an independent Scotland.

balgayboy

Will the SNP guarantee that Johann Lamont will have her dentures fixed in an Independent Scotland?

K Mackay

O shit, I walk round there every day! I was too blind to see my nationalist ways would lead to a firey death. I repent!

Thistle

OT Was reading herald and came across article about who is going to be labour candidate for Falkirk. One of the front runners is Gregor Poynton, UK political director for communications firm Blue State Digital. That would be the company running the Bitter Together campaign.

Rev. Stuart Campbell

Yeah, noticed that this morning and found it rather curious. Wonder if the voters of Falkirk will be keen on those good Scottish socialist credentials?

scotchwoman

This kind of witty rsponse to the BT scaremongering is the way forward. It makes a mockery of their bizarre claims and is more likely to be read widely on twitter and facebook if it's amusing. Focus on people rather than political point scoring (but still do that too….).

Rev. Stuart Campbell

Mm. Graphics tend to get 5-6 times as many shares and likes on our Facebook pages as articles do. Of course, you can’t win a campaign on snappy pictures alone, but they’re a huge help in getting people to investigate issues for themselves, which is why something URGENTLY needs to be done about the absolutely abominable quality of most of the official Yes Scotland output. It’s the one area where there’s simply no defending the campaign. They’re appalling.

Morag

I know LPW was having a down on cute kitties, but to be honest a dozen or so good Lolcats for Independence could work wonders among the feminine persuasion.

RevStu, why does FireFox's spellchecker not work in your comments boxes any more?

Rev. Stuart Campbell

Not the faintest idea.

The Man in the Jar

Edinburgh folk will no doubt be delighted. Think what they will save on the heating bills!

CameronB

I'm struggling as a result of spell chucker, and hope I don't post anything rude by mistake. 🙂

a supporter

Rev. Stuart Campbell says:11 May, 2013 at 2:50 pm

"… which is why something URGENTLY needs to be done about the absolutely abominable quality of most of the official Yes Scotland output. It’s the one area where there’s simply no defending the campaign. They’re appalling…"

Hey, nice to see you are coming round a little, to my way of thinking  about the YES campaign. You have made two separate critiques of it in two different articles this AM.

Rev. Stuart Campbell

“Hey, nice to see you are coming round a little, to my way of thinking  about the YES campaign. You have made two separate critiques of it in two different articles this AM.”

At a loss as to what the second one is.

scottish_skier

CameronB says:
I'm struggling as a result of spell chucker, and hope I don't post anything rude by mistake.

Quite. It's something I feel I need to asses myself.

ianbrotherhood

 

Here's hoping BT are magma-nimous in defeat…

 

…aye, okay, I'm going.

Stewart Bremner

@Morag

I'll have a think about the lolcats. U can haz slogan?

Mosstrooper

@ The Rev. 2.50

Just come back home from putting out leaflets and must agree with the comments about how dire they are. Also put out Lab. for Indy leaflets at the same time much improved. Now off down to the pub for a well earned pint.

Ps. was lying in bed listening to the rain and wind on the window and having doubts about going out when I heard that wee reptile Angus McLeod on the Bateman show. That did it. Up, polished, fed and out into the rain. Talk about positive reinforcement!

Pps I suppose the “reptile” comment gets me into the cybernat club. Yippee!

Jeannie

I agree – good images are worth a thousand words.  They sink in at a sub-conscious level and are readily retrieved by the brain in a way that facts and figures aren't.  They also allow an individuals to impose his/her own meaning onto the image's message, in a way which makes sense to that individual and his/her personal experience and circumstances.  Music works in a similar way.  And I agree……a lot of the Yes literature is far too wordy.  I'm not encouraged to read it myself.  Not everyone has good reading ability, extensive vocabulary and understanding of statistics.  I can say that as a former teacher.  That's why we use visual and other sensory aids – to reach the pupils at different levels of understanding using resources that meet their needs. Good, memorable images and good song lyrics and catchy tunes can reach a huge volume of people very quickly and effectively.  We just need a lot more of them.

CameronB

Is this image loader not working for Firefox, or am I just thick?

Morag

I'm not good at lolcats slogans.  Someone else will be, though.  I mean even obvious stuff like "Vote yes or the kitten gets it" can raise a smile.

For all Brewer criticised the cybernats as humourless, we have the best satire.  We have BBC Scotlandshire for a start, and Hamish, and harder-hitting stuff like "Vote Britain".  And look at what happened with #500questions.  We should lose no opportunity to lampoon them to death.

Stewart Bremner

I had thought about the or the kitten gets it, but I thought it might have been a bit unfriendly!

I think we really do need to push the humour side more. There is a danger is seeming to po-faced. Humour connects better than any lecture, no matter how well informed.

Jeannie

@Stewart Bremner

I think we really do need to push the humour side more. There is a danger is seeming to po-faced. Humour connects better than any lecture, no matter how well informed.

 

SO agree with that!

sneddon

Oh great! a volcanic eruption just in time for the trams finishing, more excuses for delays. 🙂  Can I have a rent rebate please?

Jeannie

@Stewart Bremner

Got a vision of Indeh Kitteh in my brain but can't think of a slogan

Stewart Bremner

I've got more belief in seeing a lake of lava in Holyrood Park than a tram on Princes Street!

Jeannie

@Stewart Bremner

Indeh Kitteh iz sez all our fishehs are belong to us

Laura

Jeannie

I agree.

I think YES Scotland do a good job with their street stalls etc up and down the country actively engaging with people but it does concern me a little that there is little in the way of rebuking BT and their lies. However, do we really want to see a tit for tat campaign, I think not.

Every day here on Wings we read of people changing over to YES – so these people are only coming from the NO & DK. so I reckon it is happening all over. I think we can all agree that no-one is moving from YES to NO.

The people who are not really engaged yet have no idea about anything BT have to say anyway Hard for some of us on here to believe but true, they don't watch Newsnight, QT or the Politics Show and certainly don't rely on BBC Scotland for news.

More and more people are coming onto Wings and other pro- indy sites and this will only increase over time. I reckon by this time next year the Scottish people will know well enough that a YES vote is the only way forward.

Caroline Corfield

What about a cat/kitten with its paw on a computer mouse, and Indeh Kitteh :  I can haz control?

Morag

Indeh Kitteh is SO much a good idea.

GP Walrus

I'm surprised LOL cat hasn't already been recruited for the Litter Together Campaign.

I CAN HAZ U'R OIL?

Juteman

The Yes campaign needs to make folk aware that all cats are welcome after independence.

Independence is kool for katz,

ianbrotherhood

 

Cats are good – independent creatures.

 

9 out of 10 cats prefer independence…that type of thing

ianbrotherhood
ianbrotherhood

 

Another one –

 

link to 3.bp.blogspot.com

Stewart Bremner

I made one and put it over on twitter. I couldn’t quite figure out how to get it here too.

link to twitter.com

annie

Pushing the humour – sorry can't agree, isn't that what Johann Lamont tries to do with her standup routine every Thursday and she has lost all credibility as a result except by the knuckledraggers sitting behinded her.

Jeannie

@Stewart Bremner

Aw fantastic!  Love it 🙂

Stewart Bremner

No bother. Feel free to share it! Any other suggestions for the cutest independence supporter are welcome.

HandandShrimp

Arnie

 

Johann is a case in point on how not to do humour. However a loose affiliation of voters can do humour. Political satire and humorous motifs is cool when it comes from the supporters..it can look clumsy when the politicos try it.

cynicalHighlander

Stewart link to i.ebayimg.com,!l!E4lqYUvWIBOROW2nJj!~~0_12.JPG”

Morag

Stewart, better without the "iz".  Kitteh grammah ain't that bad.

I mean, just “Indeh kitteh sez….”

Stewart Bremner

Morag, that is a good point. We wouldn't want anyone to think Indeh Kitteh was thick!

link to twitter.com

Jeannie

@Stewart Bremner

I'm thrilled to bits with that – on Facebook now.

Morag

Love it!

Morag

Of course, that one won't stand up to serious campaigning because we'll just be accused of wanting to give the fishehs away to the Spanish through the EU, but it's a great start.

Albert Herring

London has swap our fishehs for their rebate?

Morag

Well, yeah.  It gets a bit complicated though.

The question really is, why are Scotland's fishing grounds being swamped by Spanish trawlers?  There's nothing special about Spain's membership of the EU that entitles it to preferential access over local boats.  So why is Scotland's fleet uniquely disadvantaged?

Same question as, why do they still make cars in Wolfsburg?  Why do they still make steel in Schweinfurt?

mato21

Indeh Kitteh Sez

Fisheh–Oil;Cods been good to us

In memory of cod liver oil

mato21

Tried unsuccessfully to add

In memory of Cod liver oil a staple many years ago whether you needed it or not

mato21

The edit did not work then it did I must be doing something wrong Sorry

Jeannie

Mmmm……Indeh Kitteh likes Salmond with his Sturgeon.

Jeannie

Indeh Kitteh iz want a plaice of his own

Jeannie

@mato21

That's a good one

Doug Daniel

Annie – I would say there's a difference between Yes campaigners trying to use humour to send up the absurdity of most (all?) Better Together's arguments, and Lamont trying to convince people she is a credible candidate for leader of the country through turning herself into a comedy character. 

 

Besides, the main problem for Johann in terms of credibility is the fact she has no substance to back up her criticisms!

annie

Argh does anyone else hate cats

Morag

Bound to, but the question is, would Indeh Kitteh sweeten up more people than he soured?  I suspect so.

annie

Speaking with my sister today she said her son living in Israel said "if Scotland voted no he would come home only for family funerals" I couldn't be more proud of him.

Indion

Will Indeh Kitteh come out if it the cat doesn't get it? 

Yesitis

Annie

"Argh does anyone else hate cats"

 

I don`t hate cats, but I`m very much a dog man. Indeh Kitteh is cool though 🙂

The Flamster

Cat Lovers for Independence Facebook Page 🙂

cynicalHighlander

annie says:
11 May, 2013 at 8:02 pm

Argh does anyone else hate cats

Not here but wasps are another story.

 

cynicalHighlander

The Flamster says:
11 May, 2013 at 8:42 pm

Cat Lovers for Independence Facebook Page

 

link to facebook.com

Silverytay

annie   You are not alone ' I hate cats with a passion that is only superceeded by my desire to see my country independent .

Morag

superseded, even?  /pedant

Mosstrooper

Indeh Kitteh likes the piece of cod that passeth all understanding

ianbrotherhood

 

@cynicalHighlander-

 

'Wasps for Independence'.

 

No creature left behind…

Ron

Annie,

I'm with you. You like gardening and wildlife too?

Dee

@Laura

  I said something very similar yesterday Laura, about the general public still not engaged the way we are,  I would say only about 20% are truly engaged, we are the ones laying the foundation for the campaign starting for real next year, by that time the voters will take the Yes Campaign to their hearts and be convinced that a Yes vote is the only way Scotland can flourish..

Dee

@Laura

I think you and I are on the same planet Laura.. We could be the new Alex and Nicola.  

cynicalHighlander

ianbrotherhood

Stinging response!

ianbrotherhood

 

@cynicalHighlander-

 

Imagine what we could do if we got midges on our side?

Indion

 

ianbrotherhood @ 12:26am: Imagine what we could do if we got midges on our side?

Empty what is full. Fill what is empty. Scratch what itches.

Rescue Dawn (2006) @ link to imdb.com

Big Al

Thanks to everyone for the inspiration, particularly GP Walrus, I give you…

link to imgur.com

Downing Street Kitteh!

Should show all the buttons for sharing via facebook, twitter etc if you like it. Obviously I have kept the template for more!
 

Indion

 

Big Al

The red in the Cat's neckware has confused an american already! 

Would any self-respecting Indeh Kitteh want to do either?

Jeannie

@Big Al

Brilliant!

Jeannie

@Big Al

Posted it on Facebook as Indeh Kitteh's evil rival.  Think there's lots of mileage here for an ongoing rivalry between these two 🙂

Jeannie

@Big Al

Indeh Kitteh sez

U taekz meh oil – eh taekz u fishehs

 

 

Jeannie

@Stewart Bremner

You couldn't do an "Indeh Kitteh sez Yez" image that I could get on a t-shirt, could you?

The Flamster

Now that I have finally figures out how to put up a link – here is another cutie!

Bunnies for Independencelink to facebook.com

patronsaintofcats

I’m all in favour of cat memes obvs, but feel I should point out that Guy McV has been using “Indy Kitteh says…” For some time on his YouTube videos.  Sorry, don’t know how to link but you can search for Guy McV channel and he’s got loads of vids up.  Maybe contact him and collaborate, spin off?
 
Just a thought…


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