Ok, so everything you need to know about Glasgow you will know from this statue.
This, my friends, is the Duke of Wellington statue in Royal Exchange Square in Glasgow and yes, he has a traffic cone on his head.
Now let me tell you: I have lived in Glasgow for 18 and a half years and not once have i seen this man without a cone on his head.
It has been removed so many times by the council, but somehow it always seems to get back up there. And its not a small statue, its pretty fucking big, so whoever keeps on putting up there, is a determined wee fucker.
It has become a national symbol for Glasgow, cause it’s just the epitome of Glaswegian humour and they even painted the cone fucking gold for the Olympics.
And a few months ago the council said they were going to raise up the statue, so people couldnt put the cone on. And let me tell you: it was fucking pandaemonium about Glasgow, it was as if world war three had broken out. There were Facebook pages and protests and petitions and all sorts to keep the cone on.
So long and short of it, is that this stupid statue and its stupid cone is all you need to know about Scots, in particular Glaswegians, cause we can’t decide whether we want to rule our own country or not, but if you fucking dare try to take the cone off the Duke of Wellington’s head, there will be a nation wide outrage and Glasgow’s own version of Les Mis will happen, I ain’t fucking kiddin!
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