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jls4561

(2,525 posts) Sat Jul 26, 2025, 11:13 AM Saturday

Another way Scotland welcomes BLOTUS.

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1344486300377378&set=a.768182254674455

For those of us who don’t like Facebook, it’s a picture of a sign outside a fishmonger’s shop that says
“Free fish guts to throw at Trump”.

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Another way Scotland welcomes BLOTUS. (Original Post) jls4561 Saturday OP

I approve! lastlib Saturday #1

"Use the screenshot, Luke" usonian Saturday #2

Thanks for posting the picture. jls4561 Saturday #4

This method seems to work every time and on every device for me. HTH usonian Saturday #6

Scotland has no intention of letting Donald Trump have a quiet day LetMyPeopleVote Saturday #3

I had to look up the meaning of "jobby" and, wouldn't you know, it means piece of shit. Vinca Saturday #5

'Not Pedophile Island!' MSNBC Host Relishes Brutal Trump-Bashing Greeting Him In Scotland LetMyPeopleVote Saturday #9

Whoa! Mahalo, LMPV! Cha Saturday #15

I am intrigued by the FANNY sign. usonian Saturday #7

I'm not sure about the sign, but across the pond "fanny" is a crude name for.... mucholderthandirt Saturday #10

More damn 'synomyms' for those yin and yang body parts. usonian Saturday #11

"Fanny" in Scotland can refer to female genitals, Emrys Saturday #13

Oh, and here's a clearer pic of that sign: Emrys Saturday #16

GREAT. Thanks. usonian Saturday #18

This message was self-deleted by its author surfered Saturday #8

Looks like free speech in Scotland. thought crime Saturday #12

That got a lol! Cha Saturday #14

Thanks, Scotland! 👍 electric_blue68 Saturday #17

Best protest sign ever and this one is in Scotland LetMyPeopleVote Saturday #19

I saw 👀 that sign and Faux pas Saturday #20

These are some of the nicknames the Scots have come up with for him: LetMyPeopleVote Sunday #21

Additional great signs from Scotland LetMyPeopleVote Sunday #22

lastlib

(26,388 posts)

1. I approve!

Reply to jls4561 (Original post)

Sat Jul 26, 2025, 11:17 AM

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Luvya, Scotland!!

usonian

(19,407 posts)

2. "Use the screenshot, Luke"

Reply to jls4561 (Original post)

Sat Jul 26, 2025, 11:53 AM

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jls4561

(2,525 posts)

4. Thanks for posting the picture.

Reply to usonian (Reply #2)

Sat Jul 26, 2025, 12:06 PM

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I have limitations which make it difficult to post them.

usonian

(19,407 posts)

6. This method seems to work every time and on every device for me. HTH

Reply to jls4561 (Reply #4)

Sat Jul 26, 2025, 12:11 PM

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https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1036&pid=148486

I’m on an iPad right now, cruising DU instead of practicing the piano underneath it.

The iPad holds almost all my musical scores.

LetMyPeopleVote

(167,017 posts)

3. Scotland has no intention of letting Donald Trump have a quiet day

Reply to jls4561 (Original post)

Sat Jul 26, 2025, 11:56 AM

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Link to tweet

Vinca

(52,462 posts)

5. I had to look up the meaning of "jobby" and, wouldn't you know, it means piece of shit.

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Reply #3)

Sat Jul 26, 2025, 12:10 PM

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LetMyPeopleVote

(167,017 posts)

9. 'Not Pedophile Island!' MSNBC Host Relishes Brutal Trump-Bashing Greeting Him In Scotland

Reply to Vinca (Reply #5)

Sat Jul 26, 2025, 02:30 PM

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Psaki had fun with telling the world what this term means

Link to tweet

Cha

(313,308 posts)

15. Whoa! Mahalo, LMPV!

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Reply #3)

Sat Jul 26, 2025, 06:00 PM

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What did Traitor think was going to happen when he went to Scotland?

usonian

(19,407 posts)

7. I am intrigued by the FANNY sign.

Reply to jls4561 (Original post)

Sat Jul 26, 2025, 12:14 PM

Saturday

Hard to decipher, even with some enlargement and sharpening.

Anyone got a suggestion?

And no, I’m not an

mucholderthandirt

(1,623 posts)

10. I'm not sure about the sign, but across the pond "fanny" is a crude name for....

Reply to usonian (Reply #7)

Sat Jul 26, 2025, 02:37 PM

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a woman's genitalia. Something like a c*nt. It's why they laugh at what we call fanny packs here, those bags you hook around the hips and sit over the butt.

But, gods, I love the Scottish people. Keep it up, friends. My daddy's people are from Scotland.

usonian

(19,407 posts)

11. More damn 'synomyms' for those yin and yang body parts.

Reply to mucholderthandirt (Reply #10)

Sat Jul 26, 2025, 03:40 PM

Saturday

Can be wildly different (and funny or dangerous) across cultures, including the cryptic “that” and “there“

Recall Churchill’s V sign. My goodness.

And the ice hockey penalty for elbowing. Being of Italian descent, I laugh my ass off every time I see it.

I’ll continue to try to decrypt that FANNY sign, give or take some Scott-ism I am unaware of.

If I fail at that, guess I’ll have to create one of my own for said acronym.

Emrys

(8,681 posts)

13. "Fanny" in Scotland can refer to female genitals,

Reply to usonian (Reply #7)

Sat Jul 26, 2025, 05:48 PM

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but when used more generally, it's roughly equivalent to "idiot" and wouldn't usually be considered as scandalous as other terms of the same type:

yer a fanny - Scottish to English

The English translation of "yer a fanny" is

you are an incompetent

http://www.scotranslate.com/translate/scottish/yer-a-fanny/4/1915

"Twat" is a similarly ambiguous term used throughout the UK meaning much the same thing.

Emrys

(8,681 posts)

16. Oh, and here's a clearer pic of that sign:

Reply to usonian (Reply #7)

Sat Jul 26, 2025, 06:01 PM

Saturday

It's an acronym, in this case: Fifers Against Neo Nazi Yanks

(Fifers come from the county of Fife, north of the Firth of Forth, across the estuary from Edinburgh.)

For some reason, Trump's often been called a fanny (and much worse) over here in the past. The banner that's interested you has apparently been around for a while: the pic above is during his 2018 visit, with a couple of accompanying ones.