Following the all too mortal fascination with death and decay, the Austrian artists Georg Hobmeier and Reinhold Bidner leave their basements and travel to their own past lifes in Scotland. Equipped with pen, paper and 3D camera they revisit the grimest corners these high and low lands have to offer.
Saturday, 10 September 2011
#13 trying to fight an Aberdeenian
Picking a fight with locals is never a really good idea. From Fort Williams to Dundee, from Orkney to the Borders, one will always find a few people, most likely drunk, to get into some nice physical interactions with using punches and kicks. In Glasgow one might get a particular bad beating due to the roughness of the town, but if there is any place, where one might get punched to death in a fight, it's Aberdeen. The Glasvegian might fight dirty or with weaponry, but the Aberdeenian is much larger, more healthy, less drunk and infinitely stronger. With his large hands he normally works at the docks and the local diet isn't so grim as in other places. So these grey giants can tear a man's heart out, once someone provokes them. The ultimate provocation is to declare Aberdeen to be anything but a hard and tough place. Never mention its fair beaches. Its beautiful gulf courses. Its amazing hinterlands. Or its fairly healthy looking maidens. Just nod in silence and agree with the Aberdeenian in everything and he might let you live.
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