Comments on: Scottish blinking balls

By: Duncan

Duncan — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 13:34:56 +0000

Twenty-four year Scot;
I’ve never heard of such balls.
Why buy (or steal) them?

By: Ninny

Ninny — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 10:43:18 +0000

I’m gonna dip my balls in it!

By: Long before dawn

Long before dawn — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 14:54:24 +0000

You’re all so busy thinking about balls, you’ve overlooked the obvious…IT’S A TRAP! And I think you all just walked into it.

By: Zewt

Zewt — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 04:29:08 +0000

Even if you do have seven!

By: anglophile

anglophile — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 03:35:35 +0000

My personal preference for most items of decor, such as flowers in an arrangement, or candlesticks or whatever, is an odd number like three or five rather than an even. Looks better.

*nods off at the boringness of her comment*

By: park rose

park rose — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 23:25:58 +0000

Not a funny comment at all, but sets of things in Japan often contain five rather than four, as the word for four, shi, sounds very close to the word for death shi + various tense endings. Tea and glass sets, at least, often have five cups/glasses. I think that traditionally in China the same thing applies. 404 is a pretty unlucky apartment to be in. 42 (shi ni) is an unlucky age, because shi ni, also means to die. . .

Just a bit of trivia there. What it has to do with blinking Scottish balls I really don’t know.

By: GhostWriter

GhostWriter — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 15:56:33 +0000

I know that Desmond’s ‘barrow (in the marketplace) precedes Molly’s good luck, but other than that, I’m Lost.

By: GhostWriter

GhostWriter — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 15:47:19 +0000

HAHaha- I love that the note looks like it was filmed in SuperVision ™.

By: laurie

laurie — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 14:21:41 +0000

Are Desmond’s blinking balls to blame for Hurley’s bad luck?

By: neilwarner

neilwarner — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 11:52:10 +0000

Why stop only at 2 balls, when you can have 5 more?
and why mine don’t blink?

By: Walker, "Tex" (a stranger)

Walker, "Tex" (a stranger) — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 04:19:30 +0000

The Scots are too frugal to waste lights and batteries in garden balls.

I say “blinking” is a euphamistic expletive. i.e. “To the person who has two of our g*d d*mn garden balls…”

By: Canthz_B

Canthz_B — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 04:04:14 +0000

Ah, the legendary Scottish frugality.

Normal decorating symmetry would demand an even number of blinking balls, but those crafty Scots have found a way to make due with 7 instead of 8.

That, or a set is actually 8 blinking balls and “someone” got taken like tourist!

By: Canthz_B

Canthz_B — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 03:58:57 +0000

I’d rather be curly than haiku more than twice on a thread.

By: Canthz_B

Canthz_B — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 03:47:02 +0000

If Scottish balls didn’t go on the blink, two would comprise a full set, no?