REAL Glaswegians don’t need fancy ‘Buckfast bombs’ and ‘Bucky cocktails’

I was amused to see this (and it’s a ‘cut & paste’ quote, so all the mistakes come from the source)…

A Glasgow nightclub are raising a glass of tonic (and we don’t mean water) this weekend to celebrate National Wine Day.

The Garage, in Sauchiehall Street, are hosting a Buckfast party on Saturday and it sounds like it’s going to be a mad wan.

The student club will be selling Buckfast bombs and Bucky cocktails for one night only in celebration of Scotland’s notorious drink.

Glasgow nightclub selling ‘Bucky bombs’ at Buckfast party this weekend

I’d just been through the Barras the day before the above was announced, and this nice lady approached me and asked if I “Had any spare cigarettes?” after tidily disposing of her personal Bucky cocktail maker – an empty beer can and an empty bottle…

Then, while waiting for the bus under the bridge, I turned around and she was collecting a nice supper from Guido’s Coronation Restaurant.

Buckfast Bird

Buckfast Bird

I see quite a few girls drinking Buckfast on their own, not here, but sitting alone, further along the Clyde Walkway as I cycle along it, around Finnieston and the Crowne Plaza Hotel.

They look like teen tourists, usually with large backpacks, so I suspect they are trying the stuff on the basis of having been told “Everybody in Glasgow drinks Buckfast”.

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