The Duke of Wellington sits ootside the Gallery of Modern Art in Glasgow wearing a traffic cone.
He has done since roughly 1980. Naebody planned it. Naebody organised it. It just happens.
The council have tried, God love them. They've taken it doon that many times they must have a cupboard fur it. And every single time, some hero on the way hame fae the pub climbs up and puts another wan back. Take wan aff, another appears by morning. It has never once stayed bare.
At wan point they costed up raising the plinth so naebody could reach him. Ten thousand folk signed a petition in a day. The plan died the same week. Glasgow won, the way Glasgow usually does, by refusing tae take the thing seriously.
He's no a statue any mair. He's a mate ye nod tae oan the way past. Awright, big man.
Why ye'll want this oan yer back:
š· Forty-odd year of quiet cheek. The longest-running joke in the city, and naebody's in charge of it.
š· Full colour, nae half measures. Big braw artwork printed proper and made tae be worn, no a wee logo hiding oan a pocket.
š· Nae tourist-shop tat. Bella + Canvas 3001. Soft, properly made, printed to order and never mass-produced.
š· The perfect gift. Fur the Weegie who's walked past him ten thousand times and still looks up.
Created by wan Scottish lad fae scratch. Every shirt helps me keep the whole Whit Did Ye Say? thing going. Ye're no just buying a tee, ye're funding Scottish patter preservation. Yer maw would be proud.
Dinnae un-crown him. š„
Sizing: unisex retail fit, a wee bit slimmer than a boxy classic tee. Have a look at the size guide in centimetres and inches before ye pick.
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Whit Did Ye Say?
