I'll go for the third "Edinburgh"
lovely city. And not just because I live here. And Gonz, it has an aquarium and the camera obscura is better than any planetarium, so it meets your criteria. Better and cheaper food and pubs than London. Zoo. Beach. What's not to love?

Also, happy new year you delightfully hideous bunch of shits.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:17, 6 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

I think you have sold it to me
I want to take my mrs to see the penguins in the zoo there, and the rest of it sounds good too.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:19, Reply)

Make sure you watch the penguin parade.
It is a top place. Just a little windy and cold some of the time.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:20, Reply)

PENGUIN PARADE YOU SAY???

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:23, Reply)

hell yeah.
about 3pm every day (in the summer anyway) they let a load of the penguins out and they wander round the zoo in a parade. For seriuz.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:25, Reply)

Oh my dear god in heaven
I am so there.
I didn't even see no muthafuckin Camera Obscura.
(I love that band...)
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:26, Reply)

penguins are awesome
they have live streaming webcams on their website. The mrs watches them all the time.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:27, Reply)

I don't mind cold and windy
I went to the outer hebrides for two weeks last year
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:26, Reply)

See if you can spot the Glenguins
They're the smaller, more retarded-looking ones.
And take pics of the polar bear to send to Kaol.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:24, Reply)

Mercedes has gone, now.
she's moved to a safari park up north (not sure if it's Blair Drummond or another one)
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:26, Reply)

hahaha the glenguin

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:29, Reply)

I was in Edinburgh on the Sunday.
I didn't see you.
( girlinthehole, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:20, Reply)

*checks under desk*
are you stalking me?

I was in *thinks about it* Shropshire on Sunday. Or Preston. Or on the M6. depending what time, really.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:21, Reply)

awight fuckface

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:20, Reply)

awright monghammer.
how's yer bum for spots?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:22, Reply)

*looks at bum*
OH MY GOD IT'S MASSIVE

Yeah I'm ok
( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:23, Reply)

Any city
that made all its poor live underground and then set fire to them has to be a city Monty can get along with.
( Kroney, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:22, Reply)

fuck, yeah.
nothing like a good bit of poor oppression.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:23, Reply)

I need to go again very soon because we had hardly any time there
And I want to visit Mary King's wotsit and have the mister take me up Arthur's Seat.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:23, Reply)

*euphemismometer asplodes*

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:23, Reply)

Innit

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:24, Reply)

ooer

( Kroney, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:24, Reply)

oo-er missus
Embra is shite. Glesca's whaur it's at.

DJ and i differ greatly on this point.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:24, Reply)

But he's trying to edge me away from common things
I might revert to type
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:25, Reply)

remind him gently that he is from pretty common stock himself
and that he needs to crawl out of his own arse.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:28, Reply)

It's too tight to get out of!

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:35, Reply)

Glasgow is ace

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:28, Reply)

Glasgow has the problem that any other city bar Edinburgh has
It's too big. Edinburgh you can walk across in a couple of hours but it still has everything you'd want in a capital city.

Glasgow also has Glaswegians* of course, but I suppose some of them can't help being psychotic bigoted idiots. Oh wait, yeah, they can.

*disclaimer. I accept that there are plenty of nice Glaswegians, but until they drive all the Rangers and Celtic fans into the sea I'll continue to tar the whole population with the same brush.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:33, Reply)

Liverpool's nice and traversible

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:38, Reply)

Is it?
I'd always assumed the gert big river in the middle kind of slowed you up?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:40, Reply)

Nah, the other side of the river isn't Liverpool (strictly speaking)
All the decent stuff is on one side.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:46, Reply)

This ^
There are separate cities over there, the one opposite being Birkenhead.
Liverpool is one one side.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:49, Reply)

You mean George's sofa

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:24, Reply)

It's now called Brighthouse's Chaise

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:26, Reply)

Dave's chaise longue.

(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:30, Reply)

Chardonay's futon

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:32, Reply)

Ashley's beanbag

(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:37, Reply)

Dean's lazyboy

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:38, Reply)

Albert's Stool

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:39, Reply)

Barry's pew

(wellgroomedwookiee is a filthy-minded hobgoblin, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:41, Reply)

My lack of invite into your family's home, and hearts.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:46, Reply)

Gonz, you r alwayz in R harts.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 5 Jan 2011, 11:50, Reply)