Edinburgh...Proud Town

I used to share an office with a Ukrainian-American called Ed. He always protested that he was Polish-American but as both his parents were born in what is now Ukraine he was clearly Ukrainian.

We hired him because he spoke all the languages of the region. Russian, Polish & German...plus his English wasn't bad either. So he was equally useless in a multi-lingual way. But he did know a lot of people. And like a child with stray animals he was always bringing them to our "home" on ulica Madalinskiego.

One day he brought a very strange couple. They looked like living versions of Ken & Barbie. He was Californianski with golden hair, perfect teeth and expensive skin. She was a Polish model of exquisite beauty & seemingly little brain. I don't even know why Ed brought them to our ad agency. But he soon left me alone with them while he went to make coffee.

"Ken" started talking to me while "Barbie" sat there practicing her beauty.

"Where are you from?" he asked
"Scotland" I replied
"Which city?" he enquired
"Edinburgh" I answered

"Proud town" he exclaimed in his deep & deeply pretentious voice, and then repeated with greater emphasis, "Proud town"

I had to leave the room as I was starting to laugh. But he's right, Edinburgh is a proud town.