{"id":1890,"date":"2025-08-25T21:57:39","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T21:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nethergatewriters.com\/?p=1890"},"modified":"2025-09-15T22:50:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T22:50:44","slug":"at-the-bus-stop-by-clive-a-simpson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nethergatewriters.com\/?p=1890","title":{"rendered":"At the Bus Stop by Clive A. Simpson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“Did yi hear aboot yon lassie doon oor road?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo. Wot aboot herr?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cShe\u2019s up the duff.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Eh? Wot d’yae mean \u2013 up the duff?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Up the duff, yi ken<\/em>  \u2013 she’s got a peh in the oven.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Oh Aye. Yi mean she\u2019s hae\u2019n a bairn.  How did yi no\u2019 say? Well, the things they get up tae\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Y’ think it wouldnae be possible wi\u2019 a\u2019 them rubber pills an’ contraventives an\u2019 stuff they hae these days”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“D\u2019 yi no get withdrawal symptums fae them?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 “We<\/em> never had nothin\u2019 like that \u2013 we<\/em> yased thon Rhythm Method”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The Rhythm Method \u2013 wits that?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Well, yi just, sort o\u2019, dae it, sort\u2019ve, kinda – in rhythms an’ waves, like.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Oh. Aye. An’ did it wurk?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Aye, o\u2019 course it did.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“‘How many did yi hae then?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Eight.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

by Clive A. Simpson<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Did yi hear aboot yon lassie doon oor road?
\n\u201cNo. Wot aboot herr?\u201d
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