Winston ingram still game quotes

In a scene quite likely to have been emulated in real life, a Craiglang notable is heckled whilst opening a new community centre. Och the Glasgae banter. Sitting on a tea plate covered in margar-yne".

The lads reveal that poets, they are not, when they enter a competition to come up with a local bakery's new advertising slogan. The winning entry was a tad more succinct. They have pies. The gourmet fare of The Clansman comes under the consideration of our intrepid pair and their razor-sharp wit. A map ae the store. It's a shop son, no a mountain range! We've all been there. Whether Ikea or, as in this case, a cash and carry, you stride out into the aisles confidently and within five minutes are irredeemably lost.

Isa reveals her ignorance of the Ides of March after Navid finds her shopping in Hyperdales, the large supermarket that is driving him out of business. An unlikley Brutus indeed. The proper reverence being shown by the residents of Craiglang to their dear departed comrades. Winston, when out, is nearly always in either the Clansman or in the bookies, and has run-ins with both Boaby the barman and Stevie the bookie. Winston has been put out the Clansman a few times during the series and almost barred a few times as well, some of these incidents include throwing his false leg at Boaby in temper, for arguing with Boaby the barman over whether or not a pint glass was clean or not, for playing cards and generally being abusive toward Boaby.

He has had a long standing rivalry with the bookie Stevie Reid over the series and says about Stevie "you hate it when I win and you love it when I lose" to which Stevie replies: "that's right". The rivalry flairs up again in series five when Stevie returns to Craiglang under the name "Frankie" and claims to be Stevie's brother. He has also had various run-ins with "the social" in bids to get more money. A year before the events of Series One, Winston had a knee injury and was in hospital.

While Winston's knee was still bad, he qualified for invalidity benefit. However, when Winston's knee had recovered, he still continued to claim benefits. The DHSS cut his pension money until the overpayments were recuperated.

In Series Two, Winston had a home help worker, named Mrs. Begg, while having a sore knee. Mrs Begg was highly suspicious of Winston, and warned him that if she found out he was trying it on, he would be off the register. Shortly afterwards, Winston was caught by Mrs.

Begg dancing in the bookies. He begged her not to report him, but she did and he was no longer allowed to have home help. However, Winston later caught Mrs. Begg having an affair with Bert Findlay, and she agreed to be his home help again, in order to cover up what happened.

Examples of Winston's previous attempts of claiming with the DHSS include: getting compensation because "two big men came in, tied him up and stole his cooker and fireplace", incontinence due to a motorcycle accident etc.

When he goes to get extra benefits because of his bad foot, the benefits officer does not believe him and dismisses it as another attempt at getting money he is not entitled to, he then shows what's left of his foot to the worker who quickly changes her attitude upon seeing it. As previously mentioned, Winston has a bad foot in Series Three. This stemmed from his years as a heavy smoker, telling a doctor that he smoked eighty cigarettes a day.

Towards the end of that episode, we see Winston on a hospital bed humourously saying to a doctor "Now doctor, give it to me straight, I can take it, I'm a man. Are they going to have to hack it off? After Winston's foot is amputated, he is given a prosthetic leg by the NHS. However, when he goes to the hospital, the only foot they have is for a woman and takes it, much to the amusement of everyone at the pub.

Due to being "too fond of the pub and the bookies", Winston has found himself working on several occasions. Winston asked for a job, and was accepted. Winston suggested that Jack and Victor provide hot food for the locals, in order to drive business away from his old enemy, Vince, who had recently set up a snack van to provide for the builders at the nearby site. Winston is accepted, but soon founds himself being bullied by a much younger employee named Kevin; who was very arrogant and ageist towards Winston.

Winston's job only lasts until the end of the episode, where he had enough and punched Kevin in the face. In the sixth series episode "Seconds Out", Winston gets a job as a pizza delivery man. Winston takes this job seriously, and refuses to give Jack and Victor a free pizza. In series five, Winston decides he has had enough of Craiglang and wants to move to the seaside town of Finport based on and filmed in Saltcoats.

At first he is ridiculed by Jack and Victor who do not think he is being serious, however it turns out that they are actually concerned for him, as they don't feel that Finport is the answer.

Later on when Winston is leaving, everyone at the Clansman throws him a small leaving party and gives him a gift, except for Tam who when Winston gets to after thanking everyone for the gifts he says "Tam Initially, Winston's time in Finport appears to be happy, however when Jack and Victor go to visit him; the true nature of Finport is revealed.

The town is quiet with the shops mostly shut, or overly expensive. At night, it is apparently a dangerous place with one resident saying "When darkness comes, Finport belongs to the young team". When Jack and Victor eventually meet up with Winston, he is very reluctant to show them his home. However, later on, the pair follow him back home much to Winston's dismay.

Winston then tells them that the house he was offered unbeknownst to him was sheltered housing and he rejected the offer. In the end, Winston decides to return to Craiglang. Winston is smaller than Victor, but taller than Jack. He has a pot belly, a red face, grey hair and wears glasses. Winston wears a prosthetic leg, due to having it amputated due to his smoking habit. Unlike Jack and Victor, Winston tends to be less smartly dressed.

He rarely wears a tie, and he prefers to wear joggers rather than smart trousers. Winston is usually seen wearing a bunnet. Winston can be aggressive from time to time.

Usually, this is against people whom he hates, like Stevie the Bookie, although he has been known to lose his temper with his friends as well. Despite his temper, Winston is generally a friendly man. Winston genuinely cares about the welfare of his friends. Winston can be dishonest when it comes to money. He can be a crook sometimes, such as when he rigged his electricity meter in order to get free electricity.

Winston is a funny man, who likes to give his friends a good laugh. The charact… more ». Winston Ingram: But know this! I run a tight ship, not a shite tip! Rate this quote: 5. Share your thoughts on this Still Game's quote with the community: 0 Comments. Notify me of new comments via email. Cancel Report. Create a new account.

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