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The Gadgey, by Alan Campbell
      #4991 - Sun May 04 2008 10:38 PM

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sodadreamer
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Re: The Gadgey, by Alan Campbell [Re: SH Comments]
      #4994 - Wed May 07 2008 02:38 PM

That was brilliant!- so original and funny, but in the end quite sad as well. Loved their Scottish accents.

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Re: The Gadgey, by Alan Campbell [Re: sodadreamer]
      #4997 - Sat May 10 2008 02:12 PM

The dialect was great (we don't see that here in the U.S.) The mass media references blended with the local culture were cleverly done.
Yes, a sad ending, but it fits the story well.


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Re: The Gadgey, by Alan Campbell [Re: SH Comments]
      #5194 - Sat Aug 30 2008 01:08 PM

I very much enjoyed this. Poor wee gadgey.

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