…respect starts at a very early age when yeez are Scottish… p’raps it also exists with other nationalities, but indisputable lyrical evidence points to the Caledonian preeminence in this most precious of traits… specifically respect for yer elders… which other country imbeds in its music an inviolable statement protecting that much-loved species—yer Grannie?… it’s one thing to regard the seniors in yer family with the dignity they so admirably deserve… such as permitting them access to yer own children, with licence for both these sub-sets of relatives, the youngest and the eldest, to misbehave uncontrollably beyond the limits normally allowed for yer offspring…

…such as putting up with their ‘don’t-give-a flying-feck-what-they-think’ cringe-inducing comments when unsuspecting house guests don’t pass their ’sniff-test’… and of course, such as suff’ring the inevitable, ‘it-was-never-like-that-when-we-were-young’ throwaway lines as nailed-on ‘stamps of disapproval’… but the ultimate indication of the exalted ‘untouchables’ designation…