The coronavirus pandemic disrupted lives, cancelled events and brought parts of the country to a standstill.
But as more and more of us spent time indoors as a result of lockdowns, it’s safe to say one aspect of Scottish life remained the same.
If there’s one thing that could survive a pandemic, it would be our humour – bold as brass and utterly unapologetic.
Here, we’ve summed up nine tweets from the last year that perfectly sum up Scotland’s patter for 2020.
Some of the greatest (and worst) times of our lives surrounded the yearly country dancing.
Speaking of which, a massive ceilidh when the pandemic is over and we’re back to ‘normality’ should totally be on the cards.
have left all my non-scottish pals mindblown that PE at christmas was country dancing - just jigging aboot and hurling each other around a hall for a few weeks
— Dayna McAlpine (@daynamcalpine_) December 15, 2020
Keeping with the Christmas theme, who could forget our brilliant gritters.
‘Yes Sir, Ice Can Boogie’ – you couldn’t make it up.
I just learned that Scotland names their entire snowplow fleet and the names are incredible pic.twitter.com/e6FBBtCbao
— Jackie Sojico (@jackiesojico) December 11, 2020
Early December saw the initial roll-out of the coronavirus vaccine in Scotland.
But who should we trust?
finding it hard to know who to believe with this vacine carry on. Torn between, the scientists who have dedicated their lifes to studying virus immunisation or the single maws of facebook that failed foundy biology
— Grant (@grantoasc) December 2, 2020
During the pandemic the police forces on the front line acted admirably in protecting Scots and help in the fight against Covid.
But you have to admit, this comparison is hilarious…
Italian police Scottish police pic.twitter.com/UhbEQAtHC6
— Sean (@Sean67_) November 22, 2020
Another victim of the pandemic was the loss of thousands of jobs.
Thankfully, this guy didn’t take it too seriously after confusing ‘Linkedin’ with a place.
Glasgow mate 😂😂😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/TQAna4o7T5
— Alex (@alex3lufc) November 18, 2020
Now, cast your mind back to a time when pubs and bars were open.
If you’re the lad in this tweet, you might want to forget, after his pals left a fake proposal for his first date.
Mate was on a first date tonight and we’ve done him an absolute belter 🤣😭 pic.twitter.com/l0iyvm9qTG
— Lee McIver (@leemciverx) September 25, 2020
And who could forget one of the biggest moments of Scottish football in more than 20 years, with the men’s team finally qualifying for a major tournament again.
But what colour was David Marshall’s kit?...
— David (@di1cox) November 13, 2020
Celebrations were wild, with living rooms across the country going crazy after the tense penalty shoot-out.
No-more so than in Andy Murray’s house…
would hate to be andy murray’s neighbours 😳 pic.twitter.com/tL6GvNuaUW
— WallahiWesley (@james__avfc) November 12, 2020
And in typical Scottish fashion… we just had to double check first.
Nothing is more Scottish than something good finally happening and having to check that it’s definitely happened before allowing yourself to enjoy it pic.twitter.com/oCeloqcZQw
— Oldfirmfacts (@Oldfirmfacts1) November 12, 2020
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