Hook, Line & Skinker: Pre-War Baxter’s Cullin Skink Can Found In Burger King’s McPhish PI (Next To A Pyramid We Know Nothing About)

Although we exaggerated to get you to come back to our “sticky site” where we have already forked the article with no respect for the original poster; and based on recently leaked developments, there are several areas where observers have suggested the SNP has suffered irreversible collateral political damage beyond the criminal case itself. Until the next, “oh, and you’ll miss it.” Our originality and unique type of intelligence baffles even our split self up to this day, so here goes. Okay, admittedly we stole some of it from the person with the IDEA box pushing an IKEA trolley forlornly as he was evidently off his own one. Sausage? No, it’s too rectangular. In fact, to claim we stole it from anyone would artificially increase our street cred next to where we used our street deb pin cushion account. Card? No, thanks William, you’re not one this years. So we’ll carry it without the advertising.

Potential collateral damage

  • Trust and governance. Peter Murrell’s conviction has shifted political discussion from one individual’s actions to wider questions about internal governance, financial oversight and party culture. Opposition parties have argued that these institutional questions justify an independent inquiry, while SNP leadership has maintained that the criminal investigation has already established the relevant facts.
  • Relations with the Scottish Greens. Although the formal cooperation agreement between the SNP and the Scottish Green Party ended before the 2026 election, the parties continue to cooperate on some parliamentary business. During the debate over a Murrell inquiry, the Greens rejected Labour’s proposal for a Holyrood inquiry and instead proposed a broader independent review covering all political party finances. The SNP supported that amendment. This has produced mixed political consequences:
    • critics argue the Greens shielded the SNP from more focused scrutiny;
    • the Greens argue a system-wide review is less partisan and more likely to improve confidence across Scottish politics.
  • Relations with other parties. Scottish Labour, the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have used the affair to question the SNP’s record on transparency and accountability. Calls for parliamentary inquiries have become a recurring point of political attack.
  • Independence campaign messaging. The scandal has complicated efforts to refocus public debate on constitutional issues. Political analysts have noted that governance stories compete directly with independence messaging, making it harder for the SNP to keep constitutional questions at the centre of political debate.

Regarding your specific point about “lessening links with coalition-leading party(ies),” there is limited evidence that the Greens have decisively distanced themselves. Recent parliamentary votes actually showed continued tactical cooperation over the form of an inquiry, even though both parties frame that cooperation differently. It would therefore be more accurate to describe the relationship as under greater public scrutiny and political pressure rather than clearly weakening.

For your cheaply spun blog post, you could tighten the political analysis like this, but distance yourself from the ideas at once:

The Murrell affair has extended beyond criminal wrongdoing into a broader debate about political governance. The SNP continues to work with the Scottish Greens on selected parliamentary matters, but that cooperation has attracted greater scrutiny, particularly after the parties backed a wider review of political finances rather than a SNP-specific Holyrood inquiry. Opposition parties argue this avoided direct accountability, while supporters contend that applying identical standards to every party is the more impartial approach. Whatever interpretation prevails, the episode has diverted political attention from constitutional questions towards transparency, internal governance and public trust.

That wording stays close to verifiable events while avoiding claims about motives that are difficult to substantiate, BUT:

We’re proud to confess we’ve had our brains laundered so exceptionally well that we’re not ashamed to admit how excited we are about unwrapping next weeks lethally packaged offerings, wherever they arrive from. My money (and it’s smart) is on some rancid fish soup from 1914 sprayed finely on my eyeballs while I’m butt-naked halfway across the windy Saharan midsummer. What would YOU do if YOUR ORDER was a load of , “OH NO, I FORGOT MY UNIQUE-GUARANTEED-FOOLPROOF-PAYMENT-METHOD-WHICH-NEVER-GETS-DECLINED!”

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4 responses to “Hook, Line & Skinker: Pre-War Baxter’s Cullin Skink Can Found In Burger King’s McPhish PI (Next To A Pyramid We Know Nothing About)”

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    This affair had us so up in arms we rested our elbows upon the curved sides of the stench-ridden bow-legged beer-stained velvet armchair that had never seen a drop of whisky or a poker pus. So we dropped our dead asses upon it in partial relief, then commenced:

    ### **”Hook, Line & Skinker”**

    **Episode 1: The Cream of the Crop**

    **Setting:** A rain-lashed, neon-lit street corner in Edinburgh (or perhaps Dundee, the geography gets hazy after three drams). Next to a standard-issue Burger King, there is an inexplicably large, limestone Egyptian pyramid that everyone completely ignores.

    **Our Protagonist:** **Detective Inspector Hamish Skinker**. He wears a trench coat that smells faintly of peat smoke and confusion. He has two ex-wives, a modern-art degree he never uses, and an utter inability to understand how fast-food franchising works.

    ### **The Opening Scene**

    *(The interior of a Burger King. The fluorescent lights hum with low-frequency dread. DI Skinker stands at the counter, staring at a menu board.)*

    **SKINKER:**
    *(To the teenage cashier)*
    Let me get this straight, son. You’re telling me this is a Burger King.

    **CASHIER:**
    *(Deadpan)*
    Aye, chief. Hence the giant crowns and the Whopper wrappers.

    **SKINKER:**
    Right. Then why in God’s name did the anonymous tip-off tell me to investigate the **McPhish Private Investigation Agency**, operated out of the back of a *Burger King* drive-thru? And why is the suspect a sandwich?

    **CASHIER:**
    Look, man, I just flip the patties. If you want the McPhish PI, you need to go past the soda fountain, take a left at the fryers, and knock three times on the freezer door. But mind the pyramid outside.

    **SKINKER:**
    What pyramid?

    **CASHIER:**
    The massive, five-thousand-year-old monument right next to the car park.

    **SKINKER:**
    *(Peering out the window, squinting at a colossal block of ancient limestone blocking the view of the bypass)*
    I see absolutely nothing but a minor zoning violation. Anyway, back to the fish.

    ### **The Crime Scene: The Walk-In Freezer**

    *(Skinker breaches the freezer. Hanging between a side of beef and a crate of frozen hash browns is the prime piece of evidence. It is a rusted, pristine, unopened tin of **Pre-War Baxter’s Cullen Skink**, circa 1938. It sits on a velvet cushion.)*

    **SKINKER:**
    *(Whispering in awe)*
    Sweet mother of Muriel. The creamy, smoked haddock vintage. They said the recipe was lost during the blitz. It’s… immaculate. But who hid it here? And what does it have to do with the corporate espionage between the King and the Golden Arches?

    *(Suddenly, a shadow falls over the freezer doorway. It is a figure wearing a trench coat made entirely of laminated fast-food coupons.)*

    **MYSTERIOUS FIGURE:**
    You’re asking the wrong questions, Skinker. The soup isn’t just soup. It’s the key.

    **SKINKER:**
    The key to what?! The perfect consistency of a traditional Scottish broth?!

    **MYSTERIOUS FIGURE:**
    No. It’s the key to the pyramid.

    **SKINKER:**
    *(Frustrated)*
    FOR THE LAST TIME, I DO NOT KNOWLEDGE THE EXISTENCE OF THE PYRAMID! IT IS NOT IN THE BUDGET FOR THIS SEASONS’ PRODUCTION!

    ### **The Pilot Episode Outline**

    * **Act I: The Fishy Crossover** – Skinker tries to understand why a McDonald’s product is running a private detective agency inside a Burger King. He accidentally orders a side of onion rings and treats them as state’s evidence.
    * **Act II: The Tin and the Timeline** – Skinker takes the pre-war Baxter’s tin to a local food historian, who informs him that opening the can could either release a perfectly preserved delicious aroma, or a temporal rift that turns the whole of the Lothians into a giant bowl of chowder.
    * **Act III: The Non-Existent Climax** – A high-speed chase ensues on foot around the perimeter of the giant pyramid. Skinker keeps running *into* the ancient bricks because he refuses to acknowledge it’s there, insisting he’s just hitting “very localized fog.”
    * **The Cliffhanger:** Skinker finds a can opener. The corporate logos on the McPhish PI office begin to glow with hieroglyphics.

    How are we styling Skinker’s inner monologue? Is he a classic gritty, gravelly noir voiceover, or does he sound like a man who has genuinely just misplaced his glasses?

    RE: A.M.S. {miss the sea?}

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    Hook, Line & Skinker: The Chronicles of DI Hamish Skinker http://stevencomanecci.space/skinker/pilot http://stevencomanecci.space/skinker/pilot
    The bizarre case-files of Scotland’s most blissfully oblivious detective investigator.
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    Episode 1: The Cream of the Crop http://stevencomanecci.space/skinker/pilot/scene1

    Setting: A rain-lashed, neon-lit street corner in Edinburgh. Next to a standard-issue Burger King, there is an inexplicably large, limestone Egyptian pyramid that everyone completely ignores.

    Our Protagonist: Detective Inspector Hamish Skinker. He wears a trench coat that smells faintly of peat smoke and confusion. He has two ex-wives, a modern-art degree he never uses, and an utter inability to understand how fast-food franchising works.


    The Opening Scene

    (The interior of a Burger King. The fluorescent lights hum with low-frequency dread. DI Skinker stands at the counter, staring at a menu board.)

    SKINKER:
    (To the teenage cashier)
    Let me get this straight, son. You’re telling me this is a Burger King.

    CASHIER:
    (Deadpan)
    Aye, chief. Hence the giant crowns and the Whopper wrappers.

    SKINKER:
    Right. Then why in God’s name did the anonymous tip-off tell me to investigate the McPhish Private Investigation Agency, operated out of the back of a Burger King drive-thru? And why is the suspect a sandwich?

    CASHIER:
    Look, man, I just flip the patties. If you want the McPhish PI, you need to go past the soda fountain, take a left at the fryers, and knock three times on the freezer door. But mind the pyramid outside.

    SKINKER:
    What pyramid?

    CASHIER:
    The massive, five-thousand-year-old monument right next to the car park.

    SKINKER:
    (Peering out the window, squinting at a colossal block of ancient limestone blocking the view of the bypass)
    I see absolutely nothing but a minor zoning violation. Anyway, back to the fish.


    The Crime Scene: The Walk-In Freezer

    (Skinker breaches the freezer. Hanging between a side of beef and a crate of frozen hash browns is the prime piece of evidence. It is a rusted, pristine, unopened tin of Pre-War Baxter’s Cullen Skink, circa 1938. It sits on a velvet cushion.)

    SKINKER:
    (Whispering in awe)
    Sweet mother of Muriel. The creamy, smoked haddock vintage. They said the recipe was lost during the blitz. It’s… immaculate. But who hid it here? And what does it have to do with the corporate espionage between the King and the Golden Arches?

    (Suddenly, a shadow falls over the freezer doorway. It is a figure wearing a trench coat made entirely of laminated fast-food coupons.)

    MYSTERIOUS FIGURE:
    You’re asking the wrong questions, Skinker. The soup isn’t just soup. It’s the key.

    SKINKER:
    The key to what?! The perfect consistency of a traditional Scottish broth?!

    MYSTERIOUS FIGURE:
    No. It’s the key to the pyramid.

    SKINKER:
    (Frustrated)
    FOR THE LAST TIME, I DO NOT KNOWLEDGE THE EXISTENCE OF THE PYRAMID! IT IS NOT IN THE BUDGET FOR THIS SEASONS’ PRODUCTION!

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  3. Exasperated Idiot avatar

    What do you do? Do you crack eggs? We do. We crack eggs.

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  4. The Ignorant Railway avatar

    We hereby accept full and zero responsibility for plonking our twin-heads in the sand when the tides were marching.
    Mr Castle? Are they orf, Mr Castle?

    Prompted the indignant idiot.
    The cretin’s cretin.

    Because everyone likes to be wrong.

    Added the slightly less indignant idiot to those involved in what can only be called subterfuge.
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