Joe Fox
#GrowingUpScottish is trending on Twitter, and amongst the chat about Irn Bru and miserable weather, there are some hard-hitting tweets about the stark reality of growing up in Scotland, and they're hilarious.
Here are 21 of the best...
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Mountains and trees reflected in still lake(01 of29)
Mountains and trees reflected in still lake (credit:David Henderson via Getty Images)
Walker sits on viewpoint at The Quiraing, twenty four mile rock ledge on Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK (22nd January 2010)(02 of29)
Walker sits on viewpoint at The Quiraing, twenty four mile rock ledge on Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK (22nd January 2010) (credit:David Clapp via Getty Images)
Scotland sunlight on Highland mountain glen Glenfinnan viaduct panorama Lochaber(03 of29)
Summer sunlight illuminating the iconic arches of the Gelnfinnan Viaduct as it curves across the green glen at the end of Loch Shiel overlooked by the rugged mountain peaks of the Highlands, Scotland. ProPhoto RGB profile for maximum color fidelity and gamut. (credit:fotoVoyager via Getty Images)
Boy balancing on rocks beneath mountains(04 of29)
Young boy ( 10-12 years old ) balancing on rocks with arms spread wide in a stream beneath dramatic mountains (credit:James Ross via Getty Images)
Looking at An Teallch from moorland outcrop across loch, Western Ross, Scotland, October 2008(05 of29)
Looking at An Teallch from moorland outcrop across loch, Western Ross, Scotland, October 2008 (credit:Simon Butterworth via Getty Images)
Girl climbing tree in field(06 of29)
Girl climbing tree in field (credit:Cultura/Cecilia Cartner via Getty Images)
The Old Man Of Hoy, Scotland(07 of29)
The Old Man Of Hoy a 450' tall sea stack on the Isle of Hoy Orkney Islands Scotland (credit:Alan Majchrowicz via Getty Images)
Sunset at Scarasta on Harris with waves breaking on rocky shore, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, July 2008(08 of29)
Sunset at Scarasta on Harris with waves breaking on rocky shore, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, July 2008 (credit:Simon Butterworth via Getty Images)
Last show(09 of29)
Scotland. By dgstudio.fr (credit:David G/500px)
Bench(10 of29)
Up a hill in Craiglockhart, Edinburgh (credit:John /500px)
scotland(11 of29)
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Man standing in Barra, Hebrides(13 of29)
Man standing in Barra, Hebrides (credit:Cultura Travel/Leon Harris via Getty Images)
Kilchurn Castle Loch Awe Argyll(14 of29)
Kilchurn Castle Loch Awe Argyll Scotland UK (credit:Brian Lawrence via Getty Images)
Eileand Donan Castle surrounded with algae amarill(15 of29)
Eileand Donan castle and his bridge of access, surrounded by a lake half-empty and full of yellow algae a day of storm. (credit:Jose A. Bernat Bacete via Getty Images)
Kilchurn Castle, Loch Awe, Scottish Highlands(16 of29)
Autumnal view of Kilchurn Castle reflecting in the still waters of Loch Awe. Scottish Highlands,UK (credit:Kathy Collins via Getty Images)
Misty Eildon Hills(17 of29)
A scenic view of morning mist covering the base of the Eildon hills, Melrose, Scottish Borders, Scotland, 1997. (Photo By RDImages/Epics/Getty Images) (credit:Epics via Getty Images)
Black Rock Cottage, Glen Coe(18 of29)
Black Rock Cottage, Rannoch Moor, Glen Coe, Scotland, UK (credit:Brian Lawrence via Getty Images)
Snowy mountains in late evening light reflected in Loch Tulla with moon, Beinn an Dothaidh, Grampian Highlands, Scotland, December 2008(19 of29)
Snowy mountains in late evening light reflected in Loch Tulla with moon, Beinn an Dothaidh, Grampian Highlands, Scotland, December 2008 (credit:Simon Butterworth via Getty Images)
Highland Cow, Scotland(20 of29)
Highland Cow, Scotland (credit:Malcolm Fife via Getty Images)
Couple at Callanish Stones, Scotland(21 of29)
Senior man with his arm around woman, standing next to the Callanish Stones, Isle of Lewis, Scotland (credit:Stewart Cohen via Getty Images)
Edinburgh(22 of29)
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Eilean Donan castle, Scotland, UK(23 of29)
Eilean Donan castle, Scotland, UK (credit:Harald Braun, Berlin via Getty Images)
Mountain hut at lake(24 of29)
Hunting hut on shore of lake, Scotland. (credit:Angus Clyne via Getty Images)
St. Andrews(25 of29)
Golf Link Clubs House. St. Andrews. scotland (credit:Luis Davilla via Getty Images)
The Old Man of Storr, Trotternish, Isle of Skye(26 of29)
The Old Man of Storr, Trotternish, Isle of Skye, Scotland United Kingdom. (credit:Peter Adams via Getty Images)
Lurchers Crag, Cairngorms National Park, Scottish Highlands, Scotland(27 of29)
Lurchers Crag, Cairngorms National Park, Scottish Highlands, Scotland (credit:Jason Friend via Getty Images)
Plockton, Scotland(28 of29)
The pretty bay at Plockton in Scotland with Duncraig castle just visible in the background. (credit:chris148 via Getty Images)
Sunset, Callanish Standing Stones(29 of29)
Couple at sunset Callanish Standing Stones, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland. (credit:Peter Adams via Getty Images)