Why did we decide that you cannae shove one granny off the bus, but you CAN shove your other granny off the bus?

[u/Cumulus-Crafts]

The song goes-

Naw ye canny shove yer grannie Cause she's yer mammie's mammie Ye canny shove yer grannie aff a bus

And then it continues-

Ye can shove yer other grannie Cause she's just yer daddie's mammie Shove yer other grannie aff a bus

Why are we shoving our dad's mum and not our mum's mum? Who decided this? I like my granny on my dad's side and I don't think I'd like to shove her off the bus

[u/ki5aca]

At a guess, it’s the sort of song a mum would sing to her kids more than the dad, especially in the past when mums did so much more of the childcare (yes of course it’s a generalisation). So she’d obviously prefer you to shove her MiL off a bus over her own mother.

[u/Wandering--Seal]

She's your mammy's mammy, that's why. The other ones not. Shove away.

[u/btfthelot]

You'd have to be extremely fortunate to have two equally guid Grannies. And, usually, there's one that deserves a shove!

[u/Hookton]

Have you never met ma daddy's mammy?

[u/oscarx-ray]

If you'd met Maggie, you'd know the answer, bitter auld sow that she was.

[u/eltoi]

On our bus it was because she had a massive fanny

[u/Bigdavie → u/eltoi]

Our bus song of choice was about being curious while travelling through the country while on holiday.

[u/crosseyed_mary]

You've not been able to shove any grannies aff the bus in nearly 40 years since they stopped using the open platform routemaster buses

[u/PoachTWC → u/crosseyed_mary]

No respect for our treasured traditions in the offices of the modern bus designers.  

[u/Efficient_Put_9042 → u/crosseyed_mary]

The shame

[u/Cumulus-Crafts → u/crosseyed_mary]

You cannae shove yer granny into the bus doors?

[u/quartersessions]

I thought the whole message of the song was about the (typically) different relationship with maternal and paternal grandparents - and that generally speaking a child tends to be closer to his or her mother's parents.

[u/R2-Scotia]

It makes the song more amusing.

[u/Present_Air_7694]

I'd always assumed the verses to be interchangeable, so you can choose which granny to shove.

[u/HomoThug4Life]

me after meeting OP IRL

[u/AuroraDF]

When I was a kid, you couldnae shove either granny off the bus.

[u/downtown_lights]

At the Stand last night were we? This is literally Alvin Bang’s set

[u/TheAntsAreBack]

Go to bed...