RIP Ebbe

[57vintage]

I still quote “stats and mini skirts” to this day at my work and then have to tell people the story

When I was QA Manager at a now-subsumed FE college, I had to give a report at each meeting of Curriculum Policy Committee (Academic Board) on internal verification success v (****ing Blairite) targets, and an overview of external verification activity (this is how I know that Swinney is a devious erse) There was a query about the numbers once, and I took a deep breath, and intoned, ”In the words of the great Ebbe Skovdahl, ‘Statistics are like mini-skirts, they show what’s interesting but hide what’s important’” to muffled laughter from the good guys, and glares from the feminists. That was Friday. On Monday morning, the ex-Dunfermline reserve winger who was our scrupulously-fair Principal called me and asked for the quote. I thought that some **** had complained, but he wanted to use it in a presentation to the FE Principals’ network and the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council later that week. Ebbe’s influence spread wider that he probably ever imagined.

[Mason89]

When I was QA Manager at a now-subsumed FE college, I had to give a report at each meeting of Curriculum Policy Committee (Academic Board) on internal verification success v (****ing Blairite) targets, and an overview of external verification activity (this is how I know that Swinney is a devious erse) There was a query about the numbers once, and I took a deep breath, and intoned, ”In the words of the great Ebbe Skovdahl, ‘Statistics are like mini-skirts, they show what’s interesting but hide what’s important’” to muffled laughter from the good guys, and glares from the feminists. That was Friday. On Monday morning, the ex-Dunfermline reserve winger who was our scrupulously-fair Principal called me and asked for the quote. I thought that some **** had complained, but he wanted to use it in a presentation to the FE Principals’ network and the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council later that week. Ebbe’s influence spread wider that he probably ever imagined.

Continuing that theme, I used to go out with a psychotic hun primary teacher. We couldnt agree on the colour of shyte but I once mentioned a phoenixx quote from here, about ‘drinking your food & eating your drink’, which she then passed on to years of weegie school kids.

I miss him from here & the tales of his auntie

[57vintage]

I used to rib Pete about his macrobiotic and astrological musings. After the operation to reduce his brain tumour, he sent me a selfie of the stitches in the operation scar on his baldy heid. It looked like someone had been scribbling on him with a biro, and I asked if the surgeon had penned a warning to future heid doctors, “Careful. You’ll not believe the shyte I found in there”. I’ll tell the backstory of the auntie-beefing, which involves fitba, a drummer and a distillery, some other time.

PWLP picked me up to go to Pete’s funeral at 10am. A taxi dropped me off here at 0230 next morning, after a funeral of legend.

[redscot]

Sad to hear this news.

"the operation was a success but unfortunately the patient died" and the mini skirt quote will always raise a smile.

RIP Ebbe

[Hairdrier]

RIP Ebbe

A real character.

[The_Moog]

Ah that’s sad news.

Amazed he lasted this long the amount of fags he put away.

He was a shambles of a manager for us - but a very decent lad. As others have said some of the quotes and one liners were genius.

Will always be fondly remembered for being the closest thing to a diets manager we’ll ever have by nearly getting us relegated.

Did sign Kjaer, Stavrum & Zero though as I recall so not all bad.

RIP min ⭐️⭐️

[rico94]

Ah that’s sad news.

Amazed he lasted this long the amount of fags he put away.

He was a shambles of a manager for us - but a very decent lad. As others have said some of the quotes and one liners were genius.

Will always be fondly remembered for being the closest thing to a diets manager we’ll ever have by nearly getting us relegated.

Did sign Kjaer, Stavrum & Zero though as I recall so not all bad.

RIP min ⭐️⭐️

Signed Bisconti too, he was a good signing for us.

[Aldo1983]

Signed Bisconti too, he was a good signing for us.

He was. Shame he didn't stick around. He couldn't give a **** who Celtic or rangers were either.

[Mason89]

Signed Bisconti too, he was a good signing for us.

I know I’m in a minority of one but I thought he was sh1te, a bit of a w@nker and a whole myth has built up around him that he doesn’t deserve

[Pacman1903]

There was a strange enjoyable element to Ebbes time.

A wacky time to be a Dons fan