Born in Glasgow in 1974, Brian Limond grew up in the Carnwadric area of Scotland’s largest city and studied multimedia technology at Glasgow Caledonian University, before embarking on a career in website design.
While working on his day job he found time to release comedy content on a website and blog, later creating a daily podcast called ‘Limmy’s World of Glasgow’ which quickly built a dedicated fanbase. He began to work on his comedy career full-time in 2016.
BBC Scotland commissioned Limmy’s Show in 2010 and it ran for three series and a Christmas special – winning two BAFTA Scotland awards.
Limmy’s Homemade Show followed, with a on-off episode on the BBC in 2018 and a full series in 2020, while his live show sold out Glasgow’s Clyde Auditorium for four straight nights.
He’s also a successful published author, with two books of darky-amusing short stories – Daft Wee Stories and That's Your Lot – and an autobiography Surprisingly Down to Earth, and Very Funny under his belt.
Having taken a step back from the world of comedy, Limmy now has a successful career as a Twitch streamer with nearly half a million followers watching his near-daily streams.
Here are 13 interesting and funny quotes from the comedy genius.
9. Limmy on...Scottish Independence
"I don't want Scotland to be more important than England. There's just a cancer of low self-esteem in Scotland and a general feeling that if we were to break away it would be game over and we would be bankrupt. If that is the case then that's exactly what we should do. Why are we, a country that would be bankrupt, leaching off another one?" Photo: Contributed
10. Limmy on...getting into the comedy business
"A guy playing pool in a pub once said to me that they should put me on the telly. It went in one ear and out the other. But then I started thinking about it. I wondered how it all worked, did you have to be best mates with someone at the BBC who you went to uni with in Oxford?" Photo: Contributed
11. Limmy on...edgy humour
"There used to be such a thing as a sick joke, or laughing at misfortune, because comedy and laughter are a way of coping. And there is a kind of cruelty to it, but you can separate finding something horrible funny, and what you really think of it." Photo: Contributed
12. Limmy on...internet trolling
"One thing I like to do is visit technical forums and ask for help regarding an entirely fictitious problem I'm having with my software. When I receive help, I say, 'Nope. Didn't work.' If they guide me to a button to click, I say, 'Nope. Can't see it.' Sometimes I just reply with nothing but 'Nope,' and it drives them up the wall." Photo: Brian Limond