On Saturday I was visiting a strange town, and when entering a shop, a lady said:-

'What a lovely skirt, you do look smart'.

I smiled and said thanks-at which point she said that she'd mant to say Kilt, but came out with the first word that entered her head: going on to make nice coments about seeing the kilt and mean wearing one.

The point of this post being that if I'd made a sharp retort, I'd have offended her and not felt so good myself: as it is we were both pleased by the exchange-so it was a positive encounter.

This in turn links to my earlier views that it is better to smile and be nice when people say something, even if they do not use the right words: for by so doing we will be acting to promote the kilt and kilt wearing.

James