Red Necks Like Kilts Too

**Riverkilt** · 2nd June 06, 03:06 PM

I'm off work today, eating up some "use or lose" vacation days.

Remember now, I live in a very remote town of 6,800 in far northern Arizona. Its 135 miles to the closest city - Flagstaff.

Checking out at the supermarket a local redneck girl and her boyfriend get in line behind me. I'm wearing my chocolate UK workman's. She says she likes that kilt best of all, that she sees me wearing my other kilts, but that this one is her favorite. Okay, thank her politely. Boyfriend seems okay with it.

A few minutes later I'm stopped for gas and while I'm pumping a redneck guy in a beat up pick up steps around the pump to ask me all kinds of serious questions about my kilt. Give him a bunch of info and websites. He's stoked. Apparently he's some sort of metal worker that makes chain mail or something...he's both wanting to buy, or wanting to try making, his own kilt.

And, he claims there's another kilt wearer in town who wears tartan kilts. Try to explain that its probably just me, but he says no, its really another guy...

Jeez, a looming kilt night in little ol' Page, Arizona.....now that's fashion penetration folks.

Ron

**revdpatience** · 2nd June 06, 03:16 PM

At my sister's wedding in Flagstaff the weekend after Easter, my brother and the photographer were both wearing their black Mocker Utilikilts -- my brother as part of his tux ensemble, and the photog as a casual kilt.

My brother is a welder by trade, so with him it's either Carhartts or a Utilikilt plus a tie-dyed t-shirt.

**Riverkilt** · 2nd June 06, 03:19 PM

Cool!

My UK caramel workman's is often called a Carhardtt kilt...or guys from the plant will comment that they didn't know Carhardtt made kilts...

Ron

**Woodsheal** · 2nd June 06, 03:20 PM

Well, I'm a redneck (if by that you mean rural dwelling, gun owning, deer hunting, beer drinking, truck owning American male) and I like kilts plenty! In fact, I think that type of fellow would be more inclined to the manly garment, the kilt, than your typical feminized Zinfandel-sipping city-dwelling metrosexual.

See, we can all stereotype...!

**Chris Webb** · 2nd June 06, 03:24 PM

Originally Posted by Woodsheal

Well, I'm a redneck (if by that you mean rural dwelling, gun owning, deer hunting, beer drinking, truck owning American male) and I like kilts plenty! In fact, I think that type of fellow would be more inclined to the manly garment, the kilt, than your typical feminized Zinfandel-sipping city-dwelling metrosexual.

See, we can all stereotype...!

HOT DAM!! Couldn't have said it better me self.

Kilt On!

Chris Webb (Native Texan)

**Riverkilt** · 2nd June 06, 03:28 PM

Aye,

That's what we be out here too...only we're not rural...we're frontier...there's no town down the road a few miles...its 2 hours plus to a city of any size and 75 miles to the next small town.

And I've been the Lone Ranger in the kilt department for two years...to have someone, particularly a redneck, show an interest in acquiring their own kilt is a major deal for me out here in the boonie weeds and canyons.

Ron

**Woodsheal** · 2nd June 06, 03:34 PM

Originally Posted by Riverkilt

Aye,

That's what we be out here too...only we're not rural...we're frontier...there's no town down the road a few miles...its 2 hours plus to a city of any size and 75 miles to the next small town.

And I've been the Lone Ranger in the kilt department for two years...to have someone, particularly a redneck, show an interest in acquiring their own kilt is a major deal for me out here in the boonie weeds and canyons.

Ron

Yowza! That IS remote!! "Kilt Nights" are few and far between thereabouts, eh...?

**Bob C** · 2nd June 06, 03:37 PM

Originally Posted by Woodsheal

Well, I'm a redneck (if by that you mean rural dwelling, gun owning, deer hunting, beer drinking, truck owning American male) and I like kilts plenty! In fact, I think that type of fellow would be more inclined to the manly garment, the kilt, than your typical feminized Zinfandel-sipping city-dwelling metrosexual.

See, we can all stereotype...!

I've met you, bro. You're no redneck.

**Riverkilt** · 2nd June 06, 03:37 PM

Actually, there are a LOT of kilt nights in Page, AZ....every night I sally forth kilted is a kilt night. There's one happening tonight. Just, I'm the only one there....

Ron

**Woodsheal** · 2nd June 06, 03:43 PM

Originally Posted by Riverkilt

Actually, there are a LOT of kilt nights in Page, AZ....every night I sally forth kilted is a kilt night. There's one happening tonight. Just, I'm the only one there....

Ron

Well, if some of those rednecks follow through on their kilt interest, you'll be on your way to better-attended kilted gatherings!