Picking up from Derek's post, I notice that many appear to suggest an aggressive response when questioned as to whay they are wearing the kilt.

Now apart from a few drunks who can be ignored and chums trying to wind me up: I find it very hard if not impossible to think of anyone who has actually been questioning my wearing of the kilt in a rude way. Now I'm nearly seventy and been wearing the kilt all my life, so I can claim some slight experience, and not only here in the UK.

My experience being of people amazed at seeing the kilt-curious, and oft reacting out of friendly ignorance. Of course it would be easy on occasion for me to be annoyed-but what good does that do?

The aim being to leave them thinking in a positive way about the kilt and kilt wearers. For obvious reasons I mostly never meet them again. However the few repeat encounters have always been friendly-even to the extent of being reproved for not wearing my kilt on a trousered occasion!

Now I agree that it can be very satisfying to respond to a question with a barbed riposte-but that fails the basic aim: which is to leave the questioner with a positive attitude to the kilt and the kilt wearer.

James.