My 14 year old daughter just got back from the Chicago "South Side Irish Parade" and gave me the full report on all of the kilted faux pas that she observed...she wouldn't know all of this stuff if it weren't for this forum, so I thought you'd get a kick ouof her observations.

First off I got to hear about "some guy who just must have gone to Joanne fabrics and bought a blue and green plaid - it wasn't even a tartan, dad! - piece of fabric and just wrapped it around his waist...what wa his story?"

And "...and these people don't know anything because there were so many tacky balmorals and they had DICING on them, dad....don't they now that they aren't supposed to have dicing if they aren't British subjects?"

So I had to mention that the Chicago Police uses a black and white checkerboard band on their hats so if they had that on their glengarries or their balmorals it was okay...but "...Nooooo! They had the RED dicing."

Oh, that's different...okay then...

I should just tell her that she should have written the URL for Xmarks on a slip of paper and given it to the guy in the blue and green sarong and tell him that he should check us out for kilt tips...

Best

AA