Further to my "bingo" above, I'm in a grumpy enough mood right now to tell the truth and say what's on my mind without being diplomatic or pastoral, so here it comes; hold onto your pith helmet!

I'm more than just a bit annoyed, hurt, and disgusted to see the frequently implied message that I should never wear a kilt. No it isn't a "heritage thing" for me. No, I'm not a highlander. But I have studied, loved, and written about it for a lifetime. Now that I'm ordained I bought a clergy tartan kilt. If somebody doesn't like that, I'll gladly stuff it down their throats, all nine yards (I'm fat) plus buckles.

I've had it with the frequent implication that I'm second class here. This is a forum for folks who RIGHTLY OR WRONGLY love owning and wearing kilts. I wear it respectfully. I wear it infrequently. I wear it traditionally. I wear it knowledgeably, which is probably more than many who have the self-granted "right" to wear it can do (see some other threads) but by Jimminy, I'm going to wear it, and this forum is not someplace to be sneered at for that. It's too good a forum to go down the tubes based on self-righteous nose-in-the-air self-granted superiority. Grow up and stop being hurtful!

Told you I was grumpy today!