Finally met a member of the Kilt Police... And I wasn't kilted.

**Thekiltedmohawk** · 19th June 15, 11:22 AM

This thread just makes me thank God I'm Deaf. So I can ignore these "experts" as I'd just smile, and nod at them pretending I understand what they are saying.

**tundramanq** · 19th June 15, 03:03 PM

I was wearing my brown 511 TDK last week and got the "Nice Utilikilt" twice in 4 days. Huh!
I used to be an expert but I'm not a pert as I used to be.

**rlloyd** · 19th June 15, 04:03 PM

Originally Posted by tundramanq

I was wearing my brown 511 TDK last week and got the "Nice Utilikilt" twice in 4 days. Huh!
I used to be an expert but I'm not a pert as I used to be.

Wouldn't being less pert than previously make you more of an "ex"pert?

**tundramanq** · 19th June 15, 04:09 PM

Pert, then expert then ex- expert - retired.

**rlloyd** · 19th June 15, 04:16 PM

Is an expert in any way related to an expat?

**OC Richard** · 19th June 15, 06:43 PM

One thing I've learned in my 40 years of kiltwearing: the more you know, the more you realize how vast is the amount of stuff you don't know.

A person who can recognize two tartans, Black Watch and everything else, might be satisfied with his knowledge but a person who can recognize a couple hundred knows that there's thousands more he can't.

As I've said before, what used to amuse my old Pipe Major is when people would call to hire him and ask if he was going to be wearing his "full kilt". He would say "one of these days I'll tell them 'no, for your event I decided to wear my half-kilt!'"

**tundramanq** · 19th June 15, 08:12 PM

Had an 80 something guy ask what clan my blue denim Utilikilt Workman was a few months ago. Not sure if he was joking or serious. Gotta think up a good joke comeback for this one.

**AFS1970** · 19th June 15, 08:20 PM

Originally Posted by tundramanq

Had an 80 something guy ask what clan my blue denim Utilikilt Workman was a few months ago. Not sure if he was joking or serious. Gotta think up a good joke comeback for this one.

Clan Levi I believe isn't it?

**OC Richard** · 20th June 15, 04:36 AM

Originally Posted by CDNSushi

I had some random dude swear up and down that I was wearing his family's tartan... I was wearing IOS

My IOS is my go-to kilt and it happens every time:

Old Lady: "What clan is that?"

Me: "It's actually not any clan. It's Isle Of Skye."

Old Lady: (expression changes to a mix of consternation and disbelief) "Oh, really?"

They don't know much, but they do know that every kilt represents some clan.

I've got to get a kilt in West Virginia tartan, and really blow their minds.

**Mathew MacKillop** · 20th June 15, 07:53 PM

Originally Posted by tundramanq

Had an 80 something guy ask what clan my blue denim Utilikilt Workman was a few months ago. Not sure if he was joking or serious. Gotta think up a good joke comeback for this one.

Clan Strauss, of course!

...then read on and noticed that someone beat me to it.