First time stopped by a kilt kop

[Taffy Jack]

As I've mentioned before, I was confronted once in Glasgow. It was not tongue-in-cheek.

I've been "confronted" only once. No Scottish accents were evident, nor did either party smile.

"What kinda tartan is that?"

"United States Army."

"You can't wear a kilt if you don't have a clan!"

"I've bled for mine."

There was a short silence before he walked away. Probably still thinks I'm a jerk.

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I am put in mind -- quite often actually, and not only around questions of heritage -- of this quote appended to Jock Scot's messages:

"Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the adherence of idle minds and minor tyrants." --Field Marshal Lord Slim.

[Stoff]

I've been "confronted" only once. No Scottish accents were evident, nor did either party smile.

"What kinda tartan is that?"

"United States Army."

"You can't wear a kilt if you don't have a clan!"

"I've bled for mine."

There was a short silence before he walked away. Probably still thinks I'm a jerk.

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I am put in mind -- quite often actually, and not only around questions of heritage -- of this quote appended to Jock Scot's messages:

"Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the adherence of idle minds and minor tyrants." --Field Marshal Lord Slim.

My response to your comment about being taken for a jerk: Maybe, but in my book the right kind of jerk. He earned the response he got.

Stoff
(In another life TM3 Christoph H. Hintze, USN)

[lschwartz]

I've been "confronted" only once. No Scottish accents were evident, nor did either party smile.

"What kinda tartan is that?"

"United States Army."

"You can't wear a kilt if you don't have a clan!"

"I've bled for mine."

There was a short silence before he walked away. Probably still thinks I'm a jerk.

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I am put in mind -- quite often actually, and not only around questions of heritage -- of this quote appended to Jock Scot's messages:

"Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the adherence of idle minds and minor tyrants." --Field Marshal Lord Slim.

Ah, but you do have a clan/were part of one/our oath never expires, he just doesn't see that. What better to make a clan than proximity, fraternity, common goals and leadership...and of course our clothes all look similar. Sounds like a clan to me.