No Kilts seen in Scotland!

[Kitfoxdave]

I realized right away that you were joking... no harm, no foul... and I was joking right back at you... the outfit would be a hoot, but not that uncommon in some nearby areas here. (Especially on a Saturday night or Rodeo) I have some good friends near Edinburgh, and love the Scot humor! (When I can understand what is being said)
But if you do fancy a ride on the beach in that get up... you would make many a folk's day!

As to the modernization of such a beautiful country, the old lyric "pave paridise and put up a parking lot" comes to mind...

All the best to you and yours!

Oh, and an historical fact. Alligator wrestling was actually started by cowboys in the south. During drought times, in ordercto make watering hopes safe for livestock, the cowboys would have to catch the alligators and remove them... make sturdy boots!

[Jock Scot]

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Oh, and an historical fact. Alligator wrestling was actually started by cowboys in the south. During drought times, in ordercto make watering hopes safe for livestock, the cowboys would have to catch the alligators and remove them... make sturdy boots!

To add to the "interesting facts". I was reliably informed by an expert on the matter, that the trick with alligator wrestling is that the brain cavity of an alligator is much larger than its brain, so when wrestling an alligator the trick is to turn the animal on its back, its brain moves enough to cause the animal to fall unconscious. Apparently wrestling with a crocodile is not recommended as the brain cavity and brain are a tighter fit and a state of slumber is not, rarely even, guaranteed! I can't say that I am too keen on finding out, if he is right.

Now, back to kilts!

[OC Richard]

The trick with alligator wrestling is that the brain cavity of an alligator is much larger than its brain...

I would suspect the same is true of the human attempting the wrestling.

[BobF]

I would suspect the same is true of the human attempting the wrestling.

My uncle owned a tourist attraction in the Everglades, the sort of place where you could take airboat rides, walk through a “zoo,” pet a baby alligator (and then buy a t-shirt in the gift shop saying “I Petted Snappy”), order gator nuggets in the cafeteria, and one of the spectacles was watching a Seminole wrestling an alligator. I strongly suspected that the alligator might have been drugged, it seemed rather lethargic.