20 Questions

[albannaich]

1. Name/Initials: Aonghais Mac
2. Where do you live: Alba (Scotland)
3. How many other places have you lived: Evansville, Indiana; New York and Houston.
4. How many other places in the world have you visited: Too many to count
5. If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go? Inverness - The gateway of the Highlands
6. Name something you like physically about yourself: My hair, it't shaved off by choice.
7. Name something non-physical you like about yourself: My accent...good for the ladies...
8. How many kilts do you have: 12.
9. How many kilts are you planning to acquire on the next year: Maybe 1 or 2. Don't really need anymore because if you take care of them, they last a lifetime.
10. What got you started in this in the first place: I'm Scottish.
11. Where was the last time/place you wore your kilt? Last night in the pub.
12. Favorite time to wear a kilt: At night or on a cold winters morning.
13. Last person who gave your favorable feedback about your kilt wearing: My wife.
14. Last person who gave your UNfavorable feedback about your kilt wearing: Never happened.
15. What’s in YOUR sporran? Never ask a Scotsman what's in his sporran.
16. What do you like to do OTHER THAN wear/talk about/obsess over kilts: I work for the independence (for Scotland) movement.
17. Name one thing you have done that others might think a bit insane (like bungee jumping etc): Sky dived naked for charity.
18. Say something totally random about yourself: I beat testicular cancer.
19. What question would you like to answer that hasn’t been included in the list: N/A
20. Do you think X Marks the Scot is the best kilt discussion group in the world? It's the only one I've seen.

[MacSimoin]

1. Name/Initials: Jeffrey (or, "jmac" or "Fitz").
2. Where do you live: Pennsylvania.
3. How many other places have you lived: Lived in 5 other States, over 30 different addresses in all (no, I'm not in the Witness Protection Program).
4. How many other places in the world have you visited: Lots of other US States, Ireland, Wales, England.
5. If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go? Ireland...right now.
6. Name something you like physically about yourself: My ears.
7. Name something non-physical you like about yourself: I listen well.
8. How many kilts do you have: Just enough.
9. How many kilts are you planning to acquire on the next year: One, maybe two...does that negate the answer to the previous question?
10. What got you started in this in the first place: I'm assuming this question refers to wearing kilts, so I'd have to say my lifelong interests in ancestry and history got me started learning about the history and wearing of tartan and kilts.
11. Where was the last time/place you wore your kilt? Yesterday, around the house.
12. Favorite time to wear a kilt: No particular favorite time, just when I want to.
13. Last person who gave your favorable feedback about your kilt wearing: Reverend Monsignor W. Lynn.
14. Last person who gave your UNfavorable feedback about your kilt wearing: Unknown drunk a couple of years ago (on St. Pat's of all days).
15. What’s in YOUR sporran? It's empty right now but when I do wear one, there's usually my wallet, Zippo and a pack of cigarettes.
16. What do you like to do OTHER THAN wear/talk about/obsess over kilts: For brevity's sake: All things Irish of course, literature, music, film, history, religion, politics, computers, the internet and genealogy.
17. Name one thing you have done that others might think a bit insane (like bungee jumping etc): Died on November 30, 1988...for 33 seconds.
18. Say something totally random about yourself: I love mayonnaise.
19. What question would you like to answer that hasn’t been included in the list: How do you synthesize a methylated alkaloid?
20. Do you think X Marks the Scot is the best kilt discussion group in the world? If I say 'yes' do I get a piece of cheese now?