JK Rowling's husband kilted at masquerade

**Ugly Bear** · 21st March 06, 04:41 AM

Originally Posted by ozmeath

He can afford to be as unkempt as he likes.

Huh?? It seems to me that he has some work to do if he wants to hold on to her. So the kilt is a good start. The picture we're talking about brings hope to all of us: shabby, scruffy guy gets a major catch because of the kilt. Behold the power of the kilt! WOOOOOHOO!

(I know, I know: it probably didn't happen that way. For all we know, this picture could be the first time he's ever worn the kilt. But it MAKES SENSE.)

**Colin** · 21st March 06, 10:13 AM

Originally Posted by djweso

I agree that she is indeed one of the nicest accessories for a kilt.

I think it bares repeating that he is doing pretty much everything right. Kilt looks like its a good length, no belt with the vest, hose are pulled up, etc. Ok so the sporran is a little low and his hair and beard could use some help, but really he deserves a lot of credit. If for nothing else than letting someone who knows what they are doing dress him, or taking the time to get it right.

He's a native Scot. It's not like trying to convince an American that he is wearing the kilt wrong. If you wear it wrong there, you are very likely to hear about it, especially in the media.
Anyone remember Richard "pleats in the front" Branson

or Jack "pinstripes on Tartan Day" McConnell

**Mattg** · 21st March 06, 10:43 AM

I guess there have been worse mistakes

....how could the guy put the kilt on backwards?!?!

**GlassMan** · 21st March 06, 02:05 PM

Originally Posted by Mattg

I guess there have been worse mistakes

....how could the guy put the kilt on backwards?!?!

On a bad morning I have a hard enough time being coordinated enough to buckle the darn thing with the apron facing forward. There are times that I have to wait for a few cups of coffee before getting dressed. But how in the world do you buckle these things on backwards?

**auld argonian** · 21st March 06, 02:08 PM

Welllll....maybe Branson was running for a bus and the whole thing got sort of twisted around....and when he got on the bus he was so busy digging in his sporran for change that he didn't notice....

....like that could happen!

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**davedove** · 21st March 06, 02:12 PM

Originally Posted by Colin

Anyone remember Richard "pleats in the front" Branson

You would think anyone with that much money would be able to PAY someone to tell him the proper way to wear it.:rolleyes:

**Mattg** · 21st March 06, 02:27 PM

Seriously! The guy is extemely rich and nobody tells him that his kilt is on backwards? Maybe they were playing a trick on him....

**Panache** · 21st March 06, 02:37 PM

Originally Posted by davedove

You would think anyone with that much money would be able to PAY someone to tell him the proper way to wear it.:rolleyes:

Maybe it was a case of the "Emperor's New Clothes"...

(The scene: The uber high tech penthouse/fortress of Sir Richard Branson. Think Bauhaus meets James Bond bad guy lair, vaguely menacing John Barry music in the background. Enter Sir Richard himself clad in a backward kilt)

Sir Richard: Attend to me Flunkies

(Flunkies appear stage right and surround Sir Richard)

Flunkies (murmuring) : Sir Richard, yes, yes, Sir Richard, mumble

Sir Richard: You notice that I am wearing a kilt.

Flunkies (murmuring) : Sir Richard, yes, yes, Sir Richard, mumble

Sir Richard: A kilt is a Scottish garment which I am wearing because I am cool, daring, and eccentric.

Flunkies (murmuring) : Sir Richard, yes, yes, Sir Richard, mumble

Flunkie with tiny measure of backbone: Sir Richard I don't think you are...

Sir Richard: You disagree with me! Flunkies hurl this fool from the penthouse!

(The Flunkies hurl the F.W.T.M.o.B. out the window.)

F.W.T.M.o.B. : Aaaarrrrrrrrrggggggghhhhhhh (distant splat)

Sir Richard: A kilt is a Scottish garment which I am wearing because I am cool, daring, and eccentric.

Flunkies (murmuring) : Sir Richard, yes, yes, Sir Richard, mumble