Best overheard comments while kilted

**TechBear** · 27th May 06, 05:25 PM

I was at the Northwest Folklife Festival today, wearing a UK. As usual, I got lots of stares and lots of compliments. Despite the crowds and noise (at least 6 stages, with everything from African drumming to Andean music to Morris dancers), I also overheard some interesting comments about the kilt.

The best was when I stopped at a booth selling hats and was looking over the wares (being combing impaired and having forgotten to bring a head covering, the sunbreaks were starting to worry me.) I moved in next to a young couple, and could see the woman glance down at the kilt, then at the man on her other side, then back to the kilt. Then she leans over to the other man and asks, "Do you still have the Utilikilt I got you for your birthday?" He mumbles an answer. She says with a note of exasperation in her voice, "Then why the hell don't you ever wear it?"

That made the overcast day seem much more sunny.

So, the question: What is the best (or at least your favorite) comment overheard while you were kilted?

**Panache** · 27th May 06, 06:07 PM

Walking across the sidewalk to the grocery store in my Utilikilt a group of teenagers were sitting around a fountain. One point pointed my way and must have snickered and whispered something I couln't hear. A girl in the group turned on him and loudly declared "It's a kilt you idiot! It's Scottish."
He said something else to her and she said "because I"M SCOTTISH!". Turning to me she gave me a thumbs up and said "Cool Kilt!" I tipped my hat and smiled to her and continued on my merry way.

Cheers

**Woodsheal** · 27th May 06, 06:20 PM

The wife and I were downtown at a monthly artsy-fartsy event called First Friday - lots of open art galleries, shops, outdoors music and food. I was in a tartan trad. While we were getting something to eat at one of the sidewalk venues, I overheard a nearby fellow say to his wife or girlfriend, "See! THAT guy wore HIS kilt!" He sounded quite regretful that he'd missed an opportunity to be out and about kilted...!

**smaughazard** · 27th May 06, 06:59 PM

I was on the up escalator at the Mall; a couple of steps back, a snickering 14-15 yr. old (in baggy, falling-off carpenter's jeans) made a comment under his breath to the older lady (Mom?) with him. She retorted fairly loudly, "Well, he's not showing HIS a**." Then she smiled pleasantly at me!

**Verlyn** · 27th May 06, 07:57 PM

I was changing planes in Chicago and right as I got to the gate, a tall very good looking young 20 something lady was on her way to another gate in the opposite direction turns to her travelling companion and says, loudly, "now, that's just hot" as they walked by me. Made this old man's day.

**arrogcow** · 27th May 06, 08:20 PM

Funniest thing I ever heard was actually kind of negative. I was on my way into a grocery store and a guy started laughing uncontrollably and then said something to his wife. Her response was, "He has just as much right to exist as you do." As they walked across the parking lot, he kept sneaking glances and laughing. It was all I could do not to crack up myself.

Adam

**Zardoz** · 27th May 06, 10:57 PM

I stopped for some gas while I was out running some errands sporting my SWK Nightstalker and "got kilt?" t-shirt.(is wearing a kilt and a 'Got Kilt?' t-shirt redundant??) So I pull in on the other side of the pumps from (I assume) a mother and her 20 something daughter busy gassing up their PT Cruiser.

As I hop out, the daughter is looking at my car, (you have to look, it's a really bright mid-life crisis red sportscar) And when I close the door she looks at me, just about sh*ts

and says something I couldn't hear to mom, most likely "hey that guy's wearing a skirt" etc.

So a few seconds later the mom (who was a pretty attractive woman) stops whatever she's doing and steps around to my side of the pumps where by now I'm pumping my gas, and she looks me up and down. I'm like "How are ya' doing today!" she says "Just fine" and steps back over and tells the kid "That's a kilt, and I think he looks pretty good!"

**pdcorlis** · 27th May 06, 11:18 PM

I think this one counts... a couple of weeks ago I'm standing in the parking lot of a bank - talking to a good friend of mine. A car full of teenage boys heads towards us coming down the road and I see them all pointing and nudging each other. As they come along broadside one guy rolls down the window and I think "ok here we go..." so, he hangs halfway out - points at me and shouts "that's awesome - your kilt ROCKS!" Wonders never cease I guess.

**BronxKilt** · 28th May 06, 06:32 AM

Yesterday I was walking home from the train station in the (for me) early morning and passed a group of maybe 8-10 young men. I have had negative experinces with this demographic (espcially in large groups) but since it was early and I was tired I just lengthened my stride. I hear "Yoooooooooo" and "
What the...." But then I hear that which made my day "My Man in the GANGSTA kilt" (which is a compliment I have been led to belive) I looked over, nodded thank you, and was on my way. It was a nice little start to the day.

**timber** · 28th May 06, 08:08 AM

Yesterday out grocery shopping, a gentleman was with his little boy, he bent down to tell the lad "See that guy? he's from Scotland." Thought it was funny since I am from Michigan.