Defending the Kilt

[sirdaniel1975]

A similar situation happened to me in college. I had started a trend known as 'Scottish Wednesday' at Florida Southern College. I wore a kilt on every Wednesday as well as my Scottish American friends. It was great, but one late afternoon an Alumni (who had seen me in Scottish Garb before) asks, "Dan, what the hell are you wearing?" Well, I'm 3rd generation and I have that good old Highland temper. I made it very clear it was a 'KILT' and not a skirt. I was either wearing Gunn Modern or a MacLeod of Harris Modern Kilt, I don't remember which. Needless to say that Alumni has never spoken to me again. This occurred circa Spring 2003...

During this time of 'Scottish Wednesday' I usually received praise. Especially from 'Artist in Residence' Robert MacDonald (piano).

[Panache]

I have gone to assist in my son's (the mighty Sinbad's) afternoon kindergarten class several months (on and off kilted) . One day I showed up a little earlier than normal. All the the 1st through 5th grade students were lined up in fron of their classrooms ready to enter after their lunch break. I, having signed in as a volunteer at the main office, had to walk in front of multiple lines of grade school students to get to my son's class. There were a few chuckles, but I overheard something many times as I walked past these young people. Something said to one young person from another:

"It's a kilt you idiot!"

I appear to have enlightened the majority of one San Jose grammer school, woe to they who know not the kilt.

Cheers