why do they make kilts?

[michael steinrok]

A while ago I posted on the UK yahoo group an estimate of how many people owned UK's. While I don't remember (and can't find) the actual numbers I worked out, it came to something like 1 in every 300,000 people in the US own a kilt that they wear regularly (meaning at least once a week, as opposed to just to Celtic events). Sure enough in Cincinnati that translates to about 8-10 guys in the area. I personally know of about 6-7 (some on this board), and have only once run in to someone in a kilt accidentally (ie just going about daily business). On the other hand, I have personally sold well over 100 UK's and the Cincinnati, Dayton and Dublin Celtic festivals, and given away several 100's of cards on the streets (and talked to others about PK, AK, SWK and USAK as well as XMarks).

The kilts are out there, but we're still a very small minority. My prediction then was that it would be at least 10 years before seeing a kilt randomly was at least a weekly event.



Adam

That is an awful lot of kilts, but weekly? Doubt it. Why are they not here?
I have seen a couple people wear them around the south bay but very few.

[arrogcow]

That is an awful lot of kilts, but weekly? Doubt it. Why are they not here?
I have seen a couple people wear them around the south bay but very few.

That was my point, there are several hundred UK's in closets in the Cincinnati area, and several hundred tartans (I've seen them at festivals and Burn's nights), but I only know 6 guys who wear them regularly (self not included), and 4 of us are members here.

Adam

[auld argonian]

Isn't that strange...I know that there are not a few pipe band members around here and I'm probably the only guy that wears a kilt casually. They must have to keep their kilts neat so that they don't gt marked down at competitions...but you'd think that they'd have a spare to wear around...but nooooooooo...

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AA