I play drum set with a swing band on the weekends. It's an okay gig. Pay is good, but for a long time I wanted to learn bagpipes.

So, I started taking pipe lessons recently. However, I never told the band about it. They found out this past weekend when my pipe instructor showed up at the gig in full kilt attire. I had never seen a real wool tartan kilt in person before, that thing (regardless of how itchy it looks) is seriously badass.

He told me the thing is only 13 oz wool and it still weighs a ton to pick it up, but when you wear it you never notice how heavy it is.

-Minnow