Greetings from Kansas

[Mipi]

I think what djmi had in mind, refering to family is not meant as family forbiding him kilts, but rather to be afraid that family would have to deal with others comments.

At least this is my case. I don't wont my kids would have to hear comments like: "Your father is ..." and those kind of things.


Oh yes, welcome by the way!

[auld argonian]

First: a hearty welcome from a Chicagoan with family roots deep in Kansas...Marysville to be real exact.

And as my graddad used to say as we drove out there on family reunions:

Kansas!
Where roosters lay eggs
As big as beer kegs
With hair on their legs
In Kansas!

I think what djmi had in mind, refering to family is not meant as family forbiding him kilts, but rather to be afraid that family would have to deal with others comments.

At least this is my case. I don't wont my kids would have to hear comments like: "Your father is ..." and those kind of things.
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Got to tell the story about a kid making a snide remark about the kilt. I wore it to my daughter's school to pick her up after classes and as I walked along I heard one of her little classmates doing a real "stage laugh" and turned to see her pointing at me and making a big show of how funny she thought it was. And I stopped and said, "...I seem to remember your dad running around here in his Kente-Cloth African Pajamas a while back...is that his ethnic outfit? Well, this is mine."

Point made.

Go get 'em...just don't let any smart-*** remarks wreck your good humor...laugh it off and be congenial.

Best

AA