Observations from the weekend

[prb]

It seems counterintuitive to be a kilt snob about how someone wears a UK. If you accept the UK as a kilt, and accept their philosophy, then accept that people will be creative in their dress.

Were you a conservative tartan-tank-and-all-the-trimmings, anything-else-is-just-a-skirt sort of a person, then that would be a different matter.

[Jock Scot]

It seems counterintuitive to be a kilt snob about how someone wears a UK. If you accept the UK as a kilt, and accept their philosophy, then accept that people will be creative in their dress.

Were you a conservative tartan-tank-and-all-the-trimmings, anything-else-is-just-a-skirt sort of a person, then that would be a different matter.

Your second paragraph describes me almost perfectly.Have we met? However,you are very wrong in thinking that all the people,like me, think that the non traditional line is wrong.I make no bones about it,I don't like the non traditional look,but who am I to tell other people how to spend their money,what to wear and how to wear it?We are very lucky to live in a part of the world where we still have choice.Each to their own.

[prb]

However,you are very wrong in thinking that all the people,like me, think that the non traditional line is wrong.

That's not exactly what I meant. I meant that if you are some kind of hardline traditionalist, then criticising someone's length (ooer missus) would at least seem consistent. It's this "almost libertarian, but not quite" attitude that I find odd. The juxtaposition of saying "Hey, even though this MUG has a really narrow apron, and somewhat womanly pockets, it's still a manly garment... woah! check that dude out, his 'kilt' is more than three fingers above his knee! What a maroon!" is a bit jarring.

Put it this way, if I were wearing a UK (which is rare, but not unheard of), and a piper with all the trimmings wanted to rip into me for wearing a girly skirt, I might think him a bit of a dick, but understand his point of view. If someone wearing a UK "in the proper fashion", comes up to me and says "OMFG ur waring it rong!! N00b!", then I'd really have no idea what they were talking about.

[prb]

Not that I'm accusing the Skeleton of such ungentlemanly behaviour as openly chastising other fairgoers for their choice of length. I'm just creating a hypothetical situation to illustrate what I meant in my original post.