Quote Originally Posted by georgeblack7 View Post
I think people associate wearing a kilt with deafness. I've been out and around an hear people talking about my kilt. Sound travels especially well in bookstores and libraries. One instance was a lady at the bookstore talking about "the well-dressed Scotsman in a kilt over there." She was off further away than would've been considered polite for conversation but I said thank you across the store anyways. Anybody else have a similar experience?
As a matter of fact, I had one in Fry's a couple of nights ago. I was in my black Alphakilt and was in line for a register. There was a guy about my age behind me with what appeared to be his daughters (one early to mid 'teens, one about 7 or so), when one of them started to ask one of The Questions: "Daddy, why is that man wearing..." at which point Daddy interrupted with "Do you want me to beat you?"

I wasn't quite sure what to say at that point. So, I just pretended to be as deaf as they expected me to be.

Personally, I'm particularly happy to educate the younger generation (and have done so on several occasions in the past), but I really wasn't sure quite what to make of the situation.

Brian