Overhearing People

[Highlander31]

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?

While sound does travel more than people realize, part of the reason you hear the conversations, is you are more attuned to it when you are in the kilt. The mind is capable of much more than just functioning on the day-to-day level (a level most people spend their entire lives in.) Generally, people tend to tune out most sounds outside of their sphere of comfort (with the exception of sounds that warn of danger.) It has been my experience, a person can be taught to use this knowledge to selectively listen to conversations. To answer your question, it is normal for you to hear these things. Your mind is just bringing the comments regarding kilts to the conscious instead of dumping them in the subconscious.

[george7]

While sound does travel more than people realize, part of the reason you hear the conversations, is you are more attuned to it when you are in the kilt. The mind is capable of much more than just functioning on the day-to-day level (a level most people spend their entire lives in.) Generally, people tend to tune out most sounds outside of their sphere of comfort (with the exception of sounds that warn of danger.) It has been my experience, a person can be taught to use this knowledge to selectively listen to conversations. To answer your question, it is normal for you to hear these things. Your mind is just bringing the comments regarding kilts to the conscious instead of dumping them in the subconscious.

Ah, Kilted Superpowers!

[Highlander31]

Ah, Kilted Superpowers!

Ahhh,....Grasshopper,...you are close.