Officiated a wedding in my kilt...some good,-some bad.

[LANCER1562]

Almost every time I wear my tartan kilt, I get some ejit who asks me if I play the pipes. I usually tell him not if I want to stay on friendly terms with my neighbors. The last time I was kilt checked it was by a very attractive young lady who asked first; but never by some drunken lout. I think you handled the situation quite well. As Ron White so eloquently put it, "You can't fix stupid"

[Maclachlan]

As Ron White so eloquently put it, "You can't fix stupid"

I don't know...a large enough hammer might do it.:buttkick:

[macwilkin]

Almost every time I wear my tartan kilt, I get some ejit who asks me if I play the pipes. I usually tell him not if I want to stay on friendly terms with my neighbors. The last time I was kilt checked it was by a very attractive young lady who asked first; but never by some drunken lout. I think you handled the situation quite well. As Ron White so eloquently put it, "You can't fix stupid"

I always consider it an honour to be confused with a piper, especially a piper like these gentlemen:

http://battlefields1418.50megs.com/dlaidlaw.htm

http://www.chilliwack.com/main/page.cfm?id=728

Take it as a compliment.

Todd

[slohairt]

There isn't much you can do, really. These people (thankfully few) seem to exist everywhere. When the uncultured, insecure, and semi-homophobic imbibe "liquid courage" and see something like a kilt, they can't resist puffing themselves up by putting something down, it seems.

I don't deal with this often, and I sometimes wonder if it has to do with the fact that the kilt seems to have a bit more visibility in Canadian society. Besides Highland Games, we have pipe bands for everything and anything, and we still have Highland regiments.

Still, I do get the question "Are you a piper?" on a fairly regular basis. I think that says something about how much we marginalize culture.

[Earl D]

Almost every time I wear my tartan kilt, I get some ejit who asks me if I play the pipes. . .

I get that question too. My stock answer nowadays is "I play the tuba and baritone-they're kind of like pipes aren't they?" They either get it or they are left totally confused.

Cheers!