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[Geoff Withnell]

Many people go to Highland Games in "Saxon" dress, though -- are they somehow "wrong"? My wife, for example, is of French Cajun heritage, and generally does not wear anything Scottish when she attends the games with me.

One year at our local games, one of my best friends, who is a former president of our St. Andrew's Society, wore his shooting attire with wellies because it was a very rainy day -- and who could blame him?

All I'm saying is that if folks want the general public to accept kilts and kilt-wearing, perhaps we should extend that to others as well.

T.

I wasn't trying to be unaccepting. I just found the dislocation between his shirt and bifucated lower half amusing, and thought my fellow XMarkers would also. There are any number of not amusing, perfectly innocent explanations, his kilt suffered some grievous tragedy just that morning, and he didn't have a replacement with him in the hotel, etc and so forth. Still doesn't lessen the incongruity.

Geoff Withnell

[macwilkin]

I wasn't trying to be unaccepting. I just found the dislocation between his shirt and bifucated lower half amusing, and thought my fellow XMarkers would also. There are any number of not amusing, perfectly innocent explanations, his kilt suffered some grievous tragedy just that morning, and he didn't have a replacement with him in the hotel, etc and so forth. Still doesn't lessen the incongruity.

Geoff Withnell

Geoff,

I know you weren't. I was just thinking out loud.

T.

[ghostlight]

I wasn't trying to be unaccepting. I just found the dislocation between his shirt and bifucated lower half amusing, and thought my fellow XMarkers would also. There are any number of not amusing, perfectly innocent explanations, his kilt suffered some grievous tragedy just that morning, and he didn't have a replacement with him in the hotel, etc and so forth. Still doesn't lessen the incongruity.

I agree.

Appreciating the irony of the situation is not the same as an attack on the gentleman's character.

In fact, I generally assume that people who dress this way have done so on purpose for humorous purposes. The shirt is obviously meant to be funny. It's a great conversation starter whether or not you're wearing the kilt.

[macwilkin]

I agree.

Appreciating the irony of the situation is not the same as an attack on the gentleman's character.

In fact, I generally assume that people who dress this way have done so on purpose for humorous purposes. The shirt is obviously meant to be funny. It's a great conversation starter whether or not you're wearing the kilt.

As I stated before, I never said that Geoff was attacking this gentlemen. I was just offering some food for thought.

T.

[ghostlight]

I was just offering some food for thought.

As was I.

[Geoff Withnell]

As my wife says "In order to be a gentleman, you must first be a real man." This discussion is further evidence that the gentlemen who wear kilts are real men.

I love it here.

Geoff Withnell

[KFCarter]

As my wife says "In order to be a gentleman, you must first be a real man." This discussion is further evidence that the gentlemen who wear kilts are real men.

I love it here.

Geoff Withnell

Seconding that!

[O'Callaghan]

I have a t-shirt from our old Celtic Society that also has this catchphrase on the back, and there have been a number of occasions I have worn it with a pair of shorts or jeans -- does that make me less of a man?

Not atall, but why would you dress that way at a celtic event? When all about you seem to be wearing kilts, why would you wear the shirt without the kilt? Do they not have kilts, or are they are in the wash??

[Fit2BKilted]

I have a t-shirt from our old Celtic Society that also has this catchphrase on the back, and there have been a number of occasions I have worn it with a pair of shorts or jeans -- does that make me less of a man?

Honestly, gents -- if we're going to demand greater acceptance of kilts from the general public, then shouldn't we practice what we preach?

Just some food for thought.

T.

I think the catch-phrase should be updated to: "Real Men will wear kilts." The old version was rather akin to saying 'real men don't wear pants", which is plainly false and ripe for derision, and conversely somewhat divisive even among kilt-promoters like ourselves, as evidenced from the back-talk most of us have offered in response to the odd scenario presented, myself included. Perhaps we should have XMTS T-shirts printed with the new catch-phrase and our URL? The Glengarry Highland Games will be running it's 61st year here in Glengarry township here just outside Ottawa, Canada... A great place to promote the forum and the new message... Perhaps I should undertake this myself with the permission of the Masters of X-Marks?