Quote Originally Posted by Papa Slob View Post
I am one of the goofy looking guys you may be laughing at. I'm 5' 5" tall, and a solid 207 lbs. I wear my kilts, UK's and home made, at the hips. If I wear a kilt in the traditional style, I look even shorter then I already do. If I wear the tall socks, again, I might just as well wear my jeans. So if you spot me rooting about in my low riders and sandals, be kind. We are all goofy in somebodies eyes.

Papa Slob
Royce
Papa Slob:

I totally hear you on this one. I'm 5'5", 130lbs soaking wet. I'm rail thin and can't keep a kilt above my knees for the life of me, let alone find one that fits snugly without scalloping the front apron at the top. If I cover myself correctly, sometimes you can't tell that nothing fits.

As for me, I've only been to one instance of the Highland Games, and I thought I had a pretty good notion of what it was supposed to be like. I was DEAD wrong. You had vampires. Fairies. Elves. PIRATES.

But, I can only laugh at them, because being at the games I got interested in getting a kilt. Pulled one off the rack, wrapped it over me, and had an elderly gent say "Looks good on ya, laddy! Howe'er, yeh'd like to know tha's fer a lassy!"

I promptly removed it, hung it back up, and that's the reason I just recently decided to try again.

We're all dumb sometimes!