Kilted Fridays Adventures

[Mael Coluim]

Well if someone asks me why the kilt, today? My answer will be "it is 'hump' day". I put on my Burnett's & Struth casual kilt in Malcolm tartan.

What adventures await?

[Sir Didymous]

Though I frequently kilt-up on Fridays, today is the first time that I have come anywhere close to an adventure. I wore a great kilt (with modern clothing) for the first time since the cast came off my hand. I wore traditional kilts while it was on because arranging the top part is complicated with one hand. Now the GK has a way of attracting more attention than other types and today was no different in that detail.

There were the usual questions about clan affiliation and the like and the mother of a 5th grader who had just taken up the pipes who inquired about places to get some highland attire. Over all that was pretty common. There was however, one gentleman who had some interesting views.

He started with the regular "What clan?" I told him and proceeded to ask if he had any Scottish or Irish connections. It seems that he is of Irish and Native American decent and is a member of the clan MacTin-foil hat. Yes, after he told me of his tribal connections, he continued on to tell me how he is also descended of Extra Terrestrials. It seems that Highland events, Pow-wows, and most other cultural celebrations and historical reenactments are monitored by aliens who are trying to discover more about their own lost histories. Since they have inter-mingled with our own society, they see studying our cultures as clues to understanding their own.

Fortunately, I've a good poker face and must have seen legitimately interested. He even took the time to show me his membership card for some club that dedicates themselves to the study of such matters.

[wombat]

Now that DOES sound like an adventure, Sir Didymous!

Fortunately, my kilted Friday was far less exciting. Budget PV kilt in Ramsey Blue Modern from McDonald Sporrans, Waistcoat from Historical Emporium. Felt fabulous, like this look, 10/10 would wear again!

[Sir Didymous]

Loving that waistcoat.

[Jock Scot]

Though I frequently kilt-up on Fridays, today is the first time that I have come anywhere close to an adventure. I wore a great kilt (with modern clothing) for the first time since the cast came off my hand. I wore traditional kilts while it was on because arranging the top part is complicated with one hand. Now the GK has a way of attracting more attention than other types and today was no different in that detail.

There were the usual questions about clan affiliation and the like and the mother of a 5th grader who had just taken up the pipes who inquired about places to get some highland attire. Over all that was pretty common. There was however, one gentleman who had some interesting views.

He started with the regular "What clan?" I told him and proceeded to ask if he had any Scottish or Irish connections. It seems that he is of Irish and Native American decent and is a member of the clan MacTin-foil hat. Yes, after he told me of his tribal connections, he continued on to tell me how he is also descended of Extra Terrestrials. It seems that Highland events, Pow-wows, and most other cultural celebrations and historical reenactments are monitored by aliens who are trying to discover more about their own lost histories. Since they have inter-mingled with our own society, they see studying our cultures as clues to understanding their own.

Fortunately, I've a good poker face and must have seen legitimately interested. He even took the time to show me his membership card for some club that dedicates themselves to the study of such matters.

Why mock this fellow? Some would think that his ideas are no more fanciful than other rather more "mainstream" institutions and their equally unlikely thinking. Think about it? Each to their own.

Mods, please delete this post if it causes offence. I hope it doesn't.

[plaid preacher]

Though I frequently kilt-up on Fridays, today is the first time that I have come anywhere close to an adventure. I wore a great kilt (with modern clothing) for the first time since the cast came off my hand. I wore traditional kilts while it was on because arranging the top part is complicated with one hand. Now the GK has a way of attracting more attention than other types and today was no different in that detail.

There were the usual questions about clan affiliation and the like and the mother of a 5th grader who had just taken up the pipes who inquired about places to get some highland attire. Over all that was pretty common. There was however, one gentleman who had some interesting views.

He started with the regular "What clan?" I told him and proceeded to ask if he had any Scottish or Irish connections. It seems that he is of Irish and Native American decent and is a member of the clan MacTin-foil hat. Yes, after he told me of his tribal connections, he continued on to tell me how he is also descended of Extra Terrestrials. It seems that Highland events, Pow-wows, and most other cultural celebrations and historical reenactments are monitored by aliens who are trying to discover more about their own lost histories. Since they have inter-mingled with our own society, they see studying our cultures as clues to understanding their own.

Fortunately, I've a good poker face and must have seen legitimately interested. He even took the time to show me his membership card for some club that dedicates themselves to the study of such matters.

Proof of that old saying " there are two types of people in this world, Scots and those who wish they were" .... But ET??? Who knew???

[Sir Didymous]

No offence taken, Jock. In fact, I generally agree with you as to other people's world views. Truth be told, I was content to go about my business until he put a pack of mushrooms in my wife and I's shopping cart and insist that we eat them raw to block the "atomic radiation" from absorbing into our systems. He believes that the Fahrenheit temperature given in the weather forecast is actually ambient radiation in the atmosphere. But he doesn't know if it's from the sun, pollution, or "the high ones trying to hasten our evolution." The actual conversation lasted around 20 minutes. I only posted the highlights.

[Jock Scot]

Who knows? Perhaps the fellow is right? In the meantime the Earth manages to carry on spinning and that is fine by me.

[David Thorpe]

It's a day ending in "y", right?

[Mael Coluim]

It's a day ending in "y", right?

I worked for Getty Oil Company as their Medical Department Administrator in Kuwait in the 80s. Our Medical Director was an Egyptian. I shared once with him on Wednesdays of our work week in the States we called it hump day as we gotton over the hump of our work week. (In the Moslem world their weekends are Friday and Saturdays.) After sharing that, on Tuesdays, Dr. Sabat would exclaim to me its camel day!