Anyone Ever Hitch Hike Kilted?

[Riverkilt]

This morning saw a guy in jeans and a backpack hitch hiking along our local 2 lane highway. Occured to me that if he was kilted he might get a ride sooner....or never if the kilts "scared" drivers off.

Don't remember any threads on this subject. Just got to wondering if anyone on the board had tried hitch hiking kilted and what the results were.

Yes...I know....its dangerous...not wanting to go there - just whether it helps or hurts getting a ride. Maybe there's an experiment here.

[Andrew Breecher]

I've hitched many times kilted, in Ireland as well as in the U.S. It's hard to tell if it makes a difference though - sometimes hours and hundreds of cars go by with no results, and sometimes I've gotten rides from people who have told me they picked me up because I was wearing a kilt.

[Riverkilt]

Ahhh, we got everything here! Thanks Andrew.

Did occur to me that if we can afford a kilt we can probably afford a car too...

[Andrew Breecher]

Whether or not you get picked up might also depend on where you are. As I've often noticed, most of my hitches have been from young hippies, or middle-aged men who used to hitch themselves. Though in New Mexico I was passed by dozens of white folks in nice cars for hours, and ended up getting a ride from a Mexican family who didn't speak English and didn't seem to care that I was wearing a kilt. Like I said, it just goes to show that nothing really goes to show.

[creagdhubh]

Nope, and I don't think I ever will.

[GMan]

Haven't hitched in years, but thanks to this thread, may just have to try it again.

[flairball]

There is a scene in the movie Play On, where the Scottish main character hitch hikes kilted in Kansas. It doesn't end well.