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    I find this offensive, and I'm not even Scottish.

    I found this while googling 'Glengarry hat', I was thinking of making a pattern.

    http://www.mardigrasoutlet.com/catal...tm_medium=base

    There are just so many things I find wrong. Sporran too small, socks too short, that is NOT a glengarry, they call it a skirt (hey, that one actually IS a skirt), the belt has no buckle, no idea whats going on with those shoes. What really gets me though, is that sash. What is with the sash. It has 4 freaking shot-glasses attached to it. That bugs me. The stereotyping going on there is just nuts.

    I wonder if I can get a 'Big Shot American' outfit done up by them. Stained cotton a-shirt, mullet wig, cowboy boots, torn jeans, maybe a replica handgun.

    Sorry, I'm ranting.

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    You're talking about a complete Halloween costume-shirt, "kilt," sash, socks AND 4 shot glasses-for $40 total, and you're complaining??!! You're right, you're not Scottish.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Galician View Post
    You're talking about a complete Halloween costume-shirt, "kilt," sash, socks AND 4 shot glasses-for $40 total, and you're complaining??!! You're right, you're not Scottish.
    I wish I could think on my feet that quickly. Brilliant!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Galician View Post
    You're talking about a complete Halloween costume-shirt, "kilt," sash, socks AND 4 shot glasses-for $40 total, and you're complaining??!! You're right, you're not Scottish.
    Very funny!!!

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    For the "Big Shot American" you forgot the ballcap and bottle of Jack.

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    It's a costume... just as offensive as any of them should be...

    no problems with it here...

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    T_T,

    Take a look at this recent thread by Ayin where he looked at the flip side of this

    http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/l...x.html?t=53669

    Those of us that wear traditional ethnic clothing have a very different perspective on using it as a Halloween costume.

    But Halloween is what it is, you can get mad or you can just smile and go back to carving your jack-o-lantern.

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    Jamie,

    I disagree slightly, only because Ayin appears to be talking about wearing a Halloween costume to a traditional cultural event, such as Oktoberfest or Highland Games. If one were to wear this outfit to a Halloween party or Mardi Gras, I don't think it's in the same context as those occasions.

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    well being Scottish i dont find anyting wrong with "the Halloween outfit"
    if it was a actual Scots set-up from a kilt seller then id be worried

    folk these days are too PC i think... if peeps cant wear that at Halloween then perhaps they shouldn't be dressing up as witches and wizards in fear offending wiccans then there ghosts no one wants to disrespect the dead so no wear sheets either .... wasn't it the Scots and Irish that more or less invented Halloween and its dressing up customs

    cmon lads its Halloween chill and dress up have fun for at least one day

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