*Kilted yard work...cut a dashing figure! Make your neighbors' wives say "Why can't you dress like that?" to their husbands.
*Get a practice chanter and get busy! In a pinch a tin whistle makes a decent substitute...it's really quite fufilling.
*Read some Terry Pratchett...I just finished "The Fifth Elephant" and it was pretty darn good and funny.
*Find listings for ALL of the Highland Games within reasonable driving distance (at $3.00+ a gallon...you might want to carpool on this) and get on MAPQUEST for very detailed driving instructions with the criteria that you get to stop for lunch only at someplace that has truly good biscuits and gravy....sorry...I've had biscuits and gravy on the mind lately and the only time I can find good ones is when I'm on a road trip; they just don't have any place in Chicago that "gets it" when it comes to B's&G.
*Three words: KNIT KILT HOSE!
*Lobby your state legislators to make Robby Burns Day an official holiday...day off school, day off work. Hey...we get Casimir Pulaski day here in Chicago...it could happen!
*Go around to all your local McDonalds and ask for haggis...when they tell you that they don't have it, complain loudly..."..how the hell can you have a restaurant with a SCOTTISH name and NOT serve haggis?".
You can do it...every day brings you closer to your kilt.
Make a list of all the other stuff you need to get for your kilt when it arrives...hose, flashes, sporran, sporran strap, shirts to go with it, shoes etc.
Then start looking at tartans to decide which one you want for the next kilt.
I've had biscuits and gravy on the mind lately and the only time I can find good ones is when I'm on a road trip; they just don't have any place in Chicago that "gets it" when it comes to B's&G.
That's because you've got to be COUNTRY (or Southern ) to make good biscuits and gravy. You just don't get country in Chicago, that's a contradiction in terms.
Originally Posted by auld argonian
*Go around to all your local McDonalds and ask for haggis...when they tell you that they don't have it, complain loudly..."..how the hell can you have a restaurant with a SCOTTISH name and NOT serve haggis?".
I still remember the movie "Time After Time" with Malcolm McDowwell as H.G. Wells. In one scene, after eating at McDonald's, he talks about having dined at "that Scottish place."
We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance. - Japanese Proverb
Easy, raise a 5 year old son and a 3 year old daughter that just don't slow down..........if all else find othe rhobbies to fill the gap. I am in for a new tattoo next week as I have nothing kilt related on order right now.
Originally Posted by beerbecue
) to make good biscuits and gravy. You just don't get country in Chicago, that's a contradiction in terms.
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