Kilt Passport?

**richardljohnson** · 11th August 04, 05:44 PM

The Scottish Tartan Authority has announced a KILT PASSPORT which will be sold with each kilt one of it's members sell's It will list information about the kilt with a registration number. See more information...

http://www.tartansauthority.com/Web/...tPassports.asp

An interesting idea when you think about it. Of course Hamish would need a book shelf...OK, my jealousy is showing....I admit it!

RLJ-

**macwilkin** · 11th August 04, 07:18 PM

I posted this first in "kilt accessories"...but I know where you got it from!

Cheers!

T.

**richardljohnson** · 12th August 04, 03:28 AM

Sorry, I missed it in the other section...yep, guilty on the second count!

RLJ-

**Daneel** · 12th August 04, 02:49 PM

I looked at the website and read the info and thought to myself. Is this a wind up?. Can these people be so into it that they think we need to have a passport for a peice of clothing. The next logical level of this sort of thinking is that all kilts will have to be inspected by a registered kilt inspector and if it does not come up to muster it will not get a passport and will have its name removed. It will know longer be entitled to call its self a kilt. The world is going mad! Of course if you have a kilt passport I assume that problems at airport security will be a thing of the past. Flash the passport and you will be waved through with a smile and salute.

**Rob** · 12th August 04, 03:44 PM

Originally Posted by Daneel

Of course if you have a kilt passport I assume that problems at airport security will be a thing of the past. Flash the passport and you will be waved through with a smile and salute.

Not necessarily Daneel. If you have my luck, you would probably find that the country you are visiting doesn't have diplomatic relations with Kiltland, so you will be deported.

Rob

**macwilkin** · 12th August 04, 05:03 PM

Daneel, I think you're missing the point -- The STA is not offering the kilt passport as a legitimate diplomatic document -- it is a way to record the "life" of your kilt. In the US National Park Service, we have a "Passport" where folks can record their visits to the almost 400 National Parks in the states by means of "cancellation stamps" -- by no means is this a "real" passport, but a way to make a tanigable record of visits to our parks.

The Highland Games here in the states also have a similar activities for the wee kiddies where they get a "passport" and collect stamps from the various clan society tents represented at the games. I have seen this first hand and the kids love it!

The STA has a lot of kilt makers in its ranks -- this is a way to get their name out to those kilt makers customers and promote the society.

It's all in good fun, nothing more...

T.

**Rob** · 12th August 04, 11:24 PM

Originally Posted by episcopalscot

Daneel, I think you're missing the point

T.

I don't think so. Note the

at the end of his post.

Rob (who is also

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**macwilkin** · 13th August 04, 04:07 AM

T.

**David Woodington** · 13th August 04, 06:57 AM

It reminds me of the old steamer trunks with all the stamps and stickers from around the world.It might be really interesting for those who inherit it when you pass.And it may show how important the kilt was to you.(I can hear the grandchildren now"and where did you and your kilt go here(pointing)? where is Australia? You went to Egypt?")It might not be a bad thing.

Dave

**bikercelt1** · 13th August 04, 09:42 AM

For some of us on this site it would be easier to develop a non-kilt passport. The list of places Graham wears pants would be much shorter than the list of places he wears a kilt!

Jamie

P.S. Don't forget, Ham wouldn't need a "non-kilt" passport at all. He never leaves "kiltland"!