I've found this quote...

[bronzewhaler82]

I'm sure you guys have probably seen this online but I found it recently on an American site, I changed the wording slightly to sound more British (no offence to any Americans from this site!) and its my favourite thing to quote when my friends take the mick!!

"You don't have to be a cowboy to wear a cowboy hat.
You don't have to be an athlete to wear a tracksuit.
You don't have to be a pilot to wear a bomber jacket.
You don't have to be a baseball player to wear a baseball cap.
You don't have to be a soldier to wear camouflage clothing.
You don't have to be a man to wear trousers and....
You don't have to be a Scot to wear a kilt!"

I think thats great

[mkmound]

I'm sure you guys have probably seen this online but I found it recently on an American site, I changed the wording slightly to sound more British (no offence to any Americans from this site!) and its my favourite thing to quote when my friends take the mick!!

"You don't have to be a cowboy to wear a cowboy hat.
You don't have to be an athlete to wear a tracksuit.
You don't have to be a pilot to wear a bomber jacket.
You don't have to be a baseball player to wear a baseball cap.
You don't have to be a soldier to wear camouflage clothing.
You don't have to be a man to wear trousers and....
You don't have to be a Scot to wear a kilt!"

I think thats great

The baseball cap analogy is a particularly good one.

Thanks.

[switchblade5984]

yeah ive seen that around here...

[motorman4life]

I recognize it. I wrote it!

[GMan]

I recognize it. I wrote it!

At least you know that your work is recognized.

I too have used that in many conversations, as it is a great and true statement.

[Arthur's Seat Sergeant]

In a place like Italy is almost impossible to wear a kilt daily or walking in the steet kilted, because people think it's a skirt and you are at least a bit effemminate !! Such a parcel of rogues in a nation!!!
Do you wear kilt usually, even you aren't in Scotland?
What's people attitude toward that?
I'm proud to wear it as a badge of devotion towards the tradition and the history it represents! we shall overcome!

[highlander_Daz]

Considering the stuff that people wear like Brand name festooned on their clothes and children wearing the word "FCUK" anyone who is offended by such a noble garmet as the Kilt should seek professional advice.

[Frank]

Highlander_Daz is so right about the junk people wear. Wandering round the supermarket yesterday I became aware of what passes for fashion for men of a certain age (30-late 40's) in these parts during the sunny weather. Take one nylon replica football/soccer shirt (preferably that of a team based a few hundered miles away) emblazoned with sponsors ads for far east electronics corps and pair with a pair of market stall nylon effect (again) 3/4 length baggy trousers. Next, step into some pirated brand name market stall (again) trainers/sneakers and arrange for the belly to slip over the waistband of the baggy trousers. Complete the ensemble with a quick head shave and the insertion of a single (Argos) 9 carat implausably large gold hoop earing and, ta-ra - instant geezer effect for less than the price of a decent pair of kilt socks. These 'geezers' are obviously trying to make some kind of statement with their outfits but I'm never sure what it is, and I've figured that as they always appear to be on an errand of mercy on behalf of someone who's been told he will die if not delivered of a 24 can pack of beer within the next few minutes, it'd be bad form to interrupt their shopping and delay their televised soccer enjoyment.

What does puzzle me however is the craze for garish 3/4 length baggy trousers. Viewed from a few yards away, they could be nylon skirts / mugs. I often wonder why the wearers don't just pluck up the courage to buy themselves a kilt and be done with it. Anyone got any ideas why ?

P.S. Is there a U.S. equivalent of the urban English Geezer ?

[phinz]

In the States a "geezer" is an old person. Usually it's redundantly prefaced with "old" so you wind up with the statement "old geezer."

[Frank McGrath]

And don't forget the verb form of the word, To geeze. I have been geezing now for the last 5 years. I often have supreme geezing moments. Right now , as a matter of fact.