Aren't your LEGS cold?

[Dalmore]

Last week I was out watching the Giants vs. Packers at a NYC bar with some friends and I'd say it was in the mid- to low twenties that night. I stopped on the way home to grab some coffee and while I was in the store I ran across one of those folks that insisted that I must be cold and crazy for wearing a kilt.

The guy made a scene saying that I must be crazy for wearing a kilt in this weather. I tried explaining that it was wool, that I parked only a block away, that I had a hat and wool socks on but he kept insisting. I gave him an example that I wasn't so crazy by saying that it was only in the twenties in NYC but that in Green Bay there were grown men running around in minus four degree weather with no sleeves on. He still wasn't having it.

The store owners loved my kilt and said to dismiss him. It was then that I realized that I was trying to make logical arguments with a drunk dude for no good reason whatsoever. We all shook our heads, said good night and the drunk dude just stood there like he lost his puppy and the world had gone mad.

[Rex_Tremende]

I get asked this often enough, but in fact I got it just this Friday when I went to have drinks with some office colleagues after work (I had gone home for a nap and changed out of the suit). Sitting at the bar was a tall, slender blonde in a miniskirt, so I got the idea to press the issue of double standards. "Hey," I protested, "why don't you ask that of Lisa, here?!?"

"We DID!" they sang in reply.

So much for irony. Instead I explained how my wool kilt was eight or nine yards of fabric wrapped around a few times, and knees don't seem to have a lot of nerve endings.

Meanwhile, Tom, the muscle guy, wearing a wool sweater over two more layers, complained every time the door opened and let in the arctic air. Now that's irony.

Regards,
Rex.

[Frank McGrath]

I just got back from church kilted. Stopped at a gas station and asked the guy on his Harley, Aren't you cold? He just looked at me and laughed. I told him I was covered in wool. He was wearing jeans. (smug feeling) I just chuckled.

[BEEDEE]

I was out in Iowa first week in January. Got some strange looks and one trucker at the I90 Truck Stop who thought I was crazy to be kilted in 7degree weather.

Had no problems with the cold.

Brian

[McGurk]

I was in a PC all day on Jan the 5th, for my wedding. It /was/ bloody cold, but what was said to me by several guests was 'At least you'll be warm.'

It must be said, to me (and I assume some others too) that a kilt, hose, and a propper woll PC waistcoat and jacket LOOK warm and are warm!

[ChattanCat]

No...

[Zardoz]

no, but my wife is!

[Verlyn]

My response is, "Are you kidding? I've got about six or seven yards of fabric wrapped around my butt, heavy wool socks almost to my knees and heat rises. I need the knee exposure to keep from overheating." Usually that gets a laugh and we're on our way.

[pdcorlis]

I think that's my favorite question and it seems like I get it all the time. My usual response is a blank stare followed by "Not since I stopped wearing pants."

[Makeitstop]

I get this all the time, though often they are referring to the fact that I am wearing a t-shirt and sandals when it is well below freezing. When they do specifically mention the kilt, I usually explain that a heavyweight kilt (I only wear light kilts) is warmer than pants, the mitten effect, and mention the number of people who wear kilts in alaska.

I do often get questions about the lower half of my legs, as I don't wear hose. To that I can only say that I am a freak.