Sunday I took the Flame-Haired Celtic Amazon Goddess and our son Sinbad to lunch and to see “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”. I wore my Utilikilt and all three of us wore head scarves a la’ Jack Sparrow err… Captain Jack Sparrow. We entered whistling "Yo ho, Yo ho a Pirate's Life for me". We got a few smiles from the people waiting for their shows.

The theatre was fairly crowded but I found some rather good seats . The macho looking fellow next me had multiple tattoos and was in “biker” attire. I wondered if no one had chosen to sit next to him and his lady because of how he was dressed. As we waited for the movie to start I did wonder if he was going to hassle me about how I was dressed. Just before the previews started he leaned over to me and pointed at my UK Mocker. I thought “Here we go..“ He then said “That’s one of those Utility Kilts isn’t it? I wanted to buy one at the Ben Lomond Highland Games last year. I didn’t because I was wearing cowboy boots and thought that they would look really stupid with the kilt. I’m going to get one this year .“ I chatted with him for a little a bit about the different Utilikilts and their website. The lights dimmed and the previews started.

I thought to myself people shouldn't be judged by their appearance, that goes for kilt wearers too.

Cheers