Xmarks Burns Supper @ Ferintosh 2007!

[starbkjrus]

feirst news frae the front!

starbkjrus arrived a' Ferintosh oan time...

but wearin' TROOSERS!!!

ai informed him that he cuid no enter the hoose wearin' troosers!

sae he removed his troosers an' entered Ferintosh!

the pairty has begun....

I do feel like I have to explain just a little bit.

First of all I refused to travel sitting on a plane for all those hours on all those pleats. So I wore troosers and decided I'd change in the changing rooms in the Glasgow airport. Well, I arrived in Glasgow but my luggage was still in London. British Airways swore that they would (and they did) deliver my luggage to Ferintosh that evening. SO I arrived at Ferintosh in troosers. Not the most auspisious arrival but I was so jet lagged that it didnt' matter to me at the time. Nor did I mind having to remove my troosers to be allowed in the door. I'm sure that odder things than that have walked through that door. ( and more will too....)

Robertson and Emma were very kind and simply suggested I go up and shower and take a nap. I said that would be a good idea and a nap was in order. They said again I would feel better with a shower and a nap. I agreed and said I was going to go nap. The said again that a shower and a nap would work well. Ok, well I showered. THEN I started to put the clothes back on that I'd had on for 20 hours or so and REALLY understood they insisted on a shower. Whew!

At that point I couldn't get to sleep and since Porrick and his wife ( who later got stuck in Amsterdam) were due to arrive and we were doing dinner and a pub crawl I headed for "Anderson's".

Got a belt, hose, Jacobite shirt (which I've never worn before and now have decided I love) and an off the peg, ex-hire kilt in the Queen of the South tartan. (See pics in the Friday night pub crawl thread).

Gee things really CAN work out. And no, I didn't have to wander about Dumfries TOO long without my p$%ts. I"m sure that the rest of us during the weekend upset the locals more than that did.

Funny thing about it is....I wore kilts for my entire trip home..including my USAK Casual on the plane trip from Glasgow to Washington DC. Most comfortable trip I 've ever taken.