dressed to kilt

[The Kilted Chef]

I hope kiltedchef sees the chef check kilt, I'm sure I read apost where he said he couldn't wear akilt to work, well problem solved
Cheers Rhino

Rhino,

Houndstooth check would look good in the kitchen, unfortuntately, its not the tartan but corporate policy :x and you know how hard that is to change!

[bubba]

I think most of us realize "corporate policy" is solely aimed at complete conformity. There simply is no room for individuals and individuality in the corporate structure.
I drove for a company once that decided to enforce their corporate policy on us all. They specified what clothes we'd wear and even footwear and hair length. Dispatch told me about it while I was in Georgia. I told em where the truck was, left the keys with the fuel desk at the truckstop and took the bus home. My way of telling em to stuff it. Maybe my years trucking are why starting to wear a kilt wasn't so nervewracking. I'm used to not giving a damn what anybody thinks and not shy about telling em where to get off.

[The Kilted Chef]

I'm used to not giving a damn what anybody thinks and not shy about telling em where to get off.

Way to go Bubba! Unfortunately I have this... ah... ummmm... ahem...problem... I like to eat! So, I guess I'll be putting up with the corporate bulls***t for a while longer. I think Graham said that is was better to have a good job that doesn't allow you to wear a kilt, than a bad job that does! George Burns said it best "I'd rather be a failure doing something I love than be a success doing something I hate." Well, he lived to be 100. Had to be doing something right!

Larry

[bubba]

Well Larry, my outlook on life is probably why I never got into the corporate thing. Life's too short to let some jackass tell me how to live it. Driving truck was a good job and I didn't have anyone looking over my shoulder. I gotta admit, most of the time I looked like a combination of an extra in a John Wayne movie and an escapee from Deliverance but, what the heck. I quit because my wife finally had enough of the long absences. Came down to a choice of my job or marriage. The job lost. Can't say I regret it either. Since then I've been pretty much the domestic engineer and like it. Since I started wearing kilts we joke that finally everybody can see who really wears the pants in the family.

[Dakotan]

This looks like one devil of an interesting event almost worth the triple digit ticket price. If for no other reason than to be there with Sir Sean!
Thanks for the links, lads!

Take Care!,
Reed

[Hamish]

Alastair McKenzie from "Monarch of the Glen" was wearing a kilt! He told Hamish that he doesn't like to wear kilts, so I was pleasantly surprised to see him at the show.

When looking at the pics, I noticed that having the length off on a kilt can make it look really wrong.

Rufus

Hmmmn. Not quite, Rufus.

I have never (unfortunately) met Alastair. It was Hamish Clark (Duncan in "Monarch") who told me of Alastair's dislike of kilt-wearing. In "Dressed to Kilt" in NYC he was doing so to help raise funds for Charity.

By "having the length off on a kilt", I assume you are referring to those attending that event who had their kilts well below their knees! With due respect to my American brothers here present, I am afraid it is a fairly well-known fact over here that Americans, in general, do like to wear their kilts far longer than any Scot would - and they wear their kilt hose higher too! Are your fellows over there ashamed of their knees, or what?

[Jimmy Carbomb]

Are your fellows over there ashamed of their knees, or what?

Hey Hamish,

I know that for me, personally, I like to have the kilt just below the knee. It has nothing to do with tradition or feel... but more the fact that we have Britney Spears to contend with over here. She had a famous video with her in a Catholic School Girl kilt, and we REALLY don't want to be associated with the harrassment of being compared to THAT!

As for wearing kilt hose higher... that's only in the winter for me. I'll do anything to keep the sub-zero winds from keeping the knees (or anything else) from knocking!

[Blu (Ontario)]

... With due respect to my American brothers here present, I am afraid it is a fairly well-known fact over here that Americans, in general, do like to wear their kilts far longer than any Scot would - and they wear their kilt hose higher too! Are your fellows over there ashamed of their knees, or what?

So many men over here wear their kilts long that when I bought my first kilt, I honestly thought that it was the proper length and was surprised to find out otherwise! My theory is that most kilts are tailored correctly but worn low because it feels "safer". The sudden freedom afforded by kilts can be unexpected and perhaps intimidating to those used to the restrictions of trousers.

blu

[bubba]

blu, that is the case I think. The fear of sitting down and unintentionally flashing people is one that's very real for those unaccustomed to wearing kilts. My kilts are at the middle of the kneecap but I know I was a bit nervous about possible exposure at first.

[Rufus]

Hmmmn. Not quite, Rufus.

I have never (unfortunately) met Alastair. It was Hamish Clark (Duncan in "Monarch") who told me of Alastair's dislike of kilt-wearing. In "Dressed to Kilt" in NYC he was doing so to help raise funds for Charity.

By "having the length off on a kilt", I assume you are referring to those attending that event who had their kilts well below their knees! With due respect to my American brothers here present, I am afraid it is a fairly well-known fact over here that Americans, in general, do like to wear their kilts far longer than any Scot would - and they wear their kilt hose higher too! Are your fellows over there ashamed of their knees, or what?

Hamish,

Sorry for the misquote! Thanks for clearing that up.

Yes, I was referring to those who wore their kilts way below their knees, and there was at least one guy that had his kilt a good 3-4" above the top of his kneecap. Maybe some guys are embarrased about their knees, while others are much too proud of their thighs! Or, maybe I'm just a traditionalist totalitarian, ready to punish those with kilt lengths I deem improper!!

Rufus
The Welsh Dictator of Kiltonia