Quote Originally Posted by Jock Scot View Post
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I think it was Shakespeare who had a line along the lines of "methinks thou protest too much".
Jock -- funny you should refer to this as I was wondering the same thing about your repeated: "I just don't get it." In the interests of honesty, clarity and understanding I would like to know just what it is you mean by "don't get it?" Is it that you don't understand or is it that you don't accept, or don't like it, or wouldn't do it yourself? There have been many many replies here trying to explain, (in response to your saying "I don't get it") to aid in your better understanding of why a particular respondent does what they do about wearing the kilt. Some do it for a sense of cultural heritage; some do it just for fun (indeed, play) with a whole range of "reasons" in between. For me there is no single answer but rather many depending on "what it is I'm about" at the time, as I suspect is true for the majority of kilt wearers, outwith or not. I enjoy as a hobby making kilt related items (converting tweed jackets, making sporrans, bonnets); I also just find wearing a kilt more comfortable sometimes than wearing trousers. Actually the quote from Shakespeare (Hamlet, Act III, scence II) is: "The lady doth protest too much, methinks" and is generally (mis)quoted in reference to something insisted upon repeatedly and so strongly that people suspect the opposite of what one is literally saying. So, For crying out loud, what is it about "it" that you don't "get?" Affectionately, Paul ("O'Searcaigh")
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