Quote Originally Posted by Jock Scot View Post
Ok. I don't understand why you non Scots want to play at being Scots. Why can't you just be Russians , for example, or Americans, or Canadians. Now I have roots in Europe of one sort or another like many a Scot( or an American) no doubt, but we don't play at being Normans, Poles, Germans, whatevers so why do you chaps need to play at being Scots?
Okay, fair enough, you don't play at being a Norman, Pole, German etc. but in response please see Sir William's post above -- and because it's just plain fun! BTW: plenty of people here do "play at" (in your terms) being Germans, Russians, Mexicans, Poles, cowboys, sailors, Confederates (especially "here" in the South), doctors, lawyers, (some even with the credentials to back it up) and indian chiefs ... and as Islandkilt notes, the ultimate alternative would be to end up naked and unshaven in the back yard, pounding rocks together, which if it were a warm day and the neighbors didn't complain, might be fun too but then someone might say that would just be "playing caveman" and some "real" caveman might take offense or "just not get it!" If a "real" cave man were to say: "Why in the world would anyone want to be a caveman," I'd begin to wonder about how he feels about being one himself. We all play at something, at least sometimes. Otherwise, life can be pretty dull. And again, sometimes a kilt is just more comfortable than trousers, period!