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 Originally Posted by Tarheel
Wow! This got interesting quick. As Greag points out, it is a "Bless my heart" moment.
That said, I do not discount either approach (humorous or not) as a way to deal with being kilted in public and confronted by a hostile force.
As far as phobias, the wife has jumped from a moving vehicle to escape a spider, killed an ATM machine with bug spray (logged on film by the bank) and broken bones on furniture fleeing spiders. After years of therapy, she now squeaks, stomps and cries that she is the giant. She finishes shaking and hyperventilating after a while.
This sort of thing really needs video proof!!
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Well, she doesn't look frightened to me, but then maybe she'd tell me in confessional.
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Even in the Highlands, I'm afraid. Today's 'breaking' news: http://www.scotsman.com/news/odd/kil...ment-1-4121450
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I'm pretty sure that's a lazy newspaper, I'm sure I read about that last year!
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About 16 years ago, I was at an outdoor St. Patrick's Day celebration when someone with too much beer in his belly whispered in my ear during the loud music that I, in my kilt, must be a sheep-shagger. Being at the commencement of middle age, I looked around first to notice several off-duty cops working security, and thought it best not to punch him. So, I put up my hands and walked off without a retort.
Another time at an indoor pub, I was seated at the bar when a drunk woman insisted on knowing what was under my kilt. I didn't play along, so she got very surly with me. I kept my cool and said nothing; then, seated next to her was her 20-something son who apologized for his mother's behavior. So, again no response from me other than to salute the son and leave my seat.
Last edited by Jack Daw; 9th May 16 at 05:09 AM.
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Originally Posted by The Q
I'm pretty sure that's a lazy newspaper, I'm sure I read about that last year!
My understanding is last year they went from kilts to pants, now they are switching to trews if I remember correctly to at least have the tartan in there some how.
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Originally Posted by Jack Daw
About 16 years ago, I was at an outdoor St. Patrick's Day celebration when someone with too much beer in his belly whispered in my ear during the loud music that I, in my kilt, must be a sheep-shagger. Being at the commencement of middle age, I looked around first to notice several off-duty cops working security, and thought it best not to punch him. So, I put up my hands and walked off without a retort.
Another time at an indoor pub, I was seated at the bar when a drunk woman insisted on knowing what was under my kilt. I didn't play along, so she got very surly with me. I kept my cool and said nothing; then, seated next to her was her 20-something son who apologized for his mother's behavior. So, again no response from me other than to salute the son and leave my seat.
Last Wednesday an inebriated woman asked me if i had underwear on. I asked her if she did and she proudly proclaimed that she did not and never wears them. I then told her that i did in fact have some on. She pestered me saying she did not believe me.....so i gave her a peak. I was about to tell her that i did not believe her.....then i thought better of it figuring she would drop her jeans right there. 
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10th May 16, 05:53 AM
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Originally Posted by ThistleDown
I can understand the harassment a bit, having learnt of the notorious hen parties during one trip to Scotland: there was an article in The Scotsman about them, the hen parties coming up by train from England, the girls already being roaring drunk when they arrived in Edinburgh, and wreaking various sorts of havoc. Scotland was considering legislation at the time, the article said, as I recall.
BTW phiobia could be a fear of bagpipes?
Last edited by OC Richard; 10th May 16 at 05:57 AM.
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10th May 16, 06:55 AM
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Originally Posted by OC Richard
*snip* BTW phiobia could be a fear of bagpipes?
Well, there are actually some discussions of that . . .
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/i...8200157AAOYldR
but my favourite is Hippolarconinsomiaphobia, the fear of hippos stealing your pajamas.
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