The Defenders

[Norm]

I had an amusing incident happen not too long ago. My wife and I were waiting at the Los Corrales restaurant in Show Low to eat. I was wearing my UT Kilts utility kilt if I remember right. At any rate, a friend and his wife came up to the waiting area where we were. He is a pastor at Calvary Chapel where we attended before moving to a fellowship closer to where we live. Anyhow, he is kind of a jokester and made a smart remark about my "skirt". I knew he was joshing, but another guy and his wife who were there also, whom I did not know from Adam jumped right in and exclaimed, "It's a KILT, not a skirt!" - not realizing that my pastor friend was just joking. Woah.... I had to explain the situation that my pastor was NOT making fun of me, but we knew each other and it was all in fun.

I was surprised how someone I did not even know would jump right in to defend my kilt like that. I also had the same thing happen when we were walking and we passed some kids playing on the street, and one of the girls said, "that man is wearing a dress", and instantly one of the boys shot back, "It's a kilt, not a dress!" Defenders.... don't you love 'em?

Been wearing my kilts all summer, essentially replacing my short pants with them. If I would normally wear short pants, I now wear a utility kilt. At one point I was nervous about it, but now I hardly give it a thought. But I am ready with the "no, no, yes". No, I don't play the pipes. No I don't go commando. Yes, I am half Scottish. Questions answered".

Not looking forward to winter, though....

[Royboy]

No, I don't play the pipes.

I often qualify my answer to playing the pipes with ... "And you don't want me to try and play them either" At any rate, I think it's darned respectable someone stepped in like that.

[Mike in Dayton]

When the temperature starts to drop "do you play the pipes?" will be replaced with "aren't you cold?". That starts when the temperature hits the 50's (10C)