Funny Story

[michael steinrok]

You know to the uninitiated a kilt can be a coplex and confusing garment. I hope the guy was too embaressed. It's happened before as I have heard similar stories from vendors at the games Years of therapy will hopefully erase the trauma

[mbhandy]

Well it was a Wine Festival also, so I suppose most people did not notice??? :rolleyes: and he did say they had fun.

MrBill

[MacMullen]

One of the guys at our Burn's Dinner last Fall came out of his room with his kilt on backwards.

He asked, "Are the pleats supposed to be in the front?"

I said, "Women wear pleats in the front. On a kilt, the pleats go in the back."

We were the only ones there, though, so no one saw the faux pas.

[ronstew]

There are degrees of embarrassment. I get the impression that the fellow at the wine festival and MacMullen's aquaintence were a little embarrassed at the time, but were glad to be helped by the piper and MacMullen, both of whom were discrete. Hey, they guy at the wine festival tells the story, so he must be cool with it.

I had a good laugh over the original story.

[GMan]

A friend from the coffee shop was at a wedding a couple of weeks ago, where all males of the party were donning Kilts. She brought in a picture and said something looked wrong with them and she could not figure it out and asked me if I could help. Everything looked fine jackets, sporrran placement, etc, except for one thing. All the Kilts were being worn with the pleats in the front. Everyone was totally oblivious except for Catherine and she was not sure herself until she asked me.

[furrycelt]

I am surprised how often this happens. Formal kilts like that are cut so they fit your shape. I've never put mine on backwards, but I am sure it would feel odd.

I caught part of a "reality" show on TV a while back (my wife loves "reality" TV, I only watch those shows by accident). It was a wedding. The groom's men were all kilted, and I saw at least one that was backwards. Kinda sad that that mistake was broadcasted for the nation to see.

-ian

[GlassMan]

I don't remember where it was that I saw it but it was a picture of a major shindig with lots of famous people and one of the men (who wasn't someone I recognized but was at least rich enough to make the guest list) had on a backwards kilt.

[Richland]

So let me get this straight:
If i wear my kilt backwards not too many folks will notice.
If i wear my kilt backwards this will eliminate my wrinkled pleats problem
I'm in

[646guy]

Give me wrinkled pleats ANY DAY!

[ozmeath]

I was in a 80 to 100 member highschool band. For the yearbook picture my junior year, the drummers (and the director) thought it would look good if they laid their drumsticks along their forearm with the tips resting against their middle finger. No one noticed (or mayne they did?) until the year book was published that the drum section appears to be giving everyone the "finger".

Typical drummer scam, I should know! We always seem to be the ones wrecking photos, eating al the food, chatting up the brides' maids, drinking the booze....
ahaaarghgh!
so, you been playing drums for a while then! lol