Answering the question when it's asked by children

[Pour1Malt]

"gae biel yur heid ya wee *****!"

[Kilted KT]

a month or so ago I was in the grocery store, looking for something that would actually taste good, and I noticed a woman with a young boy was trying to follow me without being seen. Not to break the illusion, I simply stopped and started looking at something while they past behind me. I heard the mother whisper "Go ahead, ask him" to her son, loud enough so I could hear. I hear the boy say in a very scared voice "why are you wearing a skirt?"

I turned and as calmly and non-intimidatingly as I could explained that it was a scottish kilt, a type of skirts worn by men in Scotland. I talked for a minute about braveheart ( something he might be able to assosiate the kilt with) and also how many police and fire companies have pipe bands. Once he heard bagpipes, it was over. His eyes about popped out of his head. His mom said he had heard them once at a scottish festival a year or two earlier, and he had always wanted to talk to someone who played them. He looked at me squarely and asked if I played them. I told him the truth. "Well, I can play them, but you don't want to hear it. I'm not very good at all" He thought it was vey cool, thanked me and his mom shuffled him off to finish their shopping.

from what I can see, once the kids have something to associate the kilt with besides a woman's dress, it is one of the "coolest" things they have ever seen.

[Hamish]

"gae biel yur heid ya wee *****!"

Not being particularly child friendly (I've had no experience of being in their presence since I was one myself!!), I think that is brilliant!! Perfect!

[switchblade5984]

"gae biel yur heid ya wee *****!"

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[KiltedCodeWarrior]

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Go boil your head, you little s$%t!

[ozmeath]

I've had the question a few times, "why're you wearing a skirt?" and I love it! Kids are so honest. Mostly it's in supermarkets and the like and the parents are like "move along...nothing to see here". My response is generally " It's a Kilt! Men have been wearing them for hundreds of years". Usually they stop for a think and seem to go " cool, I can dig it", or the eight year old equivalent.
It's always the parents that are busting to get to lane three and check out the dog food.
Kids seem pretty hip to the whole deal if you explain what it all about.
E.

[Pleater]

I was asked by a curly haired tot 'whats inside?' and it took a minute to sort out that she wanted to know.

'Does it keep going round?' she enquired in exasperation at my slowness.

I eventually twigged that, having noticed that my kilt wrapped over, she wanted to know how much fabric was underneath, so I showed her the inner corner of the under apron and the apron pleats, which she solomnly inspected, and nodded at.

I did wonder why she was so interested, until her mum came over wearing a sari.

Now we might draw in breath at the cost of a hand made in Scotland kilt, but a good sari costs about the same, and a really good one is about the same price as a second hand car. The very best full outfit with sari, under skirt, blouse and jewelry would require a second mortgage.

The length of fabric is about the same, but the full width of the material is used for a sari so there is twice the amount of material, and if it is good silk with a patterned border and lots of work on the end which shows, it costs a lot.

The tot had no interest in 'the question' - she had simply wanted to know about what I was wearing and how it was put on.

[mrpharr]

good answers to a tough question.

[switchblade5984]

Go boil your head, you little s$%t!

thank you i dont belive i was awake this morning

[davedove]

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I find it's easier to decipher P1M's posts if you read them aloud. That way you can hear what's being said and it makes it a bit more understandable.

I really appreciate his posts. Anything that makes me think just a little bit more can't be bad.