20 Questions

[Fearnest]

1. Name/Initials: John

2. Where do you live: Eastern West Virginia, USA

3. How many other places have you lived: Hmmm... 19 places in three countries...

4. How many other places in the world have you visited: Most of the US and eight or nine other countries.

5. If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go? Australia and Scotland (separate trips)

6. Name something you like physically about yourself: My voice

7. Name something non-physical you like about yourself: My sense of humor (warped and twisted)

8. How many kilts do you have: Two

9. How many kilts are you planning to acquire in the next year: Two or three

10. What got you started in this in the first place: Kilts? Seemed like a good idea at the time...

11. Where was the last time/place you wore your kilt? At work.

12. Favorite time to wear a kilt: Whenever the mood strikes me.

13. Last person who gave you favorable feedback about your kilt wearing: A whole group of high-school aged kids (both genders).

14. Last person who gave your UNfavorable feedback about your kilt wearing: One high-school boy who was really uncomfortable with seeing a guy wear something that looked vaguely skirt-like.

15. What’s in YOUR sporran? Church key and other assorted bric-a-brac.

16. What do you like to do OTHER THAN wear/talk about/obsess over kilts: Ride my motorcycle, search & rescue, Venturing (scouting for young men and women aged 14 through 20), hiking, camping, cooking, teaching

17. Name one thing you have done that others might think a bit insane (like bungee jumping etc): Drove an army jeep at over 95 MPH on the Autobahn en route back to my kaserne (it was a 1974 Ford M-151A1 fresh out of war reserve and had FIVE MILES on the odometer - WOOHOO!!!). The guy in the Porsche wasn't happy to see me pass him - and he made up for it in very short order!

18. Say something totally random about yourself: "Too twisted for color TV" (according to my best friend).

19. What question would you like to answer that hasn’t been included in the list: I'm sorry Senator, could you rephrase the question?

20. Do you think X Marks the Scot is the best kilt discussion group in the world? Doesn't everyone?