You have to see this,

[Chaplain Harris]

OH YEAH! I think I'll see if I can get donations up, just to have an excuse to wear a kilt to work.

CBH

[thescot]

I would have thought that TV stations would have kept them from making a joke of the kilt, so that they wouldn't offend people.

Yeah, God knows we don't want to offend anyone. But I guess guys (males) who wear kilts are fair game for insults, jokes, offense, etc.

I am not personally offended at a joke or two--if that's the worst I ever have to deal with then life is very good! I just laugh along and wear my kilt.


To live well is the best revenge.

[auld argonian]

I'm never hppy with the "jokey" aspect of things like this but ya gotta face the fact that it IS gonna happen and the best thing you can do is to let them have a faint laugh and carry on...the joke will get old pretty fast.

Warning their broadcasters that they might offend someone? Might happen for some other groups but not for us, I'm afraid. If we threw up a kilted picket line around the station carrying signs that said "Unfair to Celts", they'd just video it and make a feature story out of it knowing that it would elicit a chuckel from the public at large...and that's what the media does best: turn it into a sound/video bite.

One encouraging thing that was laid in there was the comment by one guy that he was always looking for an excuse to try a kilt. That rings pretty true...there are a lot of guys out there who would love an excuse just to give it a shot to see if they like it. We can only hope that these dudes get the encouragement and summon up the motivation to give it a shot and maybe become at least part-time kilties.

Best

AA

[cavscout]

Here's the email I just sent to my office:

Gentlemen (and Ladies too),

Is crack not just a type of drug to you?
Have you had your fill of "Hungry-butt"?
Does the thought of a wedgie still make the hair on the back of your neck stand up?
Are you a Professional Baseball player who gets paid to adjust in public?
Do you have the legs to wear a kilt?

Then here's a chance to help not just yourself but others as well. Here is an opportunity to raise money for a charity called Direct Relief.

http://www.theglenlivet.com/society/...tday/video.php

Direct Relief International works to improve the health and lives of people living in developing countries and people victimized by disaster or war by giving support to locally run facilities, hospitals, and programs that provide health services with essential material resources – medicines, vitamins and nutritional supplements, supplies, and equipment. Most of these products are donated to the organization, and in turn Direct Relief International ensures that they are provided in the most secure, most efficient manner possible. Direct Relief International’s dedication to their cause is evident in the fact that less than 1% of financial support received goes to administrative and fundraising expenses.

If you are interested in participating in this event please drop me an email or stop by my cube and I can provide you some information on the event.

Thanks, and up with kilts! 8)
__________________________________________________ _____

We'll see what kind of response I get.

[Splash_4]

That looks good Sir! I hope you get lots of response.

[GallowHill]

Rocky...you may want to have them update your listing. It is listed as:

USA Kilts
2792 Egypt Road, Audubon, PA 19403
610-650-USAK
Purchase only

How long ago did you move to Phoenixville?

Scott

[GreenDragon]

i'm registering!

[Abax]

This kind of upset me. I know that it raises a lot of awareness and public exposure, but the entire time they were doing it in kind of a joke kind of way.

This kind of event doesn't upset me at all. Many people who participate in something like this will only wear a kilt one time in their life for the event. They are understandably uncomfortable wearing something they perceive as odd or otherwise (but for the event) inappropriate. That always brings out silliness in people to hide their discomfort. And I don't think this kind of exposure is likely to generate anything negative for people who like to wear kilts at other times.

Hmmm . . . I'm going to ask my employer to waive the dress code for a day and let me wear a kilt to work during administrative hours on either April 5 in connection with a donation to Direct Relief International or on April 6 for Tartan Day.

Abax

[ozone]

OMG!!!! OK, KTLA needs to fire their newscaster for the red miniskirt! I would think that LA would have enough Scottish people who could be consulted to provide reasonably accurate information about kilt wearing. Of course, this is the same town that produced Braveheart.....

And Fox59 news in Indiannapolis...was that a skirt?!? Although, even with the guy wearing a skirt...it looked sort-of ok.

I bet the folks a Glenlivet got a good laugh out of the ridiculous things that Americans wore for a "kilt" Why, oh why do we Americans sometimes do such a good job at showing our complete ignorance?!? Last I looked, a quick search on wikipedia or google provides more than accurate pictures of what a kilt should look like.

[Big Dave]

The idea of wearing a Kilt to work for Charity is a great idea. It gets people who normaly wouldn't wear a Kilt to actually wear one, and that's good.

Now to educate those people who want to wear the Kilt more then once, on how to wear it proper.