Last place to expect to see a kilt

**MysticMead** · 12th July 07, 04:56 PM

ok...here's one place I seriously doubt a kilt has been nor will it ever be.... the moon

that was a suggestion from my youngest son...

**Kid Cossack** · 12th July 07, 06:28 PM

Originally Posted by MysticMead

ok...here's one place I seriously doubt a kilt has been nor will it ever be.... the moon

that was a suggestion from my youngest son...

Bob Heinlein's ghost says JUST YOU WAIT!

**Archangel** · 12th July 07, 07:49 PM

Originally Posted by MysticMead

ok...here's one place I seriously doubt a kilt has been nor will it ever be.... the moon

that was a suggestion from my youngest son...

Can't find any real confirmation but an astronaut by the name of McBean apparently took his kilt, or a piece of it, to the moon and left it there. Is that close enough?

**Alaskan Kilted Guy** · 12th July 07, 08:21 PM

How about on any prominent US politician? They don't have the .... courage.

**Ruanaidh** · 12th July 07, 10:15 PM

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**davedove** · 13th July 07, 03:47 AM

Originally Posted by Alaskan Kilted Guy

How about on any prominent US politician? They don't have the .... courage.

I understand a couple of Congressmen have worn their kilts on Tartan Day.

**Alaskan Kilted Guy** · 13th July 07, 10:37 AM

Originally Posted by davedove

I understand a couple of Congressmen have worn their kilts on Tartan Day.

Well I'll be a monkey's uncle.... they'll do anything for a vote. I wonder if they wear them any other time.

**Archangel** · 13th July 07, 04:35 PM

Originally Posted by Alaskan Kilted Guy

Well I'll be a monkey's uncle.... they'll do anything for a vote. I wonder if they wear them any other time.

now, now, we can't have it both ways: cussing them if they don't and cussing them when they do.

better than some of the things they do to get a vote.

**MysticMead** · 12th July 07, 09:43 PM

Originally Posted by Archangel

Can't find any real confirmation but an astronaut by the name of McBean apparently took his kilt, or a piece of it, to the moon and left it there. Is that close enough?

that's close enough for me...

**macwilkin** · 13th July 07, 03:47 AM

Originally Posted by Archangel

Can't find any real confirmation but an astronaut by the name of McBean apparently took his kilt, or a piece of it, to the moon and left it there. Is that close enough?

That would be Commander Alan Bean of Apollo 12. He did not leave the tartan on the moon, though, as this article from the Clan MacBean Society's web site explains:

http://www.clanmacbean.net/moon.htm

In 2005, Alan Bean said this:

As I remember it, I took Clan McBean Tartan to the moon and returned it to Earth. I did not leave any Clan McBean Tartan on the surface. I did, in fact, give a piece of the Tartan to the Clan McBean and also to the St. Bean Chapel in Scotland. And I've still got some of it in my possession. I did not, however leave any of it on the moon.

-- http://www.alanbeangallery.com/macbean-story.html

Regards,

Todd