He's lost it!

[rollerboy_1979]

I live in a gated community here in the desert that's populated mostly by "Snowbirds". I went to my first resort "Welcome Back" dinner/dance on Friday without my late wife and it was hard for me, but rather than just blend in I decided to wear my kilt..........so now some people think I'm so crazed with grief that I've "lost it". That's what a few of them said to my close friends, who quickly came to my defense. I don't let that bother me because it's coming from people with bad face lifts, terrible toupes, multiple marriages, and shorts on with nasty varicose veins. Not to mention grossly diseased livers from all the heavy drinking.........and I'm the one who's "lost it"? I was walking to my table and a woman I know shouted out "What are you doing?", so I just began walking in slow motion, slowly swinging my arms like a robot, and said in a stuttered voice, "I'm w-a-l-k-i-n-g to my t-a-b-l-e". Then I walked towards her and she said, "I know that........why?", as she pointed to my kilt. She was sitting with several couples I did not know, and I just said, "it's a new hobby of mine and I enjoy wearing it.......isn't it cool?". They all looked at me as if I were crazy, and I didn't care. Naturally, I got "The Question" frequently, and my response to that now is "Why do you want to know if I'm wearing underwear?". No one seems to know how to answer that one! I also had a number of people start telling me about their Scottish heritage, their clan tartans, and all sorts of other connections to the kilt. One Canadian fellow told me that he has a Prince Charlie outfit and he promised to wear it on New Year's Eve. I told him to bring it down and wear it all the time like I do....we'll see. An elderly man came up to me and whispered in my ear, "Do you know how to find out a Scot's name?". I said "No". He replied, "You lift up his kilt, and if you see a quarter pounder.......he's a McDonald!". He then just walked away. It sure is fun wearing a kilt!
Cheers!
RB

[CactusJack]

Sounds like a great evening.

[auld argonian]

Good for you...that's part of the fun of showing up in the kilt: knocks some of them out of their comfort zones. Sounds like you had a great time.

Best

AA

[kiltedinUSMC]

that joke was funny

[way2fractious]

"Do you know how to find out a Scot's name?". I said "No". He replied, "You lift up his kilt, and if you see a quarter pounder.......he's a McDonald!".

Are you sure it wasn't, "... two quarter pounders..."?

Somehow even old chestnuts stay funny...

[McFarkus]

Are you sure it wasn't, "... two quarter pounders..."?

Somehow even old chestnuts stay funny...

with or without cheese?

[Nighthawk]

with or without cheese?

I prefer to scrape the cheese off of mine daily.

[saecoman99]

I have all the answers to thoses questions
its from a box of my late wifes clothes or no underwaer just a depends

[McFarkus]

Back on topic - Sounds like you shook them out of their complacency a bit, and they didn't quite know how to handle. it.

[cessna152towser]

Maybe some people around here would say the same about me - I've only taken to wearing kilts on a daily basis since my wife became disabled following a stroke eight years ago, and I'm first in my home town to wear non traditional kilt styles. But we know we haven't lost it - just a matter of choosing to dress in comfortable clothing and the pleasurable hobby of choosing new kilts in new tartans and new styles.