Kilted (and insulted) at the opera

[Rex_Tremende]

...At this point, she turns to her friend and says, "Let's wear something "funny" next time".
Me: "I hardly consider this "funny" madam"

Now here I might have been inclined to look her up and down and say, "Madam, what do you mean 'next time?'"

Regards,
Rex.

[Riverkilt]

There are no doubt enough House of Gordon cousins on this forum alone to assemble a quarum and vote you an honorary membership into the clan...but doubt that would have impressed her.

I still prefer the common two word response to an insult - said calmly and politely. And when they stammer back, "Why do you say that?" The response is, "Because that is the proper response to an insult."

Glad you didn't let her get you down...touching story in all other regards.

Ron

[DireStraitsFan]

You're a good man rollerboy. Keep on keepin' on.

[rollerboy_1979]

You're a good man rollerboy. Keep on keepin' on.

Thank you sir. I'll have to look you up when I come to Austin to see the bats! For those of you who don't know, Austin is home to the world's largest urban colony of Mexican Freetailed bats. When they take off at sunset from their roost under the Congress Ave. bridge, it's a sight to behold.

DSF, have you ever gone to see their evening flight kilted? You probably attracted as much attention as they did!

I'm attending a St. Andrew's Supper tonight with the Scottish Society of the Desert, of which I'm a new member, so when someone asks if I'm a Scot I can say, "Well, I'm a member of the SSOD".

Cheers!
RB

[macwilkin]

Rollerboy, you might be interested in perusing this web site:

http://www.caledoniansocietyofrome.org/

And specifically, this page:

http://www.caledoniansocietyofrome.org/html/Tartan.html

There is also a couple of Italian tartans available, if I remember correctly.

Regards,

Todd

[auld argonian]

I still prefer the common two word response to an insult - said calmly and politely. And when they stammer back, "Why do you say that?" The response is, "Because that is the proper response to an insult."

Ron

I guess that I sometimes feel exactly that way, Ron....in some sets of circumstances a hearty two-or-three-word invective does seem appropriate. Should the offending party then act offended, I would simply state that I, at least, will just come out and BE insulting rather than dancing around it like a sissy the way that they're doing it. As I mentioned earlier, some folks seem to get a certain degree of vicious pleasure out of being "witty" and sort of trying to channel Oscar Wilde...in the end, though, they're probably meaner than someone who just comes out and cusses you out.

Best

AA