Unbifurcated Encounter

[Cherub]

OK,
I gotta ask, what was it about your or your garb that prompted the "R U Jewish" question? I mean, are kilts catching on in the Holy Lands?

I'm Jewish and I wear a Black UK when ever I get the chance.

[Galician]

Well, then, Shanah Tovah to you, Cherub!

I'm surprised that Brewboy didn't post the pic of a bunch of us modeling lunghi's after the first (and only! ) day of the Celtic Fest.

[Geoff Withnell]

I'm Jewish and I wear a Black UK when ever I get the chance.

I am Jewish and keep kosher. I went into the kosher butcher, in my USMC kilt, white shirt and kippah (skullcap). An obviously orthodox older gentleman said, obviously intending for me to hear, "That's bold, coming into a kosher store cross-dressed." I turned to him and said, very respectfully "Sir, you are mistaken, this is a kilt, a Scottish man's garment, not a woman's skirt. I follow the commandments on not wearing women's clothing." He gave me a brief nod, and apologized for the mistake, and we both went about our business.

Geoff Withnell

[Rex_Tremende]

I turned to him and said, very respectfully "Sir, you are mistaken, this is a kilt, a Scottish man's garment, not a woman's skirt. I follow the commandments on not wearing women's clothing." He gave me a brief nod, and apologized for the mistake, and we both went about our business.

There must be a good Hebrew word - or an even better Yiddish expression - for touché.

Regards,
Rex.

[Finn]

I love Chicago!

[JS Sanders]

Kol Yisrael arevim zeh lazeh.

Shabbat Shalom,
steve

[McFarkus]

OK,
I gotta ask, what was it about your or your garb that prompted the "R U Jewish" question? I mean, are kilts catching on in the Holy Lands?

I suspect he and his companions were curious about the kilt and asking me if I was Jewish was a round about way of breaking the ice.