Ever been at a loss for words after a kilt comment?

[JackK]

Sort of shows that "educated" doesn't have anything to do with intelligence.

nice skirt! I love it! That's great."
...Coming from an educated 50-year-old woman...

Jack

[Mr. MacDougall]

Sort of shows that "educated" doesn't have anything to do with intelligence.

Indeed. And this is quite clearly a question of education. I haven't been to law school, but I've been to nursing school. And, at least at Northern Arizona University, Nursing School includes no classes in Scottish history or heritage. No classes in fashion design or appreciation. No matter how intelligent someone is, if they haven't been educated to know what they're looking at, and how to talk about it, they're going to come up with labels that relate to their experience and background.

As such, I think "nice skirt" is about as nice a complement as one could ask for... especially if one is a man, about whom many women have doubts about our ability to dress ourselves.