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    It was Columbus Day? I seemed to have forgotten the oh-so (deservingly) forgettable holiday.

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    I was kilted for Columbus Day, but got the same old questions I get every day I'm kilted.
    [FONT="Comic Sans MS"]"The industrious man gets up early and goes home late, and the lazy man sleeps with the industrious man's wife"[/FONT] -[FONT="Arial Black"] Benjamin Franklin[/FONT]

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    My daughter flew in from Philadelphia today. She has been gone for a year. I wore my kilt to the airport to pick her up She was impressed.

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    Quote Originally Posted by beloitpiper View Post
    It was Columbus Day? I seemed to have forgotten the oh-so (deservingly) forgettable holiday.
    Poor ol' Chris' ..... I know its politically-correct to cast stones at Columbus these days, but just think, without the courage of the early explorers to sail off into the unknown, those of us of European-ethnic background might not be living in the "land of the free" today.

    Oh, I wasn't kilted today, I am home sick.
    [SIZE="2"][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][B][I]T. E. ("TERRY") HOLMES[/I][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
    [SIZE="1"][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][B][I]proud descendant of the McReynolds/MacRanalds of Ulster & Keppoch, Somerled & Robert the Bruce.[/SIZE]
    [SIZE="1"]"Ah, here comes the Bold Highlander. No @rse in his breeks but too proud to tug his forelock..." Rob Roy (1995)[/I][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]

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    Quote Originally Posted by beloitpiper View Post
    It was Columbus Day? I seemed to have forgotten the oh-so (deservingly) forgettable holiday.
    Greg,

    Stop for a moment and think about this comment. Imagine if someone made this statement about one of the holidays associated with the Irish or Scots, and how you would feel. I know you march in parades with a local fire department, a profession long associated with the Irish community here in the USA. Remember, Columbus Day is a holiday for the Italian immigrant community to celebrate their successes in the New World.

    It's respect, my young friend -- if we are going to demand that the general public respect us for kilt-wearing, then we should extend the same respect to other groups celebrating their heritage.

    Todd
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    Quote Originally Posted by beloitpiper View Post
    It was Columbus Day? I seemed to have forgotten the oh-so (deservingly) forgettable holiday.
    Oh-so P.C. (and campus-conformist) of you....
    Brian

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    Quote Originally Posted by beloitpiper View Post
    It was Columbus Day? I seemed to have forgotten the oh-so (deservingly) forgettable holiday.
    You should think how Columbus would feel if he heard you say that. I care because I got the day off.

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    I was Kilted, but that is fairly normal for me.
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