We were having dinner with friends last night and one woman asked "the question." I responded "Shoes and socks." It took her a few moments to realize what I'd said, though the others caught on immediately.

That led to a discussion on how we kilt wearers respond to "the question" and I gave them many of the responses posted here. For some reason all of them thought it was OK to ask and did not consider it rude - yet when I asked them if I could ask women the same question they thought that would be insulting. Go figure.