Charles,

I would just like to do the kilt the honor it deserves. Now that I'm learning ways to wear kilt (not just historically) to pay it the proper respect I would like to do so. It's not just the kilt, I wouldn't wear chinos with a tuxedo. In many ways the Sport kilt is a lot like chinos. It worked at the Navy Ball were they didn't know the differance but I would feel like I stand out at Burn's dinner.

On the haggis I think sometimes us Yanks get a bad name on not trying new things, not that we don't need any help looking bad at times. God have you seen how some of our tourists dress?!?!? Many of us will try almost anything put in front of us. By the same token you should have seen the faces of some of the people I've know from other countries look at our foods. Fried gizzards (one of my favorites), sucking heads on crawfish, and we even have our own blood sausage (boudin noir) to name a few.

Jim