Too Much is Not Enough

I am not going to bother with the two clans question, other than to observe that there may be 2000 people on earth who could say with certainty that someone was breaking that rule in most cases. You'd have to know a lot of tartans and be sure that what you saw was absolutely what you thought it was. Or you could just jump up and tell some stranger ( undoubtedly a clan chief if I ever tried it) that he was wearing his own clothes wrong...

But I got off track there. What I was going to say is that there are times and places when you want no more tartan than your kilt and there are times and places when you want every square inch you can drape or pin to your body. As somebody said nearby not too long ago, sometimes you have to Go Big or Go Home.

The trick, like so many other tricks, is to know when to do which... But if you aren't sure, you're probably better off with less.

Here's a slightly related question: Has anyone ever, just once, said "I have no idea which tartan this is" when asked ? Were you ejected or shunned?