Maybe I'm wrong, maybe the Kilt isn't 'just clothes'.

[Dale Seago]

Dale and chrisupyonder: That's very interesting, though I suspect you would use a different adjective. I had never heard of that condition before. I'm sorry to read that you are afflicted with it. Is there any idea of the genetic source - chromosome, gene, protein, etc.? I hope, and pray, that any treatment you pursue is successful.

My guess is that it developed in the Viking population from the recoil shock of centuries of chopping off peoples heads with those Dane axes. ;-)

Sort of echoing chrisupyonder, it's something that progresses VERY slowly. I first became aware of it in my hand when I was around 20, though I had no idea what it was. Today, I still have full mobility/flexibility in the hand and fingers, you woouldn't know it was there unless you were looking for it. And I turned 61 just yesterday.

While it's not curable, it's surgically treatable/correctable. It'll come back, but you're not likely to live long enough for it to become a problem again.

[chrisupyonder]

Dale
And I turned 61 just yesterday.

Happy Birthday Dale.

[McElmurry]

I hereby declare that non-Americans* are "not allowed" to wear blue-jeans and baseball caps!

*Canadians count as "Americans"....

From the most reliable wikipedia

The word "jeans" comes from the French phrase bleu de Gênes, literally the blue of Genoa. Jeans fabric, or denim, originated independently in two places:

The French town of Nîmes, from which 'denim' (de Nîmes) gets its name.
From Dongari Killa in India, from which the word 'dungarees' came.[1] See Etymology of "dungaree"

So it appears blue jeans did not originate in the Americas.

[piperdbh]

As she looked at my card, I swear I have never seen anyone look less impressed.

Matt, does this woman happen to be the proprietress of a "Celtic" shop in the city between you and me?

I should turn him into a newt.

Will he get better?

[Chirs]

... So it appears blue jeans did not originate in the Americas.

Good to know.

[Whidbey78]

I do not and never have worn blue-jeans but I have and do wear baseball caps most of the time. A very comfortable and sensible headwear. Is this allowed? for a Scoto-English?

I wear a US Navy ballcap with kilt, so I'm probably doomed to burn for eternity.

As for whether people from anywhere else should be "allowed" to wear them...heck yes!! (As long as it isn't a Detroit Redwings cap!!Go Penguins!)

[Spartan Tartan]

I wear a US Navy ballcap with kilt, so I'm probably doomed to burn for eternity.

Navy ball caps are fine

As for whether people from anywhere else should be "allowed" to wear them...heck yes!! (As long as it isn't a Detroit Redwings cap!!Go Penguins!)

and so are Redwings!!! Going to sweep the Coyotes tonite!

[Woodsheal]

From the most reliable wikipedia

The word "jeans" comes from the French phrase bleu de Gênes, literally the blue of Genoa. Jeans fabric, or denim, originated independently in two places:

The French town of Nîmes, from which 'denim' (de Nîmes) gets its name.
From Dongari Killa in India, from which the word 'dungarees' came.[1] See Etymology of "dungaree"

So it appears blue jeans did not originate in the Americas.

The now-iconic "blue jean" working-man's trousers was a 19th C. American innovation, regardless of where the fabric type was conceived.

The word "tartan" is also French in derivation, and the fabric did not originate in Scotland. The kilt, however, is still uniquely Scottish in its origins.

At any rate, I was merely illustrating absurdity by being absurd! Of course anyone is "allowed" to wear these garments...!

[Father Bill]

From the most reliable wikipedia

The word "jeans" comes from the French phrase bleu de Gênes, literally the blue of Genoa. Jeans fabric, or denim, originated independently in two places:

The French town of Nîmes, from which 'denim' (de Nîmes) gets its name.
From Dongari Killa in India, from which the word 'dungarees' came.[1] See Etymology of "dungaree"

So it appears blue jeans did not originate in the Americas.

The story I heard was that Levi Strauss ended up with a surplus of the darned stuff and made pants with rivets for miners, not to mention his name and his fortune. And that happened in the U.S.A.

[slohairt]

I have green eyes, red hair, and am built a lot like Hamish from Braveheart. In fact, I have been told that when I still had long hair and a beard, that he was my twin! And I still get that from time to time... I had one guy once say to me "Hey! Why you wearin' that? You don't look Irish!" Yes. Irish. Because no one from either Scotland or Ireland have green eyes and red hair...

Of course, Hamish was played by Irish actor Brendan Gleeson... On a related note, the token Irish character Stephen was played by Glaswegian actor David O'Hara! (Obviously of part Irish descent.)