kilted with wife

[kiltie as charged]

I suppose I need to work on getting my humor transmitted better through computers.

I get it I thought that it was rather funny

Athough a string is not always the best thing to use

[Jimmy Carbomb]

I suppose I need to work on getting my humor transmitted better through computers.

Perhaps it was the fact that duct tape is the preferred method around here.

I, being Irish, only know this as a rumour.

[Doc Hudson]

I suppose I need to work on getting my humor transmitted better through computers.

Perhaps it was the fact that duct tape is the preferred method around here.

I, being Irish, only know this as a rumour.

What do the Irish have against duct tape?

[JazzKiltz]

One of the most interesting reactions I ever got was from an African-American woman much older than I (I wrote the music for her last documentary), but not because she felt I should conform. She is old enough to have had to fight to wear pants and when (in response to the "Why do you..." question) I mentioned that the kilt was more comfortable, she snapped "Nonsense!" I calmly pointed out that she and I had different "plumbing" and I did, indeed, find my UK more comfortable. She then decided to "explain" to me about the need for constant attention to one's modesty, etc. All of which I had answers for. I finally realized that she was only half invested in the arguments she was making (again, being a staunch non-conformist herself). She just LOVES a good debate/argument!

Her first comment upon seeing the kilt should've tipped me off. She said, "So, you wear that in a black neighborhood, yet?" I never understood the phrase, "She's a real pistol!" until I met her.

Don't get much heckling, actually. New Yorkers like to act as though nothing can surprise them and they've seen it all. Couple of days ago some young "men" shouted "******" at me...from across the street...a block away...

Edit: funny thing is, "Faggott" is German for bassoon. A ****** used to be a bundle of wood (all tied together) or, much later, slang for a cigarette.

Oh yeah, by the way... Duct tape?! OUCH!! I just take a length of velcro and line the skin side with something very soft. Like silk or flannel for winter (prevents chafing) of course you have to glue the two backs of the velcro together so that they'll...what? It was a joke? Oh...heh

[Geoduck]

Strangly enough, the most negative response I had was a group of mall girls in Bellevue, Washington. This suburb is home to Bill Gates and basically the wealthier neck of the woods in the greater Seattle area. Anyhow, while at the mall (there's a reason I don't frequent them) I felt the constant stares and giggling from the gaggles of teenagers. Just shaking my head, I allowed it to roll off my back, but good lord, they're teenagers, they're supposed to embrace the out of the ordinary, right?

Not that I can really say much, I still dress in the displaced lumberjack uniform that was so common here in the early to mid-ninties... Just added the kilt.

Anyhow, as many people learn, teenaged girls can be some visious beasts.

[macgreggor]

Anyhow, as many people learn, teenaged girls can be some visious beasts.

Sometimes???

[Vince]

George -

Teenagers do not necessarily embrace the out of the ordinary. A goodly number of them are very comformist. Too many are concerned about belonging to the 'right' group and projecting the 'right' image; they therefore comform their speech, clothing, and outward attitudes to fit in. After all it would be just the end of world to be thought of as being different in middle school or high school.

Fortunately there are a few that set their own paths and dare to be different.

[Geoduck]

Well put, Vince... My tone was ment to be a bit sarcstic, which doesn't always work well on the 'net. Ultimately, adolecence is a tough, often horrific time, and non-conformists are often that way in an effort to conform, embracing the ostrisization (sp?)...

Bottom line is that we're all going to take some (crap) here and there, but I'm willing to accept that for comfort's sake.

[KiltedBishop]

Teenagers want to be different...just like all their friends. I remember what it is like to be different enough that you were not in any group. it's tough to be on the outside, of course you're ultimately more free to do as you like, but I didn't realize this till I got older, and wouldn't wish it on anyone. Kids, especially spoiled rich kids in southern california can be very cruel.

[Doc Hudson]

Ultimately, adolecence is a tough, often horrific time, .

Personally I would not relive the years between my 12th and 21st birthdays if I were give an guarantee that I'd be crowned Emperor and Absolute Ruler of the Universe on my 21st Birthday.