In the supermarket.

[beowulf67]

Maybe they were thinking of Fat Son-of-unmarried-parents from the Austin Powers movies. You should have yelled out "I'm dead sexy! Get in my belly!" just to find out.

I'm sure no one would look at you funny....

[turpin]

I was in the Toyota dealer the other day getting serviced (my car, of course). I'm sitting in the waiting room and these two girls, 20-ish, sit down across from me (I'm wearing my Gordon Modern). Pretty soon one pulls out her cell and starts fiddling with it - playing a video game? A few minutes later I look up from my book and both of them are fiddling with their phones. It then dawns on me, and I said;

"Are you texting each other?"

They looked sheepish. Then the light really came on.

"You're texting each other about my kilt, aren't you?"

Caught red-handed, they laughed. It turns out one girls' father is in the St. Andrews Society and loves to wear his kilt, so she was pretty knowledgeable about that sort of thing. We had a good little chat. Nice kids, tattoos, nose rings and all.

[Kiltferone]

At work last week a customer came up and said nice kilt in a Scottish accent. I thought he was playing around with the accent, but nope he is from Scotland and he really liked seeing the kilt. I was beaming from ear to ear. My first complement from a real Scot!!

[Perldog007]

Anybody visiting the Delaware beaches (or Ocean City) from D.C., Baltimore, or points west should make a stop at the Food Lion in Denton, Maryland.

Shock, Awe, Contempt, Disgust, Admiration, Flirtation, they got it all. One of my most challenging "kilted" stops. A positive mental attitude is a must.

The staff is very nice, some of them a bit nervous and the unwashed masses are a hoot.

I go there about once a week to get coffee and such for the shop. Always an
experience.

One thing I am starting to notice, once the locals get used to you being in a kilt, seems to bring the passerby into line a bit. Curious things these mortals.

[kiltimabar]

Mr. MacDougall,
one cool thing about that trip was, no wait, two, yes two cool things about that,,,,no wait, three, yess, three...well, you get the Python, i mean picture...

was that even the 12 year old girls know it's a kilt;
that at least one other guy in Phoenix has a kilt;
that they have seen and remember Braveheart or another kiltflick and, lastly, that you are still hanging around bookstores...

Keep on Kiltin' (insert kilted Grateful Dead "truckin'" smilie here, when someone, not I, figures out how to make one) (Broad Hint!)

Frumiously smilin'

If the movie those 12 year old girls saw was "Braveheart" then they did get an education in the wearing of kilts...

[Curnir]

just a point to keep in mind. There are those, like my dad, who believe that military tartans are always worn respectfully. A Black Watch, a specific Gordon, some others are not to be worn casual because the "blood has been spilt".

After that it's up to you. It's one of those cultural things: like the American flag thing, we don't have that but we look down on wearing uniforms if you never served which Americans don't seem to mind.

And this train of thought doesn't need to be explored very much, keep the mods happy.

Well, given the fact that I live in sweden... the likelyhood of him being aware of the History behind the Black Watch and their expoits, let alone being able to recognice the tartan as Black Watch modern.... Well lets just say that it's highly unlikely.

Or... the guy was rude and staring.

That's my guess.

[Erisianmonkey]

At work last week a customer came up and said nice kilt in a Scottish accent. I thought he was playing around with the accent, but nope he is from Scotland and he really liked seeing the kilt. I was beaming from ear to ear. My first complement from a real Scot!!

I was walking across campus a few weeks ago when a young gent came up and told me, in the thickest Scottish accent I have ever heard, "Thanks for wearing your kilts. It reminds me of home. I'm thinking I should get mine sent over here." Talk about a comment making one's day.

[eltikiloco]

I've taken to wearing mine at least once a week. And in that time, I've run to the drugstore several times. I went in yesterday and heard one of the men working the register say to another employee, "hey the kilt guy is back." I got a good laugh out of it.

[anythingshiny]

funny..ive been wearing my UK's for years and get all q's about am i a scot, whats underneath and such...its to the point now within a 10 mile radius that most know me now and comment when im not in a kilt...but in the last year ive made an effort to wear my tartan out more...and i dont get 1/2 the comments and questions about it. folks dont comment on a beautiful MacDuff tartan with Turpin's sporran and Steve's belt...but damn they gawk at a plain ol brown workmans...

no accounting for taste i guess..

best one recently was i was headed out to a to-do with a buddy and stopped by the groc store..an older gent with a nice brit accent asked if i was a "proper" wearer of the kilt..i assumed he was referring to 'the' question...but without missing a beat, he continued..."by that i mean do you have any whiskey with you?"

and in all my glory i reached into my sporran and produced well worn flask from the late 1800's that i have and just smiled.

[Archangel]

Well, given the fact that I live in sweden... the likelyhood of him being aware of the History behind the Black Watch and their expoits, let alone being able to recognice the tartan as Black Watch modern.... Well lets just say that it's highly unlikely.
That's my guess.

yeah, that basically rules that one out, go with rude.