Ever been at a loss for words after a kilt comment?

[JackK]

Sort of shows that "educated" doesn't have anything to do with intelligence.

nice skirt! I love it! That's great."
...Coming from an educated 50-year-old woman...

Jack

[Mr. MacDougall]

Sort of shows that "educated" doesn't have anything to do with intelligence.

Indeed. And this is quite clearly a question of education. I haven't been to law school, but I've been to nursing school. And, at least at Northern Arizona University, Nursing School includes no classes in Scottish history or heritage. No classes in fashion design or appreciation. No matter how intelligent someone is, if they haven't been educated to know what they're looking at, and how to talk about it, they're going to come up with labels that relate to their experience and background.

As such, I think "nice skirt" is about as nice a complement as one could ask for... especially if one is a man, about whom many women have doubts about our ability to dress ourselves.

[hospitaller]

Ok,so most everyone thinks the woman ment it as a complement and so do I.

Now picture this.A guy saying the same thing.

if it was a guy wearing shorts/bermudas then you reply 'thanks, nice capri pants by the way!'

it it was a guy wearing regular pants then you reply 'thanks, your women's cut pants look good on you too'

[Perldog007]

When I started wearing kilts, it was here in mid Delaware where nobody does. The comments were steady and varied. As my level of comfort and confidence rose, the peanut gallery got quiet, just like the oldtimers here told me it would.

I get nice skirt too, and usually just say "thanks" unless the situation really calls for more.

[GDub]

"What a nice skirt!"

Most people have no reference. "Kilt" is a foreign noun. "Skirt" isn't. Makes perfect sense to me. What I would do, if the comment was from a woman, is politely say "It's not a skirt, it's a kilt. And I'm a Braveheart and I'll kick your brother's **** if you EVER call it a skirt again!"

[morrison]

You don't have to kill her, just to wreck her life would likely suffice

[JRB]

Last month at the Loon Mountain Games a lady pointed at my sporran and asked, "is that to cover your thing?" I had a hard time answering her without chuckling but my wife was unable to contain herself and burst out laughing.

[Jack Daw]

Last month at the Loon Mountain Games a lady pointed at my sporran and asked, "is that to cover your thing?" I had a hard time answering her without chuckling but my wife was unable to contain herself and burst out laughing.

I hope you said, "Thank you!", after you stopped laughing.

[BruceK]

This enormous black guy came over to the table my wife and I were sitting at, felt free to pull up a chair, and say to me "Dude, any man with the (insert male genitalia vulgarity here) to wear a dress in front of me has got to have something interesting going on. Where are your bag pipes?" (I note that the guy was black because he was covered head to waist in African jewelry.) To which I responded "Well, if drinking coffee and converting oxygen into carbon dioxide is interesting, then yes. Where's your corn bread and fried chicken?"

Now THAT response took (insert male genitalia vulgarity here)!!

[Geoff Withnell]

You don't have to kill her, just to wreck her life would likely suffice

Since she doesn't have a kilted man in her life, isn't she suffering enough already?

Geoff Withnell