How to explain why you wear a kilt.

[wesd]

GOOD DAY, Standard come back, "because I would get arreasted for walking around with my bare butt showing".

Wes The more people that I meet the more I like my dog.

[Blu (Ontario)]

If it's a stranger in a store lineup and I just want to brush off the question, I'll usually just respond vaguely with... "dinner engagement". Even though I eat dinner every day, it plugs the missing variable into the equation and they go away satisfied.

If the situation is a bit more personal, I usually engage in a friendlier discourse.

[Rex_Tremende]

I don't remember who it was, but someone here posted an explanation that I love: "I needed a new look to go along with my mid-life crisis. It was either kilts or baggy jeans pulled down with my butt hanging out. I think I made the right choice."

Lately I've just been telling people I know that it's just another one of my many idiosyncrasies. That they accept this so quickly seems like it ought to be a little alarming to me.

Regards,
Rex.

[GatorUK]

My usual response to the "why are you wearing a kilt" question is: It sets me apart from lesser men.

-or-

After a few pints I'll look em square in the eye and say, "Because zippers frighten sheep."

There's a ruder response that I won't go into in this particular thread.

[Graham]

Wow, iobBear, that was some account! gotta make you think about life and death and piping.

Seems good that your were there though. Well done my friend.

[ian]

"Since most of the woman around here are wearing pants, I'm wearing a kilt because I don't won't to look too effeminate."

[sirdaniel1975]

If they are snickery about it, just head in this direction.

Me: "Well, Where's your horse?"

Them: "Huh?"

Me: "Because trews/pants are for horseback riding!"

[Jimmy the Celt]

If they are snickery about it, just head in this direction.

Me: "Well, Where's your horse?"

Them: "Huh?"

Me: "Because trews/pants are for horseback riding!"

I like that one

[scoutniagara]

Just answer, "Because lassies ask me out for candle-lit dinners when I'm wearing a kilt." ;) When lassies ask me what I'm wearing under my kilt, I usually answer, "It'll cost you dinner by candle light to find out.

[Dreadbelly]

Why do you wear a kilt?

Because, up to this point, no man has ever survived trying to stuff me back in to a pair of pants.

It is always good for a nervous laugh or two, but you need to look the right way to pull it off and make it work.