Is this offensive or allowable?

[seumasFinn]

I have been keeping an eye on this thread ....

I haven't looked in here in a year and a half, and as i glanced through this I was wondering if I'd see you chime in, and was not disappointed, lol! Steadfast.

Lest I seem obsequious, I like your signature's character about as much as you like cartoon Scotsmen.

Merry New Year! - To all....life's short.

[Dixiecat]

Sorry I'm a bit late to this one but I have an opinion on the matter.

Kilts are for men, though...not ladies.

Ahahahahahaahahaha.

[Jock Scot]

I haven't looked in here in a year and a half, and as i glanced through this I was wondering if I'd see you chime in, and was not disappointed, lol! Steadfast.

Lest I seem obsequious, I like your signature's character about as much as you like cartoon Scotsmen.

Merry New Year! - To all....life's short.

Nice to see you back!I hope things are going well for you?

You know, it matters not who the words are uttered by, be they actors, cartoon characters, politicians, poets, generals, authors, tyrants, or whoever and we don't even have to like them as such. Sometimes though, just a few words in a one line and often an off the cuff comment, crystallise a pertinent thought into a memorable phrase. Here is another phrase that many might like to ponder on:

"Let us not take ourselves too seriously."

Queen Elizabeth II.

[seumasFinn]

oh I'm well enough Jock-the pup sees to that! It's kind of you to ask.

As to the message as opposed to the messenger you make a good point. But i have a hard time taking John Wayne seriously! Myself now, that's another kettle of fish...

I find that no is not a particularly effective way to train the dog, more like a last resort when the wee bastard has taken it into his head to have a bit of fun with the pleats, socks or whatever else catches his fancy in the moment. Rather better to be shown a way to go forward, like the neighbour's wash on the line or something.

I like your posts as they lend a perspective and a context which allows people to make choices. It's one thing to know say the context in which a word is used and deliberately choose to take it out of context, another thing entirely to not know that it had a context.

Best wishes for the new year-

[Jack Daw]

Kilts are for men, though...not ladies.

As always, there are exceptions made, such as for female pipers. I teased a female piper friend by referring to her as a transvestite, and she laughed.

[gwynng]

My first kilt was a family tartan from my maternal grandmother. But it was sheer luck that it turned out to be the exact type of tartan that I was looking for; something red, with black and a fairly simple pattern. The Ramsay clan has about 5-6 choices and I selected the Ramsay Red Modern because it appealed most to me. Yes, I have the "right" to wear it, but I chose it because I WANTED to wear it. You do get asked a lot about clan affiliation, which is cool, but more often it is a more simple, "what clan is your tartan?"

I just finished a kilt as a Christmas gift for my partner. He chose an unnamed tartan in blue, navy and white that Frasier and Kirkbright had on sale. He wanted something blue and white because he is Jewish and the "official" Jewish tartan would have been a costly special custom weave. Since this is an unnamed tartan we have dubbed it the "lost Scots Tribe of Israel" tartan. Everyone gets a laugh AND it still has special meaning to him.

I say why not wear what you want. For instance "loud MacCleod" doesn't really appeal to me, but I am lusting after Holyrood right now, so that will be a kilt for me some day in the future. Ideally I would like to have a few kilts that cover a wide color palette. I have a red one, and a grey one, so need something blue, something green, something earthy, something...you get the idea.

In the meantime I got a nice length of Ramsay New Blue from F&K and will be starting on it shortly.