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28th September 10, 09:27 PM
#1
Will The Man In The Kilt Please Stand Up
Jon Waterman who wrote the book Running Dry about running the Colorado River from source to almost the sea came to Page, Arizona tonight to talk about his adventure and sell his book.
It was a small venue - 50 or so seats in the Carl Hayden Visitor's Center at Glen Canyon Dam. I wore my Navy kilt because it went with my blue SAVE THE COLORADO t-shirt that Jon also sells, but didn't bring with him.
I'm in the back with my copy of his book for the signing later and the first thing he says when he takes the podium is, "Will the man in the kilt please stand up."
Of course it was to show off the t-shirt, not the kilt. But what a convenient way to find the guy in the t-shirt. I'm sure it must have caused some "kilt awareness" though.
Ol' Macdonald himself, a proud son of Skye and Cape Breton Island
Lifetime Member STA. Two time winner of Utilikiltarian of the Month.
"I'll have a kilt please, a nice hand sewn tartan, 16 ounce Strome. Oh, and a sporran on the side, with a strap please."
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28th September 10, 09:44 PM
#2
What's the old addage? "There's no such thing as bad publicity".
I think seeing men in kilts in regular settings, not highland games and the like, raises peoples awareness that it is really a garment, not a costume.
I wish I believed in reincarnation. Where's Charles Martel when you need him?
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30th September 10, 02:44 AM
#3
Yay for your exposure!
Wait... That didn't come out right!
Congrats!
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30th September 10, 07:21 AM
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30th September 10, 07:34 AM
#5
Hah! That's awesome. 
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30th September 10, 08:01 AM
#6
"Before two notes of the theme were played, Colin knew it was Patrick Mor MacCrimmon's 'Lament for the Children'...Sad seven times--ah, Patrick MacCrimmon of the seven dead sons....'It's a hard tune, that', said old Angus. Hard on the piper; hard on them all; hard on the world." Butcher's Broom, by Neil Gunn, 1994 Walker & Co, NY, p. 397-8.
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30th September 10, 08:19 AM
#7
Were you wearing your Z-Coils? Maybe that's what the author wanted to see. 
--dbh
When given a choice, most people will choose.
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30th September 10, 09:28 AM
#8
I bet there is more than one guy who thinks of you as "The man in a kilt" in that town!
Humor, is chaos; remembered in tranquillity- James Thurber
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