Officiated a wedding in my kilt...some good,-some bad.

[RamsayClanCommish]

So I officiated my cousin's wedding this last Saturday at the beautiful Oregon Coast. I went kilted as I wanted to wear my finest as well as give the ceremony a bit of flair..lol.

Most thought it was great that I wore the kilt. I received many compliments on it. My cousin loved it and the ceremony I performed so I was happy. But for every good moment, you get a bad one it seems. For my uncle ( way too many in him), kept yelling and griping about "his nephew in a dress". I ignored him as he hates scotch and said Guiness was foul sewer water. Others called it a "man skirt". I did my best to remind folk it was a kilt. But they just ignored that and kept rolling with thier jibes.

We went to a local pub and I was approached by a lady who wanted to know how to find her Scottish ancestry. And another woman who worked in the kitchen area came out to say she loved my kilt and was a member of Clan Morrison. We talked Scottish things for a bit and I went back to socializing. Then came in my uncle who berated me for not getting changed out of my queer dress before going out.

Then after a bit came anothe rdrunk who was a friend of the groom. he lifted my kilt up to see what was under and I told him he wasn't my type so leave me alone. You expect that sort of thing from one idiot once in a while. But shortly after, he did it again. I felt the breeze and turned to se ehim there. I grabbed his hand and twisted it, pushed him away (havign lost my temper now) and told him "If you f****** do that once more you are going to be knee deep in floor." Thr groom comes over to apologize, the drunk looks stunned, and then people start to either back me up oir tell me I am asking for it dressing lke that.

I just don't get people. And does anyoen else when wearing the kilt, get asked if they can play the bagpipes? At least 20 people asked me that. Good lord...

Well, the wedding was nice and i got complimented. I even was asked to perform another ceremony ~kilted as well~ and for the most part I had a great time. But man...you just wish you could crack someones nogging sometime.

[beloitpiper]

It happens. But the more it does, the better you get at handling it, which makes it occur less and less.

BTW, are there any photos of the wedding?

[Maclachlan]

Agreed, it does happen and I wish I could say that I would have handled it different, but, alas...

[RamsayClanCommish]

There are. But I cant figure out how to post them here since I dont do photobucket. I am one of those archaic dinosaurs who can handle the image button but not the other hoops one must jump through...lol.

[Jock Scot]

There are. But I cant figure out how to post them here since I dont do photobucket. I am one of those archaic dinosaurs who can handle the image button but not the other hoops one must jump through...lol.

Go on give it a go, if I can do it then I am sure you can. With the help of the kind mods. and some of the long suffering members here, even I have managed to get some pictures posted! Amazingly its not too difficult, providing the advice given is in "technodunce" and not computer "jargoneese".

[LANCER1562]

Almost every time I wear my tartan kilt, I get some ejit who asks me if I play the pipes. I usually tell him not if I want to stay on friendly terms with my neighbors. The last time I was kilt checked it was by a very attractive young lady who asked first; but never by some drunken lout. I think you handled the situation quite well. As Ron White so eloquently put it, "You can't fix stupid"

[Maclachlan]

As Ron White so eloquently put it, "You can't fix stupid"

I don't know...a large enough hammer might do it.:buttkick:

[macwilkin]

Almost every time I wear my tartan kilt, I get some ejit who asks me if I play the pipes. I usually tell him not if I want to stay on friendly terms with my neighbors. The last time I was kilt checked it was by a very attractive young lady who asked first; but never by some drunken lout. I think you handled the situation quite well. As Ron White so eloquently put it, "You can't fix stupid"

I always consider it an honour to be confused with a piper, especially a piper like these gentlemen:

http://battlefields1418.50megs.com/dlaidlaw.htm

http://www.chilliwack.com/main/page.cfm?id=728

Take it as a compliment.

Todd

[slohairt]

There isn't much you can do, really. These people (thankfully few) seem to exist everywhere. When the uncultured, insecure, and semi-homophobic imbibe "liquid courage" and see something like a kilt, they can't resist puffing themselves up by putting something down, it seems.

I don't deal with this often, and I sometimes wonder if it has to do with the fact that the kilt seems to have a bit more visibility in Canadian society. Besides Highland Games, we have pipe bands for everything and anything, and we still have Highland regiments.

Still, I do get the question "Are you a piper?" on a fairly regular basis. I think that says something about how much we marginalize culture.

[Earl D]

Almost every time I wear my tartan kilt, I get some ejit who asks me if I play the pipes. . .

I get that question too. My stock answer nowadays is "I play the tuba and baritone-they're kind of like pipes aren't they?" They either get it or they are left totally confused.

Cheers!