Today I was wearing my black Utilikilt, beige hose, and I had on a jacket with a dress shirt underneath. I stopped at Menard's to buy something I needed, and the young clerk started with the a question, "So what's the occasion?" I replied, "You don't need an occasion to wear a kilt!" She started to stammer, and try to "get out of that situation, like she had said the wrong thing. I just piped up (Scottish pun), with, "You don't need an occasion to be comfortable."

I showed her the kilt, its pockets and explained the difference between a tartan kilt and this plain one. Then she said, after I showed her all the pockets, "Don't the Scottish kilts have a pocket in the front?" Ahh, she knew that much, but wasn't quite sure about it. So then I explained it was a sporran and told her what they were like. By then another customer came up to check out, and she started to finish up my order. While I was signing for my credit card use, she said, "Hmmm, I wonder what my fiance would look like in a kilt?!" I said, "You better get him one and see!" Then it was time to see. I bet she tells him about them!

DALE.