I give up

[Alan H]

[RANT] He owns a kilt. He owns the whole kit; sporran, belt, hose etc. He looks good in it. He's friends with a mess of us who own and wear kilts. He even has coffee with us kilties, so he'll be seen in public with us wierdos.

But he's just too terrified of what other people will think to actually WEAR it. That, and his lady, who according to his words "is never wrong", informed him that at a recent event with a subset of American men with whom I have no issues but I would guess he would rather not be associated with, "kilts" were the most popular garment.

I've seen him at one Games, once with the thing 'round his body and he looked great. Since then, the kilt has disappeared. He absolutely no way at all will ever wear it outside of the Games environment. It's a Black Watch fer cryin' out loud, it's not like he's stepping on anybody's toes by wearing it. it's not like it's his clan tartan and means so much to him that he has to save it for special occasions, it's just a KILT. He doesn't wear it to "special occasions", either.

Whatever. He's about my size, maybe he'd sell his SWK Black Watch to me on the cheap, 'cause he for sure ain't gonna strap it on, himself.