Men in Kilts - Never go forth into the world unarmed!

[Panache]

In a recent thread a member expressed how another fellow and his girlfriend had tried to humiliate him for wearing a kilt. This X Marker noted that he isn't the best at snappy comebacks.

I put it to the ladies and gentlemen of X Marks the Scot that wearing a kilt outside of a Highland Games or other Scottish themed event is a bit out of the ordinary.

There will be people either ignorant or just stupid who will try to make sport of us.

Moderator Tattoo Bradley has been using this quote in his signature line for a while now:


"I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle of this turbulent existence.”

-Robert Burns


I think that every kilted gentleman should include a few good handy quips among his accessories when we sally forth into the world so that when we encounter these people we are prepared.

Make them clever, make them intelligent, and make them the words of a gentlemen (i.e. everything that the other person showed they were not )

Neither the unloaded highland pistol nor the blunted dirk are best for defending ones person. The same holds true for our minds.

Keep them ready and sharp

As the Boy Scouts say:


Be Prepared!


Just a thought

Cheers

Jamie