What's the best reaction you've gotten to your wearing a kilt?

[Geoff Withnell]

My answer to questions about my ethnicity tend to be about as mixed and varied as my ethnicity (I'm Welsh, Scottish and Irish in unknown proportions). A lady looked at my kilt and asked "Are you Scottish?" I was feeling full of song that day, so I said, "No, Welsh." She snapped "The Welsh don't wear kilts!" I looked down, and with sudden shock and surprise said "You're right! I'm naked!", and walked away.

[Really a McQueen]

At last evening's fund raising dinner, a young (40ish) lady came up to me, and said: "I'm a Sinclair, and I can't get my husband to even consider wearing a kilt. Maybe this will help change his mind."

Also received several compliments about being the sharpest dressed man present.

[Santa Wally]

In Gatlinburg, Tennessee today, four comments on Father's Day. First, our waiter said, "nice kilt". I said thank you, he replied, "I've worn a kilt before", but he didn't say when or where and continued about doing his job with several tables and couldn't continue our conversation. As I walked back to the rest room before leaving, I spoke to our waiter as he was at the soft drink station. He had worn a kilt while in the Boy Scouts. I suggested he start with a casual kilt.

Second, after riding the cable car up the mountain to Ober Gatlinburg, I heard, "nice kilt" coming from below. I looked down from the upper level as I was walking along the ice skating rink. A young girl, smiled and waved.

Third, after the cable car ride back down to Gatlinburg, we stopped to listen to a 5-piece string Bluegrass band. After one of the songs, the leader looked in my direction and announced to the crowd, "We've got a guy in a kilt over here, where are you from, are you Irish or Scottish?" I said, "A wee bit Scottish."

Fourth, as we were getting on the free Parkway Trolley for a ride back up toward where our car was parked, the driver said he had seen me earlier walking on the Parkway and wanted to know about my kilt. I said, it's a special weave (Batleys) of Maple Leaf. He said he's a (I didn't catch the clan) so his kilt has a lot of green in it.

This was the most direct comments I've had on one day.