Need to know how polite you are to people who are....curious

[rondo]

Yeah. It's never really happened to me. I must hang out in the wrong places. Can't wait!

Might be the collar Padre. Just sayin'.
Rondo

[Shedlock2000]

Well, I have had a myriad of different comments depending mostly on where I was in the world. I have had some girls ask in a line up for a club once "if they could look as to what was under a 'true Scot's man's's kilt". Luckily, there was a female police officer next to the door, and I replied: "certainly you can, but first, you ask her [pointing to the officer]. To the officers credit, she replied "If its ok with him, its ok with me". I fell to attention, the deed was done, the cooing commenced, and all was well.

However, what I don't like is the stolen look - the flick or the lift of the hem without permission. I get vexed at that as I often go regimental, and I have no desire to get into any legal drama.

To the questions:
"Are you Scottish or something"? - 'about a 1000 years of us are, and if you fancy quibbling with 800 generations of the dead, have at her'.

"What do you wear then"? - "as little as possible, for as long as possible."

"why are you wearing a kilt"? - "have you seen how fantastic my knees are?; best knees on the planet these! - I gotta get them out for humanities sake"

"What is worn under a kilt" - "There's nought worrn unner th' kil; its' all in perf'ct workin orrder", or " boots and a knife"

or - if the same question is confrontational - "are you inquiring about the dirk, or the dick?"

The real answer is, it depends upon the questioner! but mostly, I like to be funny - its what we ought to do I think as representatives of our heritage. I often comment - "We Scottish invented drinking, fighting, and partying - but not necessarily in that order; so don't you want to find out what sort of a mood I am in before you ask that question?"

[thescot]

Might be the collar Padre. Just sayin'.
Rondo

FYI: Rondo was responding to Father Bill's mention that he never gets asked.

I, too, am never asked if I have on a collar. Just sayin'.

So, William, come south, leave the collar at home, and I'll take ye to my pub. No one will ask there, either since they're used to it, but at least they'll not treat you like a cleric! Ha.

Or we'll both wear our collars and they still won't treat you like a cleric. Well, maybe.