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[OC Richard]

Richard, i think your formal attire may make people feel you are very serious.

Indeed!

[kiltedcontractor]

Indeed!

Ok, thats not it.

[cj7ox]

I have yet to have a stranger ask me for a picture, but I do get quite a few positive comments when I ruck march wearing mine.

[scotswelshrunner]

I've had a few Japanese tourists visiting Portland ask to take a photo with me in my kilt. For some reason it has always been at Powell's Books, which admittedly is a tourist spot. Every now and then someone will shoot a photo with their phone, trying to be sly and secretive but it's rather obvious. Perhaps we all have our pics out there somewhere on the Internet and don't know it. I don't mind the photos as it simply promotes my heritage as well as gives me a chance to correct those who ask if I'm Irish. LOL.

Seumas Dòmhnal Ross

[Alan H]

Couple of years ago I was at the Pleasanton Games...obviously surrounded by guys in kilts, and a lass asked me if she could get a picture with some athletes. Sure...so I grabbed a couple of the Pro's who were walking by just then, and a couple of the A class guys and posed with her with big smiles. Her daughter took the picture.

The guys ambled off to the Athletes Paddock and the three of us chatted for a bit. Finally the lass asked if her daughter could take a picture of the two of us and I said "sure".

So I put down my bag, wrapped an arm around the middle of her waist, laid her over backwards and laid a good ten-second-long kiss on her lips....which she returned, I might add. Her daughter was so flustered. "OH MY GOD. MOM!! ...that we had to do it twice before she got the snap.

True story, I promise.

[Alan H]

I figure, might as well have some fun in life. Otherwise, you know???? What the heck.

I've actually done that a couple of times. I think it over a bit, whether the lass is going to scream for the police or whether she'll be a good sport while her girlfriends shriek and take pictures. So far, so good.

[Alan H]

Best "out and about in a kilt" story I can share though is this....

I'd been wearing a kilt to University for a couple of months (this was 10 years ago) and I walked over to the student union for lunch. On the way I passed a class of kids who were visiting the Big U. Most of the kids were hispanic, and "kilt" = "skirt" to them. Well, I was across the plaza with a big fountain between us and there was much finger pointing and laughing, especially from the boys.

On the way back, Jamba Juice in hand, I decided to cross the plaza on the OTHER side, which took me right by the class, which had stopped for lunch. With me really close, there were no "comments" but one girl got up her courage and asked me why I was wearing a skirt.

I stopped and we talked. I spoke about heritage...mine and hers. I asked if she had any clothes at home, or if her mother had any clothes at home that reminded them of where their family had come from. I talked about heritage and tradition, and that here we were at the Big University. We all come to the Big University to learn new things...learn about ideas, learn about people. The boys were too weirded-out to acknowledge what I was saying, but most of the girls were listening. In the back, their teacher gave me a thumbs-up sign.

After I was done I wished them a good day and hoped they had fun at the University and that they learned something new, today. I started walking away and this **extremely** attractive undergraduate lass who'd been sitting on the grass, stood up to meet me. She told me that she thought that what I'd said was really good and that I was a good guy for not ignoring them or reacting badly to the stares and catcalls. And then she said....

"Do you like peanut butter?"

Well...sure. Sure, I like peanut butter.

"Do you like kisses?"

Well, of course, Yes, I like kisses.

So she showed me her peanut butter and jelly sandwich. She dug a finger into the peanut butter and spread some on her lips. And then she got up on her tiptoes and laid an *enthusiastic* kiss on me, right there in White Plaza.

Well, now, would that all have happened if I'd been wearing blue jeans? Huh? Huh? I don't think so.

[ratspike]

Like a boss. Chapeau, my good man.

[Evestay53]

Benning boy, you are a carrier for the kilt virus.

Benning boy, I don't have a kilt, yet. I just got to get me a kilt!

[Madadh]

You should try being kilted and walking some Irish Wolfhounds. I always say yes to the ladies and hug them tight. It's the price of the picture.