How to explain why you wear a kilt.

[Panache]

I've come up with a standard answer that seems to satisfy most people even though it really doesn't make any sense. Take for example this interaction that happened a couple of days ago at the grocery store

Them: Why are you wearing a kilt?

Me: My wife and I do Scottish Country dancing

Them: Oh! Well OK then.

:confused:

I am now imagining myself in a black unitard and white hose wearing ballet slippers and standing in the same line at the same grocery store.

Them: Why are you wearing that outfit?

Me: I'm a Ballet dancer

Them: Oh! Well OK then.

See it doesn't really make any sense. I'm certainly not standing in second position and no more ready to cast off and strayspey down the produce aisle than I would strike an arabesque and then fondu' by the pickle endcap. My thought is that it just gives some context for the outfit*.

Cheers

* Or maybe they think that Scottish Country Dancers have to be prepared 24/7 to Pousette and do Rights and Lefts in case of some National emergency.

[Big Dave]

Why do I wear the kilt?

"Because I can"
"It's part of my heritage"
"It's comfy"

my favorite answer

"I got balls like a Rhino"

[Wompet]

* Or maybe they think that Scottish Country Dancers have to be prepared 24/7 to Pousette and do Rights and Lefts in case of some National emergency.

"This is a test of the Emergency Bagpipe System. This is not an actual bagpipe emergency. Had this been an actual bagpipe emergency, a bagpipe would have dropped onto the tray in front of you. If you have small children or elderly people with you, assist them after inflating your own bagpipes."

- Neil Anderson
"Emergency Bagpipe System"
Revenge of the Antipypr!

I have a neighbor who's convinced the only "normal" time to wear a kilt is to play the pipes. So every time I'm wearing a kilt, I must be coming from or going to playing the pipes. :confused: