Turning the Tables on Comments

[Freelander Sporrano]

Ok Guys lets take it easy here...OK!!

[The Frumious B.]

C152T,
I applaude your quick wit and beyond that, the sensible and right-thinking response of all you work with.

PC-ism has passed encouraging good "manners." It stifles human interaction and reduces us to the level of robots .

Thanks for keeping some of us alive and laughing.

TFB.

[The Frumious B.]

ps. As we can assume that the Kilt or other less distinguished wrap-around garment pre-dated trousers, who decided that men should wear pants and women skirts?

The Man with BONY not BONNY knees?

Or the Woman who was ashamed to be seen with those knees ?

[Nanook]

ps. As we can assume that the Kilt or other less distinguished wrap-around garment pre-dated trousers, who decided that men should wear pants and women skirts?

Trousers are relatively new but so are wristwatches and motorcars--- both have radically changed the landscape and tempo of our towns and villages. Today women wear pants alongside short skirts (also historically a men's domain as women's garments were, for the most part, fashioned long). In one of the (erased) messages in this forum I pointed out the historical position of trousers as a "radical" fashion-statement during the French revolution (the san-culottes versus the culottes or knee-britches wearers). Today, of course, its just the normative attire in most industrialized countries. Knee-britches unless one is out hunting, golfing or in a national outfit (such as the various tribal leather pants in the Alpine regions) are today not generally accepted--- and in golf it was only a few years ago the style came to be re-accepted by the "mainstream" thanks to Payne Stewart (who I did not know but had enough people on the streets of America asking me about him).

To be honest I don't quite understand the whole bother. I get the feeling sometimes on these forums that people feel guilty and in want of an excuse for wearing a kilt. Why do we have to give reasons?

Indeed.. sometimes people do ask. And we do have reasons.

I was asked a few years ago why I dressed exclusively in traditional Scottish attire (I don't, as much is also English, Irish and some even Italian albeit much, like Brioni, inspired by Saville Row). I asked him. "Why if you are not Chinese are you wearing clothing almost exclusively made in China?". I like to know who made my clothing and don't just wear it for functional reasons--- if so I could just as well wear surplus Mao Suits. The plaid may once have been practical but today priced at over 300 Quid just for a kilt (and upwards of 1000 for an "outfit") are hardly (price/functional performance) competitive with a pair of 10 GBP jeans from the supermarket. Clothing like food should be enjoyed.

The question of what other people wear is like the question of what they eat. Its their problem.

[McMurdo]

Funny, I am glad it was taken with a grain of salt, there is nothing wrong with a bit of good natured fun between coworkers, so long as it does not cross well established lines, good on you for keeping him on his toes.

I wish everyone here could take a joke as well as your friend.

[The Frumious B.]

I wish everyone here could take a joke as well as your friend.

Amen, Brother!