A couple of encounters kilted

[furrycelt]

i get asked rather often if i play the bag pipes. but so far every time the question was always offered with humbleness and caution. i'm too much of a "nice guy"; so i always smile and respond with the same: "no i don't; they are very difficult to play; perhaps some day i will give it a try."

(who knows, perhaps i will give it a shot someday. i am enjoying learning the irish/penny whistle right now.)

[gseven1]

I would agree completely, the kilt definitely helps people remember who you are. At the local bank, I'm one of the few who doesn't have to show id to cash a check, everyone seems to remember the guy in the kilt.

The only really negatives comments I've ever had have been from children. Most adults around my neck of the woods either have something positive to say, like "hey, where can I get one of those?" or "Do you play the pipes?" or they just pretend like they don't see it. Those are the greatest since I go out of my way to try and draw attention to the garment itself.

Probably the funniest experience I've ever had was on my way back from Nashville. I stopped in Kansas to purchase fuel, and while I was pumping the gas, a gust of wind came up and had my kilt up around my ears. It seemed like the harder I tried to get it back down in place the more determined the wind was to make sure this didn't happen. When I went in to pay for the fuel, the attendant, a very nice woman, was laughing so hard she could hardly talk. She told me she doesn't see too many kilts in that part of the country, to which I replied with wind like that I can guess why not.

Overall though, the switch to kilts has been one of the better moves I've made in my life.

[Frank MacDuffy]

Probably the funniest experience I've ever had was on my way back from Nashville. I stopped in Kansas to purchase fuel, and while I was pumping the gas, a gust of wind came up and had my kilt up around my ears. It seemed like the harder I tried to get it back down in place the more determined the wind was to make sure this didn't happen. When I went in to pay for the fuel, the attendant, a very nice woman, was laughing so hard she could hardly talk. She told me she doesn't see too many kilts in that part of the country, to which I replied with wind like that I can guess why not.

Overall though, the switch to kilts has been one of the better moves I've made in my life.

That's got to be about the funniest kilting story I've heard yet! Glad I wasn't having anything to drink, it'd be all over the keyboard by now! Well, that just made my day! Thanks for sharing.