What Makes a Kilt Formal?

[Riverkilt]

Slight diversion;

To an Englishman a Yankee is an American.

To an American a Yankee is a Northerner.

To a Northerner a Yankee is a New Englander.

To a New Englander a Yankee is a Vermonter.

To a Vermonter a Yankee is someone who eats pie for breakfast.


Someone (no clue) told me this once...and its one of the few things I remember at my olde age.

Worse, I don't "get" the joke. Is it somehow funny?

Ron

[James MacMillan]

Slight diversion;
To an Englishman a Yankee is an American.
To an American a Yankee is a Northerner.
To a Northerner a Yankee is a New Englander.
To a New Englander a Yankee is a Vermonter.
To a Vermonter a Yankee is someone who eats pie for breakfast.
Someone (no clue) told me this once...and its one of the few things I remember at my olde age.
Worse, I don't "get" the joke. Is it somehow funny?
Ron

That's supposed to be a joke? I don't get it either? Is there something wrong with pie for breakfast? -

Is there a Yankee out there who could explain to us what is funny?

[sharpdressedscot]

Slight diversion;

To an Englishman a Yankee is an American.

To an American a Yankee is a Northerner.

To a Northerner a Yankee is a New Englander.

To a New Englander a Yankee is a Vermonter.

To a Vermonter a Yankee is someone who eats pie for breakfast.


Someone (no clue) told me this once...and its one of the few things I remember at my olde age.

Worse, I don't "get" the joke. Is it somehow funny?

Ron

An' a northerner that goes from New England to Florida then to North Carolina(or Georgia, or South Carolina) is a halfback!

[Nick the DSM]

lol, i forgot about that one!


i think to make a kilt look formal would be a nice jacket and shirt with socks, flashes and sporran. doesnt have to be all blingy and traditional to look nice.

[ccga3359]

Here is the unsupported article from wiki regarding the term "Yankee". It appears the first usage of the term is 1713. My history of the use of the term is from England where we don't recognise the significance of the North & South division. In Britain Americans were also called "Rebels" regardless of where they were because of some 1776 thing. My father used to tell me the tongue in cheek phrase popular during the war;
There are only three things wrong with the Yanks-
Over-sexed,
Over-paid
& Over here!

There have always been nicknames for other countries and I don't think that they are necessarily derisive. Yank, Limey, Pommie, Aussie, Kiwi & Canuck to name but a few. I think they are generally used as good natured terms. No offence intended.

[Chef]

Slight diversion;

To an Englishman a Yankee is an American.

To an American a Yankee is a Northerner.

To a Northerner a Yankee is a New Englander.

To a New Englander a Yankee is an over paid member of the Evil Empire from the Bronx

Thought I would correct it for you.