O my God

[Uncle Al]

I've had the 'pleasure' of saying--'Good girls don't ask--Naughty girls find out'.
Also, 'Socks and shoes-can't you see? I ususally see a red blush appear on
their faces as they try to 'hide' their smiles. I've never had anyone try
to 'check-it-out', but-I guess there is always the first time.......

Then there is the question of 'Why the kilt?'
I usually answer...Why not! It's a great piece of clothing.

Uncle Al
Duncanville, TX

[MacDanar]

RB -I don't know if your aware of it or not,but if you had a witness with you you could have pressed charges.What she did was a crime.
At least in the States you can.

Absolutely. It's harassment, not to mention just plain rude and disrespectful. I mean, would women not get mad if a guy yanked down her shirt to see if she was wearing a bra?

I'm embarrassed and ashamed on behalf of those women.

[davedove]

I had a rather interesting experience last night, myself. I was out shopping for a laptop computer, and I noticed an older lady staring at me. She obviously noticed that I had noticed and said to me in very broken English "Sorry I stare. Your skirt is just very beautiful." I of course very politely corrected her as it was obvious she was from a completely different culture and was making no snide comments, and was in fact making an honest compliment. It turned out that she was Japanese and had never heard of or seen a kilt, and that men in Japan wear things that are similar from time to time, and they just call them skirts. I told her a little about my family heritage, some of the history of the kilt (and particularly the Black Stewart tartan, which is what I was wearing) and she and I had a very pleasant conversation. All in all a good experience.

That's the way it should be handled. Obviously no offense was intended and you wound up having a pleasant cultural exchange.

Yesterday I was coming out of class in one of my kilts. A Japanese student? or tourist walked up to me, and in very very broken English asked if he could have a picture taken with me. He then proceeded to stop a random stranger and have his picture taken with me.

I've had that happen many times.

[Dirk Skene]

Good feeling ain't it

[Nighthawk]

Yesterday I was coming out of class in one of my kilts. A Japanese student? or tourist walked up to me, and in very very broken English asked if he could have a picture taken with me. He then proceeded to stop a random stranger and have his picture taken with me.

The lady I talked to said that she wished she had a camera- her friends back home would never believe her!

[rollerboy_1979]

RB -I don't know if your aware of it or not,but if you had a witness with you you could have pressed charges.What she did was a crime.
At least in the States you can.

I agree, however, some people feel that men are supposed to have a sense of humor in cases like this. I'll guarantee that if I approached a policeman and told him what happened, he'd laugh in my face. If I had seen it coming, I would have taken evasive action, or slapped her hand away, but that probably would have prompted an altercation with her cretin of a boyfriend. There will always be rude people, so I think it's best to be armed with some biting comebacks. I could have said something like, "Boy, you're a real lady, aren't you?", or, "Wow, the prostitutes are really getting bold around here!", or "I hope you've had your shots!".

Cheers!
RB

[JS Sanders]

A few years ago, I played a gig in the private party room at the local Ruth's Chris Steakhouse. Upon completion I was told the manager had my recompense.

He was at the restaurant's entrance and gave me the envelope. As always, I was about to schmooze with the manager, hopefully for more gigs there in the future.

Before I had that opportunity, two half-intoxicated trollops from the party came bounding out and loudly demanding to know what I had on underneath. I never tell anyone - it helps maintain the 'mystery', and certainly it is none of their business.

Nonetheless. these two weren't having any of that, they even threatened to prevent me from leaving until they found out. Now, understand these two weren't very much to look at, in fact they were almost as unattractive as a bucket of armpits.

I was already backing away, still hoping to salvage something with the manager, but they came at me from both sides. I slapped hands several times, dodged this way & that. I absolutely hate cold hand & long fingernails. I finally side-stepped them and made it out the doors along with most of my dignity.

That scene was bad enough, until the following day a friend called to ask if I'd performed at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse the night before - I figgered he knew someone in the private party.

Instead, his boss, a FedEx VP had been in the restaurant and witnessed the whole scene - and unknown to me, most the restaurant applauded after I split.

As you may guess, I've not been back to Ruth's Chris to perform.

Slainte yall,
steve

[Rex_Tremende]

...and unknown to me, most the restaurant applauded after I split.

What do you supppose were they applauding?

R.

[James MacMillan]

What do you supppose were they applauding?

R.

The discovery, of course!