Quote Originally Posted by auld argonian View Post
...and do get ready for the perennial question:

"Is that your family tartan?"

(My current favorite answer is: "No...are those your family blue jeans?")

...because that's the only thing that most people know about tartan...and there you can correct them and say "not family...CLAN."

So if it isn't a tartan to which you have a family connection, you find yourself trying to explain things and, in my experience, it always seems to end up sounding like you're making a somewhat lame excuse. It's almost better to lie completely and baldfacedly and make up a clan if that's what it takes to quelch the question.
You have so captured that experience. I know it well.

Regards,
Rex.