Primus, congratulations on walking the walk. As a friend of mine says, "I'm allergic to alcohol. When I take a drink, I break out in handcuffs."

Secundus, perhaps it was from the "you" they know, not the "you" they have heard of? Tough, uncompromising, a man among men? (If they extrapolated from that to fisticuffs, that's their assumptions.)

Tertius, a potential new kiltie! Yay!