A Curious Conversation

[Barry]

On Sunday, as my wife was working, I went to my local pub for lunch. I wore my Hector Russell Black Stewart along with shirt and lightweight jumper. I went up to the bar and ordered food and beer, and then the barmaid asked " Escuse me asking, but are you Scottish?"
Me "No, I just enjoy wearing a kilt"
BM "Is it comfortable?"
Me "It's very comfortable"
BM "Aren't you cold?"
Me "No, its nice and woolly and warm"
BM "It's made from wool, like from a sheep?"
Me "Yes, real sheep's wool"
BM "It looks nice"
Me "Thankyou"

The barmaid, as with all the bar staff, was wearing black trousers and a dark shirt. It occurred to me from her remarks that this young woman had possibly never worn a skirt, hence the 'cold' and 'comfort' questions. As to the 'like, yannow, sheep' question - that gave me a smile as I sat down with my beer.

Ah, the kilted life. Ain't it fun?

[JolyStNicholas]

"Ah It's true" many a lady today have never worn a skirt, sad to say.

They don kno wha wer miss'in!

[wvpiper]

The barmaid, as with all the bar staff, was wearing black trousers and a dark shirt. It occurred to me from her remarks that this young woman had possibly never worn a skirt,

Or, she doesn't wear them in winter.
Or, if she does wear them in winter, she wears tights, and she's not barelegged.

[Cynthia]

Or, as with many women's skirts, they don't provide ample warmth and yes, you do freeze your bloomers off.

[Riverkilt]

Great way to promote the kilt by being friendly and answering her questions politely.

Can't imagine if you'd worn Levis instead...BM "I see you're wearing Levis - do you prefer them over Wranglers?"

[McFarkus]

I'm amazed at how many folks have never worn wool. I guess the acryli-beasts have taken over.

[siva011]

I know my wife has a few skirts... none of them are wool, none have near the thickness, warmth, or remotely close to the amount of material in them that my kilt has.

I actually work with a guy who's wife makes skirts. A very heavy skirt for her uses almost one full yard of material. Neither one of them actually believes that my kilt is 8 yards. They think it's impossible. Which is also why they don't believe me when I say I'm usually colder in a pair of jeans.

So, this barmaid's comments are actually not very surprising at all, even if she wears skirts frequently...

[The Barry]

I agree, the barmaid's questions don't lead me to think that she's unversed in woman's unbifurcated garments, but that when she wears a skirt, and it's not 60 degrees F or better, she's cold. She's cold because a woman's skirt weighs approx. 8 ounces. My kilt weighs pounds. I'd imagine that a skirt with somewhat bare legs would be very cold in cooler weather.

Or, maybe she just needed an excuse to talk to the handsome Barry wearing a kilt. Happens to me all the time.

[Barry]

maybe she just needed an excuse to talk to the handsome Barry wearing a kilt. Happens to me all the time.

You got that one right. I have to beat the womenfolk off with a stick ;-)

[wyldathart]

Also we wear thick wool hose as well. Something women do not wear. As for softness, I was very surprised how soft the wool actually was. Before wearing a kilt and accessories, I was relegated to thick wool socks and they were itchy uncomfortable things. I guess that's the difference between cheap wool socks and very high quality wool garments.