Out of the mouths of Babes

**jeremy j starche** · 13th August 09, 07:58 AM

Since I don't drive, I have to walk most places. I was coming back from a lovely GHP practice at a park when I wandered into Dairy Queen with full kilt and pipes. I'm walking in when some lass (5ish? 6ish?) ended up pointing at me and with a very serious voice told her mother "There is a stranger here."

**Fit2BKilted** · 15th August 09, 04:37 PM

Originally Posted by Phogfan86

I was pleasantly surprised at WalMart the other day. I was wearing my Douglas Modern USAK casual, and I was with my 17-year-old son, who was wearing his standard uniform which includes 3 hoop earrings in each ear. Each of about 3/4" in diameter. Not too big, but they aren't exactly hiding, either.

We both love little kids. In public places, we'll wave or smile or make a goofy face when Mom and Dad aren't looking, just to see their reaction. My son started making eye contact with a little red-headed shaver, about six years old. He and mom were just up the shaving cream aisle from us. After a minute or so, the little guy took a couple of steps closer and smiled broadly. He pointed to his ears and asked my son, purely out of curiosity, "Why do you wear all those?"

My son was caught a little off-guard, so I stepped in, kilted, and said, "I don't know, but what in the world am I doing wearing this?"

He kept smiling but said, matter-of-factly, "That's a kilt -- I know what that is. But why does he wear all those on his ears???" I was pretty impressed.

Epilogue: By that time, Alex had gotten his feet back underneath him. He squinted at the little guy and sneered, "'Cuz I'm gonna be a pirate when I grows up -- yarrrr!"

The little guy giggled and walked away. Apparently that was good enough for him.

GREAT STORY! It really put a smile on my face!

**Fit2BKilted** · 15th August 09, 04:43 PM

Originally Posted by Phogfan86

Little kid update: My pipe band rehearses at a local middle school on Wednesday evenings. Since we're preparing for a competition, we rehearse in the parking lot.

Today, my youngest (12) and I were standing in the shade near the locked entrance to the school, waiting for band mates to arrive. A soccer team of five-year-olds was practicing in a nice big green space near the school. One of the youngsters needed to use the restroom, so she and her young dad jogged over to the school in hopes that a door might be unlocked. No such luck.

They got to door my son and I were near, and when she saw it was locked, she looked really disappointed until she saw my son and I holding our pipes.

"Can you let me in to go potty when you go in?" she asked, very earnestly. I explained we weren't going in, that we were practicing outside.

"Then why do you have those?" she asked, pointing at the pipes. Well, I said, we practice outside. We're just waiting in the shade for others to get here.

"Oh," she said. Long pause, then she asked, "Are you going to put on a dress?"

That's when her dad said, "Uhhh, honey, we need to get back to practice." He'd turned a wonderful shade of red.

Maybe I'm just naive; but, I don't get it... What *do* pipes have to do with wearing a dress or going indoors? I presume you were already kilted??? Perhaps an explanation of the sub-text by PM? If you weren't already kilted, that would make more sense.

**Fit2BKilted** · 15th August 09, 04:46 PM

Originally Posted by jeremy j starche

Since I don't drive, I have to walk most places. I was coming back from a lovely GHP practice at a park when I wandered into Dairy Queen with full kilt and pipes. I'm walking in when some lass (5ish? 6ish?) ended up pointing at me and with a very serious voice told her mother "There is a stranger here."

LOL! The under-statement of the century? Too funny!

**ChubRock** · 15th August 09, 05:14 PM

Originally Posted by UglyMike

My 5 year old neice had a great comment about my kilt. Her father is a cross dresser and the first time she saw me in my homemade kilt she turned to my mom and said "Grandpa's the only boy left in the family, isn't he?"

Mike

Funniest thing I have read all week. Thanks for the yux.

**Phogfan86** · 15th August 09, 09:31 PM

Originally Posted by Fit2BKilted

Maybe I'm just naive; but, I don't get it... What *do* pipes have to do with wearing a dress or going indoors? I presume you were already kilted??? Perhaps an explanation of the sub-text by PM? If you weren't already kilted, that would make more sense.

We were standing by the door. We just happened to be holding our pipes. I guess she assumed that we were going inside because we were standing by the door.

And I thought it was kind of funny that the little girl connected the dots between pipes and kilts, even if she didn't know the correct name for kilts.