Slap the cuffs on me...I want my lawyer.

[Dale Seago]

Hmm. . .I also just noticed that, apart from Panache on the right, we're all wearing garter ties rather than flashes with our hose.

[longhuntr74]

Hmm. . .I also just noticed that, apart from Panache on the right, we're all wearing garter ties rather than flashes with our hose.

Indeed...I made my own. I know for a fact that Jamie (Panache) does own tie garters as well as the flashes that he was wearing this weekend.

[saxandpipes]

Aye, you do wear it as described. On the other hand, judging from this pic from yesterday afternoon, it appears that a lot of other Xmarkers may be equally "guilty":





It was great to finally meet you, by the way, as well as the others who were there!!

Aye, too right! ;) At least some people are getting it right! Excellent pic! Well done chaps!

By the way, those are some white/off-white hose I WOULD wear!

Cheers!

Michael

[English Bloke]

You have my admiration. I probably could not have remained so calm. I get really wound up by dismissive finger waggers of any sort.

[M. A. C. Newsome]

If it is any comfort, you are in good company! I have actually had someone physically grab my kilt and attempt to yank it down to cover my knees.

I wish I could put an end once and for all to this business that if you kneel down the kilt should touch the floor! If what were true, the kilt would actually be BELOW the knee, and far too long!

And I agree about how the kilt somehow makes others feel much more comfortable commenting on your dress. I was at the bank recently and there were three young men working there in dress slacks, shirt and tie. I got the distinct impression from the way they were wearing their clothes that the only time these young men wore a tie (or even wore their shirt tucked in) was at their jobs, which from the looks of they hadn't had long. I've never seen such ill fitting shirts or sloppily tied ties.

Did I say anything to them? Of course not! I would have been rude and out of place.

Now put any of them in a kilt and send them to their local Highland Games and see how much free advice they get on how to dress! lol...

[KenB]

Everyone thinks he/she is an expert when they know nothing about which they are offering a critique. When minds are full of inaccurate information it is impossible to offer these individuals the correct information. They need to "empty" their heads of their bad info in order to "get it"! This could be a monumental challenge and personally I'd rather not waste my time giving them "the right stuff". You did the right thing - you were polite and shrugged it off.

[Sir William]

"Your kilt is too short!"

You handled it well. I also like to wear my kilt at the top of the knee and I've had a few similar experiences but never by anyone so rude. I have noticed that the three kilts I've been actually measured by a Scottish salesman I've had to insist I want it to the top of the knee and not mid-knee. I find mid-knee to be irritating.

This weekend I attended the Virginia Scottish Games and while sitting at my clan tent began to notice that a lot of men wore their kilts below the knee. As I sat there I began to count: those who wore it just covering the knee or above, and those who wore it below the knee (I didn't count bandsmen, those in sport-kilts, or young boys). After about 10 minutes it was about 1:4. Almost all were wearing their kilt on their hips, like a pair of pants.

[Micric]

At the Calgary Highland games last weekend, I don't think I saw more than one kilt too short, (more than a couple of inches above the knee) but the amount of long kilts was appaling!
Long, as in 2 or 3 inches below the knees. It looks so bad that it half puts one off wearing the kilt!

Still, there were a goodly few there that looked very right and smart, and I wonder why getting it right is so hard.

I'm no kilt cop, but do like it to look right:-) The above photos show some very well turned out laddies!
...only saw one fellow with his kilt on backwards last weekend, so that's a plus!....(striding manfully along with such an air of confidence/arrogance that I didn't bother to say anything!)

[Jock Scot]

Might I suggest from now on you point these silly fellows to question 9 and the answers and then ask them to particularly take note of the replies to question 21 of my just posted "Food for thought" thread.

[Ian.MacAllan]

You handled it well. . . . I want it to the top of the knee and not mid-knee. I find mid-knee to be irritating. . . .

I agree on both points. I strongly dislike having the selvedge abrade the skin of my kneecaps. One of the things I like about kilts is that they can be worn high to increase ventilation in hot weather or low to decrease it in cold.

Having pondered the matter for a few years I have decided that kilt police are even more pitiable than aggravating. They appear to be a subset of all people who behave as if they believe:

1. There cannot possibly be more than one right way to do anything.
2. Anyone who does anything differently from how I think he should is attacking me by saying that I am wrong.
3. The best way to respond to such an attack is to counterattack by showing him how he is wrong.

This of course brings to mind the platitude "There's a right way and a wrong way to do anything" which often means "exactly one right way, mine" and "any other way, especially yours."

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