Not a funny request!!!!

[GDub]

I was kilted at a gig this past weekend. It was an Oktoberfest kind of thing with three bands all playing 2 sets. So we were there for several hours... Anyway I was NOT the only kilted man there--there was a guy with a badly broken in a UK (good choice I said to him as it was perfect for his condition). Anyway, I was the only kilted man wandering around with two good legs

During one of my visits to the Port-A-Potties there was a line. So I sauntered on just ahead of this big guy (bigger than me and I'm biggger than average) in a florescent green bike shirt. You know, zipped up safety green see-ya-for-a-mile kinda thingy. He looks at me, looks a my kilt (Ireland's Natl Stillwater standard!)... His look was obviously "slanted." So I said to him, "Dude, that's a VERY green shirt!!" LOL! Threw him right off balance. Then a Pottie opens up and he starts to go for it like he's going to take advantage of the guy in a "skirt." "Easy there Hoss!" I said to him in my best don't make a mistake you might regret voice, "That one's mine..." And I went in and did my business....

Wearing a kilt in a predominately bifurcated crowd is going to get some "attention." It just is.

Personally, I think you could have played along--if you have that kind of sense of humor of course. I realize it's hard to gauge when one is the only kilted person in the crowd....

For me. it's all fun. 'Cause I don't really give a rat's **** what other people think about what I'm wearing. Bravehearts come to mind.

[Dirk Skene]

You were smart to bite your toung & let it ride. It WAS a wedding. You did good.

[GreenDragon]

o.k., I was wondering if this has happened to anyone else? I was at a wedding of a friend of mine that I work with last saturday, the groom and his family were Irish, and I was the only one kilted,not a big deal(I work with the bride whom knew I was going kilted).
I recived nothing but good coments about how I looked Good, was the man, etc., etc. and that was good since it was well recived by everyone.....almost. After a couple of hours, and quite a number of alcholic drinks by everyone there, I was confronted by the brides uncle who, and i quote, "would you be interested in helping out with a prank?" Now I am a well spirited person who loves to muck with people from time to time. So I said "That depends on what it entails.", And his reply was this, " My brother is and always has been a ladies man, and he was talking about trying to pick up some chicks at this wedding, and I told himto be careful because I think that the guy in the SKIRThas his eye on you, so I am wondering if you would ask him to dance with you??"
WOW!!! My first thought was you a-hole!!! Who do you think you are......... But not wanting to start a fight at a friends wedding I simply replied," I would have if you would have called it a KILT, and not a skirt. To which he appoligized that he was sorry and he had been drinking,blah, blah, blah....
I mean come on man, has this ever happened to anyone else???

That's just not cool at all. You probably handled it the best way and just let it go. I might have lost my cool.

[george7]

Way to go, you got in your own jab without causing a fight.

[CDNSushi]

I think you dealt with it very well.

Having said that, some people in my life have called it a skirt -- but that's when I bust out the ol' "It's a kilt! DO you know WHY it's called a kilt? Because people like you have gotten KILT for calling it a skirt."

Anyhoo, the closest I've come to a situation like yours is when my wife and I went as a sailor and prostitute to a Halloween party (I was the prostitute and she was the sailor)... It was funny as hell, but I made a VERY convincing woman... When some foreign exchange student at the dance didn't ASK me to dance but literally took me by the hand, lifting me up off my seat and proceeded to whisk me across the dance floor! It was a quickstep and a huge dance floor. Luckily, I have taken several years of ballroom lessons, so I was able to match his steps and since he was a strong lead, I actually managed to not trip and step on his toes... Was a bit tricky in in 6" stilettos though. College! Fun times!

[Amoskeag]

Waste NO time on drunk people!

[ender103601]

i haven't had anything like that happen.
i ususally do pretty good with drunk people.
worst i've had is a couple of ladies who decided to find out what was underneath without a proper introduction.

[rollerboy_1979]

Why is it morons like that associate kilts with being gay? I have a lot of gay men friends, and not one of them wears the kilt! I credit you for handling that situation well.....I don't know if I could have been so civil to that cretin. Oh well, I guess discretion is still the better part of valor.

Cheers!

[shawhighlander]

But not wanting to start a fight at a friends wedding I simply replied," I would have if you would have called it a KILT, and not a skirt. To which he appoligized...

Good Show, Chap! Well doneith: That was an excellent response, and actually ended things quickly...and you got an apology.

It takes a Man to stand under insult and still remain standing.

[TNKiltedWolf]

I will echo the comments above and say you handled it very well! As also said, it's best to not deal with drunks if possible. I for one have had mostly (98%) positive comments when I wear mine around town. One instance though really got to me, and if I had not been on the phone with my wife at the time I might have given the guy what for. I was walking into a building on campus and one particularly rude and ignorant college student yelled "What's your bleeping problem man!? Guys don't wear bleeping skirts!" with other various expletives inserted at various places. So much for learning in cultural diversity and acceptance huh?