"Comebacks" for remarks made at your Unbifurcated

[Sinned]

Thanks Nlyn,

I'd forgotten about that - it's a while since I read my Bible. Going with me on holiday ( along with about 20 other books ) on my Paperwhite. One of the best things my wife has ever bought me. It's saved me about 15kg in luggage space for books that I'm not taking. Getting quite excited about the holiday now - getting close as we fly on Tuesday. Looked on the notwork and it's due to be in the mid-30's. So after Monday you probably won't hear from me for a couple of weeks but I'll catch up when I get back.

[Nolyn]

Have a great trip. Enjoy your reading. And MUG proudly! Remember Deonysius wore a skirt, he just didn't call it that.
God bless.

[Dana]

Why am I wearing a skirt? It is a social experiment, ...and I really like this one.

[Caultron]

Yes, every time out is indeed a social experience, and it's interesting to see how people react. Just keep up your confidence and to thine own self be true.

[skirtingseattle]

I was out hiking yesterday with my wife and two other gals, and I was wearing a camouflage kilt and black tights. Originally, I wasn't going to put on tights, but my wife suggested it because it was just above freezing and not expected to get much warmer. We drove an hour south and we walked for a few hours around the Nisqually Reserve (on the West Coast of Washington State), and then later we all drove north and had some lunch and then we walked the beach around Point Defiance in Tacoma (about 40 miles south of Seattle, Washington). I got a few surreptitious looks at Nisqually and a smile or two, but that was all. However, right after our arrival at the beach in Tacoma in the late afternoon, a rather rotund guy in his mid to late 40s walking his dog asked me if my daughter had dressed me that morning. I instantly chirped up, "Yes, she had."

That took the wind right out of his sails. After a slightly awkward pause on his part, he started up an entirely different conversation about the birds you could see at the beach. When I found an appropriate pause in his discourse, I volunteered the information that I had been at Nisqually that very morning and had seen a variety of water fowl and migrating birds there. He seemed to be pleased that he found someone he could discuss an interest of his with, and the conversation went back and forth for a little while. Then, just as suddenly as he had switch gears to talk about all things avian, he commented that he really liked the camouflage pattern on my kilt. In short order, he was asking me if it was comfortable to wear and where someone can buy such garments. I answered all of his questions and told him of all of the advantages of wearing kilts. We soon parted as I moved to catch up with my wife and friends who had started off down the beach ahead of me.

I have thought about memorizing a few snappy answers to these kinds of questions in the past, but frankly these kinds of encounters are so infrequent that I don't think the strategy of prearranged responses is a useful one. This played out the way it did and I am quite satisfied with the results.

Chris

[Lawrence de Grande]

I'm prone to say things like.....

I wear a skirt because I don't want to look like you.

...because they're very comfy

...because I want to.

No, my mom didn't dress me. Who dressed you?

...skirts are cheaper than kilts.

Would you tell a Roman soldier he's not a man because he wears a skirt.

If you have a problem with the way I look, then I have a problem with the way you look at me. So, don't look at me and neither of us will have a problem any more.

And , of course, there is the old favorite, Try it, you'll like it.

I could probably go on for pages.....lol

[Caultron]

I've been wearing pants my whole life and finally got tired of it.

One good thing about being an old man is that you can be a crazy old man.

Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't.

Residual teenage rebellion.

Excellent freedom of movement, great ventilation, no chafing, what's not to like?

No, I'm not Scotch but I drank some once.

It's comfortable.

You should try it!

[Charlie]

The childhood conditioning has worn off.

Charlie

[BobM]

The childhood conditioning has worn off.

Charlie

Nice. I like that reply.

[partlyscot]

"Why are you wearing a skirt?"

Puzzled look from me...


"What, you want me to walk around naked?"

[Dottie]

For the first time in, well I dont know how long, I was asked by a young lady why I had a long skirt on, my reply was " It's too cold for a mini skirt ......." she replied with a kiss on the cheek and said " I'll stay with my leggings , but it suits you." and this in a busy Asda superstore in Aberdeen where no one else commented,or expressed suprise.

Does this make me a babe magnet ?

Dottie

[Milfmog]

Does this make me a babe magnet ?

Great reaction. I once had something similar in a local Tesco (I was wearing a plain black kilt). Carole saw it as she was walking back from another part of the store and was NOT amused. An hour later she was joking about it and has since told all her friends and clients (she is a hairdresser). I think that may have been the point that she started to believe that most people really don't care what I wear.

Thanks for bringing that memory back.

Have fun,

Ian.

[skirtyscot]

Well I don't know about that, Dottie, but it makes me jealous!

Having said that, I got a very good reaction from a friend who saw me skirted for the first time yesterday. "Because skirts are more comfortable than trousers", was my answer to the obvious question, whereupon she surprised me by saying that she had thought from childhood that it was unfair that girls could wear whatever they wanted but boys couldn't. She clearly didn't see the slightest thing wrong with me wearing a skirt. One of the best responses I've had.

[crfriend]

Those are top-notch reactions Dottie and SkirtyScot -- absolutely top-notch.

I've found that the more comfortable one gets wearing skirts the better he's able to handle the inevitable occasional question and the more deft he gets at tailoring his response to the onlooker -- and humour can be a very powerful tool indeed.

A case in point was "Black" Friday dinner down at our "local". I'm well known there for not being afraid of colour, and Friday was no exception. Most of my rig was a very somber black (skirt, shirt, shoes and waistcoat); the only color in play was my London Underground necktie (which never fails to draw comments and questions) and the fact that I was wearing pink tights. Not just pink, but screaming, suck-your-eyeballs-out pink.

A comment arrived from one of the staff who we happen to be on good terms with (even if I do want to kick his backside because he slouches) of, "I love your socks!" (This guy is likely at some point to give skirt-wearing a go once he "mans up" enough to do it). "They're tights, actually." "Tights?" (The gears are beginning to grind a bit.) "Yep, tights. (and very quietly) They're actually hers (pointing my thumb in Sapphire's direction." At this point Sapphire chimed in with, "And I bought them!" The kid went into brain-lock at that point and I signed off with a cheery, "Whatever you do, don't be afraid of colour!"

[Charlie]

Never said this to anyone, but I've thought it. Reply to a man...
The only way I'm dressed like a woman is that I wear what I like, just as they do. You on the other hand are wearing what you've been told to wear.
I did once say to a guy who keeps on about my kilts, saying he's going to get himself one but never does, that trouser-wearing isn't compulsory.
Charlie