What stock comments have you noticed when wearing a kilt or skirt? There seems to be some kind of pattern - maybe the Strange Attractor known to Chaos Theory specialists.
I think "Nice skirt" (with some irony) or "I like your skirt" are top of my list, followed by:
"I hope you don't mind me asking, but why are you wearing a kilt/skirt?"
and
"This is really cheeky of me, but please tell me - what are you wearing under your kilt?"
Stock Comments - Which Ones have You Noticed?
The other one I've been on the receiving end of a few times is "Where are you going in the kilt?" (or sometimes the complimentary, "Where have you just been...?").
I don't seem to get asked that in a skirt (at least not unless someone mistakes it for a kilt
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Have fun,
Ian.
I don't seem to get asked that in a skirt (at least not unless someone mistakes it for a kilt
)Have fun,
Ian.
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Cogito ergo sum - Descartes
Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum - Ambrose Bierce
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ChrisM
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Irish
I frequently hear:
"Are you Irish?" (Answer: "No, just comfortable." Then they look at me funny as they try to figure out what I mean.)
"What clan is that?" (Answer: "I'm afraid I have no idea.")
Chris
"Are you Irish?" (Answer: "No, just comfortable." Then they look at me funny as they try to figure out what I mean.)
"What clan is that?" (Answer: "I'm afraid I have no idea.")
Chris
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Stu
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Most people either just don't notice, or don't think it worthy of comment. The only ones I've had which do spring to mind are:
"OK, so why the skirt?", to which I simply shrugged and answered, "why not?"
A similar question from a former collegue,
"Is there a particular significance in the skirt?",
My reply was "Errr...Nope", then I changed the subject.
On one occasion, a quite elderly lady looked me up and down, smiled and said:
"Different!", to which I replied, "I like to be different", and she replied, "Fair enough."
Frankly, as many of us have said here many times - it's just not an issue. You get more reaction wearing an unusual hat or a rude tee-shirt than you'll ever get from wearing an appropriately masculine skirt.
Stu
"OK, so why the skirt?", to which I simply shrugged and answered, "why not?"
A similar question from a former collegue,
"Is there a particular significance in the skirt?",
My reply was "Errr...Nope", then I changed the subject.
On one occasion, a quite elderly lady looked me up and down, smiled and said:
"Different!", to which I replied, "I like to be different", and she replied, "Fair enough."
Frankly, as many of us have said here many times - it's just not an issue. You get more reaction wearing an unusual hat or a rude tee-shirt than you'll ever get from wearing an appropriately masculine skirt.
Stu
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Charlie
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Wearing a sarong in the supermarket one hot day, a female friend said "You look summery" then changed the subject.
While wearing a modern kilt, the usual "Are you Scottish" is common, And of course I answer no, which baffles them.
One oldish guy looked at me and asked "Yes or no?" He probably knew what he was asking, but was it 'are you Scottish/anything underneath/are you from Mars?', so I just said 'Yes'. He was happy.
Charlie
While wearing a modern kilt, the usual "Are you Scottish" is common, And of course I answer no, which baffles them.
One oldish guy looked at me and asked "Yes or no?" He probably knew what he was asking, but was it 'are you Scottish/anything underneath/are you from Mars?', so I just said 'Yes'. He was happy.
Charlie
If I want to dress like a woman, I'll wear jeans.
This is why
Everyone wants to know.Charlie wrote: ...anything underneath...
Charlie
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Let's see, when I wear sarongs either in public (mostly to this open mic thing I go to) or at friends' houses and parties and stuff like that.....
a)Why are you wearing a skirt?
b)Do you belong to a special religion?
c)Are you a Hare Krishna?
d)Are you a Muslim?
e)Where did you get it?
f)What are you wearing underneath?
I've once gotten a rather disturbing "g)do you sleep with little boys?"
I wonder where THAT came from? Especially, as far as I know, the man most alleged to do that doesn't wear any kind of skirted garment whatsoever.
a)Why are you wearing a skirt?
b)Do you belong to a special religion?
c)Are you a Hare Krishna?
d)Are you a Muslim?
e)Where did you get it?
f)What are you wearing underneath?
I've once gotten a rather disturbing "g)do you sleep with little boys?"
I wonder where THAT came from? Especially, as far as I know, the man most alleged to do that doesn't wear any kind of skirted garment whatsoever.
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Today I was asked if I got the idea of wearing my camo kilt from a revisionist production of Macbeth in which the actor who asked me had appeared. "No", but top marks for originality.