Off Topic - Just when I thought I'd seen everything

There was a gentleman in full Scottish attire in Barnes and Noble in Nashua NH

Kilt, knee socks with the garter, an Aran type sweater and sporran. Didn't look for a dirk, but would be a weapon and severely frowned on.

Cheryl

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Cheryl Isaak
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Cool I shop at that store, and have never seen that.

-margaret

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Margaret St. John

You don't see that in Scotland unless you are attending a wedding or visiting a tourist site.

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Bruce Fletcher (remove denture

I have known people to wear the full attire as formal wear on Cunard ships -- it's wonderful! The last time I was on the QE2 there was a couple, and the lady also wore her formal Scots outfit, too. They looked wonderful!

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Mary

I've seen that in Manhattan. However, you can see almost anything in Manhattan if you're there long enough.

Lucille

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lucille

"Mary" wrote

Around here you occasionally see younger guys in kilt, Tshirt, stockings and workboots. (not so much when it is really cold--kilts not conducive to windchill comfort) Kind of Scottish punk--and I must say I like the look. Also of course seen at Highland Games, usually on large caber tossing types.

Dawne

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Dawne Peterson

But in Podunk New Hampshire. Quite handsome older man.....

Cheryl

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Cheryl Isaak

There is a couple who play bridge at our club. He is a judge, he wears his kilt and exactly right, no sweater for him, and his wife wears a black skirt, with a red bolero jacket (the exact red that is in his kilt) and red high heels. They are splendiferous.

He was very embarrassed once, various females had asked me whether he would have anything underneath the kilt. I didn't know so offered that everything else was exactly to code, so likely not. He sat down at our table, ankles neatly crossed and I told him I felt he had just disappointed half the room, and why. Then his face matched his kilt :)

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lucretia borgia

I never miss a chance to pass along the wonderful song by Mike Cross, "The Drunk Scotsman." Here's are two good versions from YouTube

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Susan Hartman

I was watching Ace of Cakes the other night, and Duff was wearing a 'utilikilt'

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Farley Mowat, the authour, regularly wears a kilt - not just to formal affairs.

I love the look a a man in a kilt - especially if he has nice legs.

MargW

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MargW

Bobby Watt, one of our favourite folksingers, will sometimes wear a kilt at his concerts. Now there's a big brawny man who can really wear a kilt!

I once teased him about what he would be wearing (or not) under it at the evening's concert. He got a real gleam in his eye, till his wife Alison, squashed the idea by reminding him there would be kids in the audience :).

MargW

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MargW

Lol that one's been around a few times. All I can attest to is that my father never wore anything beneath his kilt. In Japan his Japanese friends were quite amazed, since they all wore underwear under their yukatas.

He developed a pipe band for the Tokyo police and they decided they would also wear kilts, much consternation when they found they would march the streets with nothing under their kilts. I really don't know what was decided in the end.

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lucretia borgia

You being a professional proof reader I am surprised at your selection of words. You must be having a down day!

Your post should have been "Including husky MALES in sequined evening gowns" versus, "Including husky MEN in sequined evening gowns." There is no charge for this English language upgrade! LOL

Fred

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lucille

DH tells a story about being in San Francisco for a business meeting. In a great coincidence, so was his long time best friend. Both are commenting on the striking looks and build of this woman walking toward them with her date for the evening. All four are standing at a trolley stop. The date is doing most of the talking.

She answers in a baritone.....

Cheryl

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Cheryl Isaak

Marg -

I love Bobby Watt! Lovely voice, and a lovely gent, too. Next time you see him, tell him "Sue from Dirty Linen says hello." I haven't seen him in ages!

Sue

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Susan Hartman

I haven't seen him in awhile either. He and Alison moved to Quebec (just across the river from Ottawa). We used to attend house concerts in their basement when they lived in Whitby. I think the last concert of his we attended was about two years ago. Alison is a dynamite gardener who loves bulbs, and was planning a large garden at their new home. They are both wonderful people.

My understanding is that Bobby is so busy as a restoraton mason and teacher (he's worked on the Canadian Parliament buildings, the Puerto Rican Governor's mansion) that the music has taken a little bit of a back seat.

His website, as well as highlighting his music, links to his masonry website which shows some of his projects.

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MargW

Presumably you didn't check for how completely authentic.....

Ellice

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ellice

And you see it here at times. Actually, at the ANG national seminar there is a couple from Scotland that attend often, and at one of them I do remember him in the full get-up. Interesting sight.

ellice

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ellice

Ellice

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