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Tuesday, 26 February 2008
For Bobo & Hullaballoo
Many moons ago I once went to the Edinburgh tattoo.
Whilst there I saw many a kilt being worn and they have fascinated me since.
Am I a closet kilt wearer or perhaps I have an unconscious desire to display my sporran?
Here is a guy who looks so cool wearing a kilt one could even be convinced to do so. This guy really knows how to make kilt wearing look good.
However there are hazards to wearing a kilt as is shown in this picture.
Did I ever see a Dr Who in a kilt?
Maybe this was wearing a kilt?
Would wearing a kilt take away from its aura in the pursuit of world dominance?
Graffiti
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Ohh! So that's what a sporran's for. Perhaps he needs a bigger one? The one he has doesn't seem to be doing it's job.
roses
Posted by: roses | Wednesday, 27 February 2008
Graffiti,
why dont you go and buy yourself a kilt and wear it. Given you are fascinated by them you can take it a step further and feel what it is like to wear one.
Go on, when was the last time you did something for the first time?
:-)
Posted by: kahless | Wednesday, 27 February 2008
Or if you have one already, why dont you post a picture of you wearing it on your blog?
It is refreshing to come out of the closet!!!!!
Posted by: kahless | Wednesday, 27 February 2008
This is totally off the topic of your article, Tony, but did you happen to see the graffiti I photographed on the weekend. It's on Blogstream. It's rather neat !!
Posted by: Madeleine | Wednesday, 27 February 2008
Awww Graffiti mate, thanks!
I think you'll notice that it The Boots - oft much neglected - that really sets off the Uber Cool Urban Kilt wearer.
I of course am an English imposter, a Union Jock, happy to parade my effete Noel Cowardesque humour (on a good day) in tartan.
And I'm going to pretend I'm not really very old and suggest it wasn't Dr Who in a kilt, but his wee laddie helper, Jamie.
Of course, Western Australia, with it's habitual show-off sunshine, would seem ideal kilt country. Oh yes, I'm sure you'd benefit from those cooling sea breezes around your knees on a boiling hot day!
Posted by: Böbø | Wednesday, 27 February 2008
Test?
Posted by: Böbø | Wednesday, 27 February 2008
Thanks Graffiti mate.
Of course, it's the boots that really do it (well, and the hat, the sporran over the shoulder as a man bag, the earrings and dark glasses, and the whole lack of tartan helps too).
I'm on the look out for BOOTS. Boots that say I'm Making A Big Statement (But I'm Not Trying Too Hard).
I'm going to a wedding in June and all the men have been requested to wear kilts, so I'll have to get formally kitted out.
Here's a site to play around with to get the McGiffiti look you've always wanted:
http://www.houseoftartan.co.uk/interactive/weaver/index.html
Posted by: Böbø | Wednesday, 27 February 2008
Yes Roses,
A sporran is very important.
It makes the difference between an embarrassing incident like with HRH or an occasion with out incident.
Graffiti
Posted by: Graffiti | Wednesday, 27 February 2008
Kahless,
I must confess that my wardrobe does not include a kilt.
It has a pair of laden hosen but not a kilt.
So I would have to go out and purchase one and in West Aussie I am not sure that would be all that easy to do.
So I may have to stay in the closet for the time being.
However my mother went through a period of about 5 years where each christmas we had haggis on the dinner table. very tasty I must add!
Graffiti
Posted by: Tony | Wednesday, 27 February 2008
Madeleine.
I will go and have a look at the graffiti on blogstream. Wooh! the old Stream seems so long ago. I wonder if my old pals are there?
Hammers fans
Graftiti
Posted by: Graffiti | Wednesday, 27 February 2008
Hello Bobo,
It seems that Mr Blogspirit has fixed up the problem and you and hullaballoza are able to comment.
Thank you Monsiuer Blogspirit as now my Pommy mates can talk with me. You really do do a good job and deserve all the awards that you get.
Bobo. the boots of our friend as you say do add to the kilt wearing. Also the hand on the hip and the mobile phone talking. He seems to have a no nonsense, don't fuck with me attitude. This is a good thing I am sure.
Dr Who and Jamie?
You are a step a head of me as I don't know the answer to that. I must look it up?
Cheers
Graffiti
Posted by: Graffiti | Wednesday, 27 February 2008
Hello Gezunda,
I just went to blogstream and saw the graffiti you photographed.
Nice picture and a piece of stencil graffiti like the great Bansky used to do.
Well one thing is for sure our youth are being creative and saying their piece even if the powers to be want them silenced.
I better not go down that path again Gezunda and become fired up about how we have become such a compliant society.
Graffiti
Posted by: Graffiti | Wednesday, 27 February 2008
This whole tartan thing is quite challenging my own Don't Belong injunction. Being a second generation immigrant I've always had a hyphenated view of belonging. The upside is being able to choose between one of three countries (eg, whichever was more successful during the World Cup). The downside being - having to make a choice - not having one's identity fixed and solid.
Now I find my lovely mother-in-law-to-be inviting me to wear the family Leslie clan tartan as a loving and powerful invitation to belong, be accepted, and be honoured.
But it turns out that there are no less than three official Dutch tartans, and one unofficial Polish one (needless to say, there is no English one ... what a missed marketing opportunity). And I am quite tempted to wear one of the Dutch ones (I'm very autumn colours apparently, and carry orange well) as an expression of my difference and pride in belonging elsewhere.
So what to do? Belong or be different? A cunning replay of a lifelong script issue.
Of course, the immigrant answer is to do both. I will wear the Leslie tartan at my wedding to acknowledge the generous gift of being accepted into a new family. And I will wear a different and distinctive Dutch tartan at other times to express the other side of my belonging.
Oh, I've noticed next year's ITA conference is in Edinburgh. How appropriate. You really need to find some tax-loss reason for popping over Graffiti! (If anyone in Western Australia can be said to "pop" anywhere)
Posted by: Böbø | Friday, 29 February 2008
Well that is a possibility Bobo, the conference in Edinburgh next year. It would be good to meet you and the hullaballooza in reality!
Glad you have chosen your kilt for the wedding. Seems to be a certain.
Interesting dichotomy you present.
To belong or to be different?
I can feel a post coming on about that one. Are they really dichotomous? Further consideration is needed.
You seem to be from a very colorful background. Over here in OZ we are just either the social refuse from the british penal system or the aristocracy that couldn't survive in good old UK about 200 years ago.
but we have done OK I think
Cheers
Graffiti
Posted by: Graffiti | Friday, 29 February 2008
Are you getting old, Graffiti, regretting the society you grew up in? I can just imagine you as an old gray haired grandfather telling your children how the world you lived in was much better than the society they live in, and how you did it tough, walking 3 miles thro a blizzard..... Now hang on, that's me that walked thro the blizzard. Okay, you had to fight off the sharks on the way to school :-)
Posted by: Madeleine | Friday, 29 February 2008
Hows the new Lappy going Madeleine? Kilts and cultural cup cakes, dichotomy's and safety in closets. My head is spinning on this thread Graffiti. I think I will just pop off for good measure.
kenoath
Posted by: kenoath | Saturday, 01 March 2008
Lara the Laptop is going fine. All the normal problems with setting up new systems i.e. my product code doesn't work so I keep getting error messages which is driving me nutz, but other than that, it's great. It's got WiFi as well so once that's set up, I won't be tied to this desk.
Posted by: Madeleine | Saturday, 01 March 2008