Re: Sporrans to the left of me, sporrans to the right.

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No Obama?


Posted by: SP | Link to this comment | 02-29-08 9:54 AM
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Viggo should've been born in a kilt.


Posted by: Sybil Vane | Link to this comment | 02-29-08 9:55 AM
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2 gets it right.

All men should wear kilts, really.


Posted by: bitchphd | Link to this comment | 02-29-08 10:00 AM
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All men should wear kilts, really.

Not Kenny Easterday.


Posted by: apostropher | Link to this comment | 02-29-08 10:03 AM
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No Forest Whitaker. That list is so phony.


Posted by: DS | Link to this comment | 02-29-08 10:06 AM
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Slack makes an excellent point.


Posted by: bitchphd | Link to this comment | 02-29-08 10:09 AM
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5: Probably because no Photoshop is necessary for that.


Posted by: apostropher | Link to this comment | 02-29-08 10:11 AM
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Conan O'Brien looks more Irish than Scottish--even with a kilt on. The word which came to mind was "leprechaun."


Posted by: Bostoniangirl | Link to this comment | 02-29-08 11:35 AM
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5: Nor for Ewan, but he's up there.


Posted by: SEK | Link to this comment | 02-29-08 11:50 AM
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1 was my thought exactly. I think I've just got Obama on the brain.


Posted by: Blume | Link to this comment | 02-29-08 12:13 PM
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Hey, they photoshopped Rob Lowe into a kilt, but I swear I saw an awful rowing movie where a major plot point was that Lowe was humiliated by showing up at a classy UK party in formal Scottish-wear on the basis of malicious advice; kilt and ruffly shirt. Let me go see if I can find pictures.


Posted by: LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 02-29-08 12:59 PM
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OT- Someone should take a screen shot of the NYT front page stock market numbers, they mixed up change in value with current value so it says the S&P is down 90% today. Wheeeeee!


Posted by: SP | Link to this comment | 02-29-08 1:14 PM
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11: Found the movie: "Oxford Blues", but couldn't find the actual Lowe-in-a-kilt picture.


Posted by: LizardBreath | Link to this comment | 02-29-08 1:31 PM
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I actually own a kilt. They're really comfy to wear. Och aye.

But the neighbors give me funny looks and talk behind my back.


Posted by: double-plus-ungood | Link to this comment | 02-29-08 1:33 PM
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I used to run around in a lot of super-Scottish-heritage circles. I was the assistant director of a summer bagpipe camp! For several years. We never thought kilts were comfy. More "Hot and itchy! Wool! Owie!" Especially the boys who claimed at least to be goin commando all the time, which always seemed like an unpleasant choice to me.

Crazy bagpipers.


Posted by: Cecily | Link to this comment | 02-29-08 4:01 PM
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See, i thought you said they'd photoshopped the heads onto the sporrans, which would have been much more interesting.

Kilts are indeed comfortable. This is the one I had made for the 2005 World Science Fiction Convention in Glasgow (2nd picture down). The locals loved it.

http://www.midamericon.org/photoarchive/05worldb5.htm


Posted by: Dr Paisley | Link to this comment | 02-29-08 5:41 PM
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We never thought kilts were comfy. More "Hot and itchy! Wool! Owie!"

That's what you get for wearing wool kilts with no underwear. Mine is some kind of synthetic.


Posted by: double-plus-ungood | Link to this comment | 02-29-08 6:50 PM
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I can't help thinking that synthetic-fiber kilts must be some sort of abomination. Isn't the whole idea that you should be able to wrap yourself up in it on the cold brae?


Posted by: Jackmormon | Link to this comment | 02-29-08 8:13 PM
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Evan McGregor and Harrison Ford are the best looking there, the others are so-so


Posted by: read | Link to this comment | 02-29-08 8:32 PM
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re: 18

That's the idea with the 'big kilt' [which is basically just a whacking big woolly blanket]. The 'dress' kilt that everyone is mostly wearing in those pictures isn't geared for that -- it's all pleated and shit.

Still, synthetic fibres do seem a bit out of keeping with the general vibe. Like a synthetic dinner jacket, or whatever.


Posted by: nattarGcM ttaM | Link to this comment | 03- 1-08 12:01 AM
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