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15 October 2005

Men in kilts I spent today at Atlanta's Highland Games. →[More:]

I was actually thinking about linking this here as I was uploading the pics, but then when I saw mygothlaundry's awesome Flickr self-link, I decided it was a sign!

C'mon, they have an event called SHEEP TOSSING. Even if you're not into men in kilts, you gotta love that.

Seriously, though, it was a great time. (And yes, my partner and I are both part Scottish- he even has a cool Scottish last name with his own clan tartan and everything.)

post by: BoringPostcards at: 20:57 | 18 comments

C'mon, they have an event called SHEEP TOSSING.

I sense a new euphemism being born.

also: ...

posted by jonmc 15 October | 21:02

I overheard a guy in front of me ask, "If this ends in a tie, will they have a toss-off?"

And BTW, I wasn't man enough to face the haggis.

posted by BoringPostcards 15 October | 21:05

Nobody that's ever eaten a hot dog has any reason to turn their nose up at a haggis. (For the record, I enjoy both. Fair fa' your honest sonsie face...)

posted by Wolfdog 15 October | 21:12

Ach, pour enough Macallan down me and I'd give it a whirl. One time in a cheap Japanese place on Stuyvesant Street* I ate three servings of chicken hearts on a stick before I knew what they were. They were real chewy.

*said cheap japanes place, in it's back room, housed the best cocktail bar in NYC.

posted by jonmc 15 October | 21:15

That's fabulous - I love me some men in skirts.

posted by mygothlaundry 15 October | 21:26

...and some festive music for ya.

posted by jonmc 15 October | 21:27

Don't we all, mygothlaundry.

Hmm... not getting the connection with that song, jonmc.

posted by BoringPostcards 15 October | 22:00

no connection at all, except that it's festive.

posted by jonmc 15 October | 22:06

i love men who can pull off wearing skirts
and hearts

anyone can make something good from foie gras and truffles, but making due and making it goood is an art.
that's the kind of iron cheffing i wanna see
"You each have and hour and the contents of this minifridge--"

*glad the sun set and i get to eat something magickally delicious*

posted by ethylene 15 October | 22:18

i love men who can pull off wearing skirts

They actually just like the breeze between their legs. That's the big secret you chicks have been hiding from us. That said, the day you see me in a skirt will be the day hockey season starts in hell, but carry on.

posted by jonmc 15 October | 22:27

≡ Click to see image ≡

BTW, saw a couple of these t-shirts there today...

posted by BoringPostcards 15 October | 22:29

i meant both or either
but i'm just relieved someone's spotty bum is covered

*must pass out*
ta

posted by ethylene 15 October | 22:48

Why do Scotsmen wear kilts? Sheep can hear a zipper a mile away.

posted by fiendishthingy 16 October | 00:43

Kilt: What the Scotsman (or Irishman, in my family) did to the English fop.

posted by Eideteker 16 October | 01:17

Who cares what the sheepfuckers are wearing? It's the goddamned caterwauling of their bagpipes that sends me up to the top of the belltower.

Worst. Fucking. Instrument. Ever.

posted by trondant 16 October | 01:42

Oh, now, I think bagpipes are awesome. There were generally not one, but TWO bands of them playing at any given time today (well, yesterday, now), on fields at opposite ends of the park. They made a great background for all the Scottish-ness going on.

posted by BoringPostcards 16 October | 04:44

Yes, but try having to suffer through lunch while some fool bangs out Debbie Gibson covers and see if your tune doesn't change ;)

posted by trondant 16 October | 12:13

Kilts and bagpipes are awesome. Period.

posted by deborah 16 October | 16:34

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