School Christmas Dance

[Duke Malcolm]

Well, tomorrow night is the night of the senior ceilidh at my school. I've hired my kilt in the Black Stewart tartan (the shop didn't have my surname's tartan, so I decided on the tartan of my middle name...), and with it the jacket, the waistcoat, the seal-skin sporran, the shirt, the bow tie, the socks, the shoes, the noticeable lack of underwear, flashes, and a handy knife (sgian dubh).

The knife, unfortunately, is plastic. While it is probably illegal to hire a real knife, it is perfectly legal to have a sharp, real knife in the attire as long as it is tucked into the sock where it should be and in a sheath.

So, tomorrow night, I shall be dancing the St Bernard's Waltz, the Gay Gordons, the Dashing White Seargent, and countless others. Then a night on the town drinking cognac and fine Scottish Whisky until midnight (not too late, I have school the next day...) with a plethora of drunken Scots, all in kilts.

Do the other honorable gentlemen of the Org have such dances soon?

[The_Doctor]

No.

Do you want any ice in your cognac?

[Taffy_is_a_Taff]

sadly no, as I am in a heathen foreign place.

Edit: and my university does not do the Christmas social thing. pah. :(

[GoreBag]

You mean you don't already own a kilt? Malcolm, Malcolm, Malcolm...

You really went all-out with the rental package, eh? It must have cost a bundle. Since I no longer go to school, I won't be going to any dance, but I probably will be drinking, and I'm sure there will be dancing (rocking out) after that gets into full swing.

[Rodion Romanovich]

No, because I live in a country of barbaric trouser-wearers I think I'll do some Midwinter sacrifice or Carousing instead, as it's the traditions we have over here

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

My College is Catholic, we don't do fun things like dances.

I think I have a christmas liturgy I'm supposed to attend, but they can go and screw themselves.

[Brutus]

You...

...go to a dance...

...in kilt...



...








...And I thought a tuxedo was fancy...


Haven't been to a real 'dance' in ages by the way...

[Duke Malcolm]

No.

Do you want any ice in your cognac?

... I was traumatised the last time. If they do it again I'll end up a psychopath and slaughter the publican and my fellow drinkers...

You mean you don't already own a kilt? Malcolm, Malcolm, Malcolm...

You really went all-out with the rental package, eh? It must have cost a bundle. Since I no longer go to school, I won't be going to any dance, but I probably will be drinking, and I'm sure there will be dancing (rocking out) after that gets into full swing.

Buying the whole shebang as mentioned in my original post is very expensive, and getting a real sgian dubh will soon mean having to get a licence as well...

It wasn't too bad, £55 including damage waiver, but the choice of tartan was atrocious...

[drone]

Don't try going to a school dance here in the US wearing a kilt without checking the dress code first.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/12....ap/index.html
He even promised to wear underwear, and they still sent him home.

The irony of this paragraph is delicious:

In 1993, a student in Fayette County, Georgia, was not allowed to enter his prom at McIntosh High School because he showed up in a kilt and refused to change clothes.

Can't wear a kilt to a school called McIntosh.

[GoreBag]

Buying the whole shebang as mentioned in my original post is very expensive, and getting a real sgian dubh will soon mean having to get a licence as well...

It wasn't too bad, £55 including damage waiver, but the choice of tartan was atrocious...

You need a license for a dubh? Most don't even come sharp, and they're hardly practical knives, more like male jewellery.

Yeah, variety in tartan rental is quite limited, but you paid about half what was the fee for the all-inclusive package when I used to rent kilts.

[English assassin]

IIRC you are allowed to carry any knife if it is part of your national costume.

Not that that necessarily makes it a good idea and if you do get nicked don't expect the police to be too impressed when you say "But a guy at the Org said..."

[Slyspy]

Since I'm English does that mean I can wear a saxe and claim it to be part of my national custume? Or perhaps a red coat and musket may be more suitable for an Englishman. Or a blue coat and a dirk.

[Duke Malcolm]

You need a license for a dubh? Most don't even come sharp, and they're hardly practical knives, more like male jewellery.

hmm... most of the ones I saw last night that were real were sharp. But the licence is in reference to calls to the Scottish Executive for people to have a licence similar to a firearms licence to purchase a knife.

[Viking]

Do the other honorable gentlemen of the Org have such dances soon?

Thank God, no.