Kilts ! yay or nay?

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 3:23 pm

Dusza Beben wrote: I still wonder what the fine people at the fabric store think when they see a 6'1", 200 pound bearded guy perusing the oriental brocades.

DB

Okay, will I be drummed off the board for rampant cynicism if I say "That waistline means a nice commision"?

Badger · Post by **Badger** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 4:25 pm

Okay, will I be drummed off the board for rampant cynicism if I say "That waistline means a nice commision"?

<HOWLING!!>

samdu · Post by **samdu** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 6:02 pm

Last Real Burner wrote:Don't make me whip my Kilt out!!!!!

"The Sherriff is near!"

sporranly,
mr smith

genuine frontier gibberish if i ever heard it!

"gee, what a nice guy!"

funrog · Post by **funrog** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 6:32 pm

Guess you'll have to say to yerslev...are you willing to pack a couple of pounds of dust back with ya...the playa gets into everything and wool won't be any exception.
Luv to see it though and dancing...always

Peace,
and always music!

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Mon Apr 19, 2004 8:37 pm

Ebay! He don't need no stinkin' Ebay! With a weedy species like the skunk all he needs is to spend a couple evenings driving up and down quasi rural roads until he finds a fresh enough pelt

Damn right!!!

I’ve thought of this actually, but damn... the stink. They go through a mating season seems like twice a year round here and by gad, there’s no doubt about when it come ‘round either. I thought I could get rich by developing a device that converted stinky skunk funk into the smell of fresh baked bread coming out of your car vents. I’ve gotten to where I can see one squashed ahead in the road ahead of me and turn the vent to recirculate before I even reach it. Almost a reflex after a while, it’s so common place.

Okay, will I be drummed off the board for rampant cynicism if I say "That waistline means a nice commision"?

Phooey!!! Phooey on you and your cynical ways...

In defense of healthy lads the world over, I must say that at 6'0" and 200 lbs, my size 36 jeans are loose and my chest is a good 47". So there (sticking tongue out). And there’s not a day goes by that I’m not thankful that I’m something other than a little skinny girly man. I mean hey... there’s nothing about my line of work that’s light after all.

Heh Heh Heh

Tiahaar · Post by **Tiahaar** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 12:09 am

LeChatNoir wrote:there’s not a day goes by that I’m not thankful that I’m something other than a little skinny girly man

you mean there's still some of them around? Heard Supersizing was taking care of that; dang if I can find a lean lithe strong artsy male around here to date... oh wait that's not what you meant...

Lydia Love · Post by **Lydia Love** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 12:50 am

I appreciate a man of some substance.

Bony is just less fun to squeeze.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 8:25 am

theCryptofishist wrote:Ebay! He don't need no stinkin' Ebay! With a weedy species like the skunk all he needs is to spend a couple evenings driving up and down quasi rural roads until he finds a fresh enough pelt. And you get a lot more street cred than buying off Ebay.

Purely by coincidence I was reading a book last night that mentioned the diseases one may be exposed to by pursuing the art of taxidermy. I now feel a little embarassed by my post. I expect all of you to have the sense not to play around with random dead bodies, but who knows who reads this. So, it's actually contra indicated, and in case you don't know or have forgotten, skunks are often carriers of rabies. And this is on top of being hit by a car while collecting your specimen. Find another source for your fur. And duck PETA, too, I suppose.

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 9:19 am

Yes, yes...

I’m a softie when it comes to critters.

I would never hunt something strictly for it’s fur. I don’t even hunt. It doesn’t bother me (on the grader scale) that people do, I just don’t see the fascination with it personally. But if I were going to do it, I think I’d do it from the trees with a knife. Seems a little more fair. Take down an elk that way and you’ve got something to brag about.

theCryptofishist wrote:I expect all of you to have the sense not to play around with random dead bodies

Must you always take the fun out of everything? Reminds me of a story my grandfather told me once about two young boys, a board with a nail in it, a really swollen dead cow, and a game of rock-paper-scissors.

Oh my, my, my

Alpha · Post by **Alpha** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 9:22 am

LeChatNoir wrote:Reminds me of a story my grandfather told me once about two young boys, a board with a nail in it, a really swollen dead cow, and a game of rock-paper-scissors.

I suspect they BOTH lost that little game, in the end...

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 9:36 am

LeChatNoir wrote:
Must you always take the fun out of everything?

In point of fact, I must. You think a prissiness quotient of 87.2 is easy to maintain? Now excuse me, I must go back to working on my deadfall for Ring o Fire. . .

LeChatNoir · Post by **LeChatNoir** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 9:43 am

Deadfall???

All this talk of hunting and trapping made you want for a curly red haired sporran of your own, eh? Look out RingO'Fire... those biscuits and gravy and sweet tea under that big propped up rock may be a trap!!

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 11:26 am

LeChatNoir wrote:. . . gravy. . .

And it sure ain't easy making a tasty gravy from tofu drippings!

RingO'Fire · Post by **RingO'Fire** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 11:55 am

What's a deadfall? Hey, what's that I see over there? Looks like home cookin'! Mmmmm.....biscuits.....mmmm....gravy....mmm...sweet tea....yummy.... I'll think I'll just help myself, nobody will probably care anyway. Even if they do, screw 'em, they shouldn't have left them out like that to tempt passersby 'n all. Wait a minute, why is there a string attached to this biscuit? Oh well, it's probably nothin' I need to worry about; I'll just yank it loose. [YANK] Hey, wait a minute, why is that big log UNNH! [Fading away] Damn. I. didn't. even. get. to. eat. none. of. them. biscuits. Damn. sporran's. crushing. mah. balls.....uuunnggghhh.

RingO'Fire · Post by **RingO'Fire** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 1:01 pm

theCryptofishist wrote:
LeChatNoir wrote:. . . gravy. . .
And it sure ain't easy making a tasty gravy from tofu drippings!

[underneath large rock, drooling in semi-consciousness] mmrbl......grbl...garbl....bicycles...drbij...biscuit...grmburg...tofu gravy...grmble...kilt...mrfij...burningman

Mysteriofishist,
Maybe we could make a short film involving this little subplot of deadfalls and tofu gravy, kind of like an "Afterschool Special." In the movie, I could play the part of the mean little neighborhood bully, who, down deep, is really a misunderstood nice guy with a rotten home life. You could play one of my former bullying victims who's had enough and decides to get even. Then one afternoon while I'm out walking about in my silk brocade kilt, looking for somehone to harass, I see a home-cooked southern meal.
All of a sudden "WHOMP!" I'm down for the count. You feel sorry for me since you crushed my skull and gave me brain damage (even more than I already had!). Then befriend me and nurse me back to health with your homemade tofu gravy, which everyone else thinks is awful, but I love (maybe I like it because I have brain damage). Then, because someone that I had been mean to befriends me, I get an epiphany that being mean is not cool and decide never to bully anyone again! Brilliant! It could work!

Or we could do it like a wildlife special, where I play the part of an injured skunk on the side of the road. I'll be whimpering and simpering in pain after having been struck by a car. You see me in distress, when all of a sudden these whacked-out hunter dudes drive by, looking for a skunk pelt to make into a sporran for something called "Burningman"....

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 2:02 pm

Wildman--
You have me on the floor laughing.
Ta.

RingO'Fire · Post by **RingO'Fire** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 3:40 pm

theCryptofishist wrote:Wildman--
You have me on the floor laughing.
Ta.

Happy to return the favor.

Oh, BTW, a bunch of my friends call me "Wildman" too. You can call me "Wildman" (or whatever - I answer to lots of different names, slurs, insults, epithets, etc. depending upon the occasion).

Dusza Beben · Post by **Dusza Beben** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 5:16 pm

Did someone say Skunk Sporran?

http://www.landmhighland.com/Items/f-003.html

Personally, I'm 6'1" , 200 pounds, barrel chested and furry. My wife dated many a beanpole until she met me. At that point the woman who swore she would never marry had a change of heart.

Oh! My Utilikilt arrived this afternoon! Me thinks I might get lucky tonight... as long as I keep an eye out for the deadfalls.

DB

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Tue Apr 20, 2004 10:24 pm

The only reson these guys are pro-kilt is: Sheep can hear a zipper from a good distance.

Last Real Burner · Post by **Last Real Burner** » Wed Apr 21, 2004 12:02 am

Sounds like the voice of experience to me

marnen · Post by **marnen** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 2:07 pm

dougaldutch wrote:Welcome from the wastelands of Scotland. The plan is on losing my BM virginity this year and was pondering on whether to take my Kilt.

2004 will be my second burn. Last time I went, I wore kilts, skirts, robes, or nothing all week (well, except one night when I wore tights), and I intend to do the same this year. Kilts and skirts are wonderful in the desert...they're cooler than pants and they look and feel great.

It is however a solid 7 yards of wool and the traditional method to deal with heat is to leave off your keks (pants)

And this would be a problem how?

Seriously, 7 yards of wool might get a bit hot during the day, but at night the warmth could be quite welcome

Oh, and you *will* get dust in it. Be sure you can live with that happening to your kilt.

Also was thinking of dragging some ceilidh action over and seeing if I couldn't introduce some highland dancing to the playa. Can provide the proper ceilidh music, dance instruction and a god almighty decent time, what are the chances?

Need a fiddler? Let me know! I'd be happy to serve.
(Actually, I might not bring my fiddle because of the dryness, but I will have *some* instrument with me.)

Best,
Marnen Laibow-Koser
[email protected]

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Thu Apr 22, 2004 5:19 pm

[quote="marnen"

Need a fiddler? Let me know! I'd be happy to serve.
(Actually, I might not bring my fiddle because of the dryness, but I will have *some* instrument with me.)

/
personaly I take my "organ"s with me to the playa.

Ranger Genius · Post by **Ranger Genius** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 12:09 pm

Thanks to purplekoosh for the link to that Ranger utilikilt panorama. You can see me in the background of one of them not paying attention (and not in my Khaki), and thus not being posed with the others. I spotted my horned viking helmet and was amazed at how dark my tan is in that photo. Does anyone have a link to or copy of the other group photos from that shoot (I WAS in the other ones)

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 12:27 pm

Sorry Genius. But us good San Franciscan Types have been trained since birth to ignore all advise that comes from the mormoan heartland.

Dusza Beben · Post by **Dusza Beben** » Sat Apr 24, 2004 11:12 am

theCryptofishist wrote: mormoan heartland.

Is that like a cross between Mormon and Samoan? That's pretty deep. The whole Utah as a Mormon island state idea really speaks to man's futile attempts to achieve religous freedom and social acceptance in the modern world.

DB

Captain Goddammit · Post by **Captain Goddammit** » Sat Apr 24, 2004 12:33 pm

Hey Ranger Genius; those panoramas are by Charles Evans, maybe he's got the ones you want. He's the ringleader this year at Johnny & the Playa Criuzers, contact from our site "email the webmaster" http://www.playacruizers.com

marnen · Post by **marnen** » Sat Apr 24, 2004 1:26 pm

theCryptofishist wrote:mormoan heartland.

Are you insulting my advice?!!?...oh wait...that said "mormoan", not "marnen"...nevermind...

:D

Best,
Marnen

Ranger Genius · Post by **Ranger Genius** » Mon Apr 26, 2004 9:37 am

Thanks, Capt. Goddammit. I'll get ahold of him.
Crypto: Funny, growing up here in the MMM (The Mormon Muddy Mission, as Utah Phillips called it) we were taught precisely the converse. I have, however, escaped the confines of the intellectual bondage inflicted by this place. My primary goal is to piss of the people who most desperately need to be pissed of periodically, and 90% of them live in this state. Not everyone here is Mormon (in fact, in SLC, it's only about half), and there is definitely a strong countercultural underpinning (in response to the very repressive culture..it always seems to work out that way). We anticipate 500 people at our regional event this year. Not too shabby for the meager occupants of Mormoa.

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Mon Apr 26, 2004 9:46 am

My sister always sez: Mor-Moan--as in haunted house sound rhyming with groan. She claims it's from Mark Twain. Meant light heartedly in my post--as I hope context made clear.

Ranger Genius · Post by **Ranger Genius** » Mon Apr 26, 2004 12:19 pm

Sorry, didn't mean to sound offended. I love Utah, but for the most part I hate Utahns. I wasn't kidding when I said that we were warned about people from your neck of the woods...San Francisco was often used in the same context, and frequently in the same dependent clauses, as Sodom and Gammorah. Dens of Iniquity, and all that. Some of the things Mormons (of whom I was once one) believe are pretty humorous, when viewed objectively. Mark Twain had a lot of things to say about them, and few of them complimentary.

In short, I knew you were kidding, I didn't mean to sound defensive in my post. I have a great bumper sticker on my Bronco (actually a bumper magnet, so it can be removed for trips to my wife's rather conservative LDS family's home): Bad Mormon! No Planet!

Kilts ! yay or nay?

Re: Grrr...

kilts

I have a kilt too : )

Take two and call me in the morning...

Re: Kilts ! yay or nay?

Re: Kilts ! yay or nay?

Utilikilt Panorama

Grassy Ass.