begin  quoting Chris Mauricio as of Thu, Feb 10, 2005 at 11:13:58PM -0800:
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>                            The kilt alone seems to greatly torment "the 
> cattle." The first question I get 9 out of 10 is "..are you Scottish?" When I 
> say "No" ( actually, yes, some... but that defeats the purpose.. ) the 
> resulting confusion and disoriented look in their eyes is very interesting to 
> behold. That which does not comfortably fit into  a pre-defined slot in their 
> experience causes a mild form of anxiety.

Isn't "kilt" the past tense of "kill"? No wonder there's anxiety!

-Stewart "As in, tease a scotsman and you're likely to get kilt!" Stremler
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