Brickbat: I See You Won First Prize
3rd April 2012
The Granite City, Missouri, School Board has barred William Carruba from attending his senior prom wearing a kilt. Carruba says he bought a kilt made out of the family’s tartan to honor his mother’s Scottish heritage. But when he asked school officials about wearing it to the prom, Carruba says his principal said he should dress like a man. Superintendent Harry Briggs denied that anyone questioned the manliness of kilt wearers.
Next they’ll be disparaging the size of his dirk. Time to get the claidheamh mòrs out.
April 3rd, 2012 at 10:09
Will the homophobia never cease? After all, Scots aren’t gay–they’re sheep-lovers, yes, but only female sheep.
April 3rd, 2012 at 10:54
I heard there’s a guy in Michigan who can type without using his brain, but I didn’t think it was true – until now!