06 February 2011

Six Nations Rugby

Last year at this time, I took a train w/my friend, Dianne, to Edinburgh, Scotland to watch England play Scotland in a Six Nations Rugby game.

Edinburgh is a great city to visit. It was my second time there. It is an odd mix of tourism and tradition.

For rugby however, I can only draw a similarity for my girlfriends that will be watching [or may be going] to the Super Bowl today in Dallas. Imagine a stadium with 80,000+ attendees. In the case of Six Nations, 75% of the attendees were men in kilts. [Can you imagine that in Dallas?]
And here is an image for you ... so if you're a guy at the game and you go to the concession stand and you come back to your seat with two beers, you now have to sit down with your kilt [skirt] on ... but your hands are full. So, imagine that you're a big guy with a kilt on and you hold one beer in one hand and one beer in your teeth as you tuck your kilt under as you sit down on the cold seat! Role reversal at its best!

By the way, according to this guy [pictured], a true Scottsman does now wear nickers under his kilt. And he shared that with the entire stadium.