The Joke's on us!

Compiled by Dave Johnston

A young Highlander was hired by a store that sold kilts to work as a sales clerk. One day an American tourist came into the store, and asked the clerk if there was a Dunlop tartan, since his surname was Dunlop.

The manager, who was observing, was horrified to see that the young man skipped past the "D's" in the swatch book and showed the gentleman another tartan in the "M's" section. After the tourist left (and had ordered a kilt), the manager confronted the young man:

Manager: “Why did ya tell that gentleman that as a Dunlop, he can wear the MacIntyre tartan?

Clerk: “Because sir, the Dunlops have been "macintyres" for years!”

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