The most interesting comment I ever got was one year in Butler (of all places!), going into the Wal-Mart with a friend, both of us dressed in chemises, skirts, straw hats, and leather bodices, and having some woman (who claimed she was a 20-year resident of the town) ask us "What religion do you belong to?" She wasn't trying to prosetylise us; she wanted to know if we were Amish or something.
Just recently I went to a Twelfth Night in Connecticut (I think it was in CT, could have been anywhere around there -- jurisdictions one can drive into and out of again in an hour confuse me!), and coming back, we were involved in a very minor car accident (I wasn't, thank goodness, driving!) -- I don't even think either car was scratched. The other driver, being a typical (from what I've seen) New Yorker, was all incredibly pissed off and ready to do some damage to someone, until D. got out of the car in his garb (tunic, cloak, breeks, trews, the whole nine yards), and I made eye contact with the guy through the back window (with three yards of silk veil billowing around my head). The guy's whole attitude changed suddenly from, "I'm going to knock your block off, asshole!" to "Hey, man, that's ok, I don't want any trouble, no sweat..." :)
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Just recently I went to a Twelfth Night in Connecticut (I think it was in CT, could have been anywhere around there -- jurisdictions one can drive into and out of again in an hour confuse me!), and coming back, we were involved in a very minor car accident (I wasn't, thank goodness, driving!) -- I don't even think either car was scratched. The other driver, being a typical (from what I've seen) New Yorker, was all incredibly pissed off and ready to do some damage to someone, until D. got out of the car in his garb (tunic, cloak, breeks, trews, the whole nine yards), and I made eye contact with the guy through the back window (with three yards of silk veil billowing around my head). The guy's whole attitude changed suddenly from, "I'm going to knock your block off, asshole!" to "Hey, man, that's ok, I don't want any trouble, no sweat..." :)