I always chuckle at assumptions. I am thrilled when people of cultures, beliefs, political stripes find me common enough to assume that I am one of them. I enjoy being invited into celebrations that I normally am not a part of because I am not one of THEM.

I realize as I type this that my cookie needs to be reset and my anonymity is seemingly secure. So being invited to a Burns nite dinner and recitation based solely on my manners and apparent interest in cultures other than mine I find flattering in the extreme.

I won't get hot if someone assumes I am a Celtish sort anymore than I will be insulted if someone miss guesses my gender.

I come into this forum of people I don't know not expecting to be intentionally insulted and hope my pardon is accepted in I should unintentionally insult someone else.