Humour & Irony
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MacHinery Dress
Apr 1
April Fool's Day
This is the only official tartan designed as a joke with a pun for a name.
'Clan' MacEvil
May 5
Revenge of the Fifth (Dark Side Day)
The colours used in the tartan represent the following: black for the 'Dark Side' in each of us; purple royalty; grey for the 'Grey area' in which we live our lives; white for charitable actions and donations of the group; dark red for the bloodline of the loosely knit clan.
Dirty Lung
May 31
No Tobacco Day
This is the only tartan designed as a joke with a pun for a name.
Boring and Dull
Aug 9
Boring and Dull Day
There is a tartan for this pairing of most unexceptionally named cities, Boring, Oregon and Dull, Scotland. The tartan blends red, white, and blue colours together, celebrating the USA connection, while the saltire is shown throughout the tartan.
Clan Inebriated
Dec 5
The Repeal of Prohibition
Clan Inebriated Statement from the Clan: "Being involved with various Scottish and Irish events throughout Southern California, we have met many a folk who share our enthusiastic and humorous outlook on life, but not our shared ethnic background. So, we started Clan Inebriated as a wee parody on the Scottish Clan system so that all may join and feel welcome! We have since gone worldwide ... "
April Fool's!
Apr 1
April Fool's Day
"MacHinery" is in fact a spelling variant of 'machinery'. This tartan prank was designed to fool an individual regarding an nonexistent clan.
Clan MacEvil incarnate
May 5
Revenge of the Fifth (Dark Side Day)
A Renaissance Faire based group with a Scotland sanctioned tartan. This Clan is NOT based in Evil. It's irony, folks.
Cigarette packaging
May 31
No Tobacco Day
Designed with the most detestable colours possible, particularly Pantone 448 C, the world's ugliest colour.
Sister Cities
Aug 9
Boring and Dull Day
In 2013, the rural Australian town of Bland also twinned with the two cities, as a lighthearted way to embrace the community's name.
Clan Inebriated Logo
Dec 5
The Repeal of Prohibition
"To Drink. To Friends. To Fun."