Accidental exposure

[Mel1721L]

Today I learned that a kilt is not the best thing to be wearing when you fall down the stairs.

I was trying to go downstairs from my apartment with my three dogs. Not usually a problem, but there were two abandoned dogs near by and mine pulled so hard that I fell down the last three or four steps. Of course the kilt flew up and stayed up as I landed, but the worst thing was that there were a couple of kids who'd been making a fuss of the strays.

What was your worst kilt moment?

[tpa]

What was your worst kilt moment?

Is ther ever a bad kilt moment? Just be careful around large stationary objects when there is a strong wind.

[TheOfficialBren]

An excellent reason to always don underwear whilst kilted! I never, ever go Regimental specifically to be prepared for conditions outwith my control.

[GMan]

I certainly hope that you are OK, as I know what it is like with dogs, both good and bad.

[Riverkilt]

Last time I related a true story of dogs and kilts I wound up with a red card so gonna pass on this...

Also glad you're okay. There have been times when I was wearing underwear with the kilt where something totally unexpected happened and the kilt flew up but I was glad to at least have underwear on....accidently exposing tartan boxers doesn't seem much worse than the young men in low slung pants intentionally exposing their tartan boxers....

[KentuckyCeltophile]

I just passed a kidney stone laughing so hard, Mel. I honestly hope you and the kids are okay. Hopefully, no scars physically, mentally or otherwise. I haven't had a bad experience as I'm still new to wearing the kilt, which is why I don't go regimental either. Playing it safe as it were.
Cheers,
KC

[Mel1721L]

Is ther ever a bad kilt moment? Just be careful around large stationary objects when there is a strong wind.

Yes I've noticed the kilt tends to blow upwards in even a mild wind if you walk too close to walls etc.

[Tobus]

Yes I've noticed the kilt tends to blow upwards in even a mild wind if you walk too close to walls etc.

Yep, wearing the kilt means you suddenly have a new appreciation for how the wind moves around objects. Certain areas between buildings can be wind tunnels, and other areas can have strange vortices that make the pleats fly.

Personally, though, I've never had the problem of "exposure" whilst wearing a traditional kilt. Even in 45-mph gusts that were blowing over tables and making vendor tents strain at their moorings (as it were), the weight of a full-yardage kilt doesn't seem to be an issue. Yes, the pleats will move around some, and may even lift up in a bellows-style dance. And spectators may get a view of my upper thigh, and perhaps even a cheek or two. But all the movement of the kilt is around the pleated sides and back. The aprons don't tend to move, especially with a sporran in place. So I never worry about exposure from wind. If I'm ever in winds high enough for that to happen, I'm thinking I'll have other concerns that outweigh it.

Falling down, though, is something that always scares me in a kilt. The one time I fell -over-teakettle in a kilt, thankfully, was out on a hiking trail where the only witness was my wife and her horse. She laughed so hard she cried. And if I'm honest, I think her horse laughed too.

[GreenDragon]

My worst moment was standing outside a store with my brother. Some dudes drover by and yelled "Fa_!!" (Not the version that means "cigarette" either) Very mad at that moment. Wasn't embarassed.

[KentuckyCeltophile]

My worst moment was standing outside a store with my brother. Some dudes drover by and yelled "Fa_!!" (Not the version that means "cigarette" either) Very mad at that moment. Wasn't embarassed.

Must have been a red neck.