OK, so we solved all of the problems with defining THCD last week. I am wondering about a modern condition that may not have existed heretofore. Many men seem to have worked around it, but I wonder if it has any historical precedent.

I am talking about stored body fat. Despite what the Poet Burns says about "Mark the rustic, haggis fed, the trembling earth resounds his tread..." can we agree that for most of the modern kilt-wearing era, men have been much leaner than many of us are today. That is,

is an hourglass shape the ultimate Traditional Kilt accessory?

And I know, I have used modern and historical and even accessory, but I mean this as a serious question about TRADITIONAL KILTS. Have improved nutrition and industrialization created a body type that is contradictory or inimical to the traditional wearing of the kilt?

I will admit right now- I have a spare tire. I also work in an office and drive a car most places I go. I drink out of a shiny red can at least once a day. It has been a long time since I was truly hungry, Thanks Be To God. But I wonder if my kilt would fit better - more traditionally - under other circumstances.