Article: Men wear kilts to clean windows, gutters

[Urbane Guerrilla]

Ian: it is. You'll have heard the Americanism "cuppa Joe" somewhere besides this thread. Might be related to calling it "java."

"No Peeking," quotha. Like I'd buy that for a dollar -- instead of the gutter cleanout. They'd probably do a lively business, if they branched out in So-Cal, in West Hollywood -- if they are of an intrepid temperament. And I don't mean just about any gay clientèle -- here there be scary dragon ladies too. Some make no bones about it; they're after your Lucky Charms.

[stevo]

Had a taste of this kind of job when I had to climb a ladder in my kilt to retrieve a lady's hat which had blown up on to the bracket of a hanging basket. The 'no peeking' rule was NOT enforced...