How NOT to do it

[SorenMacTavish]

Sadly, I have seen many such "***??!!??" images such as this. And yes, what has been seen cannot be unseen....pass the mental bleach please.

[Grizzled Ian]

I'd say the porcelain convenience he is standing at is a hand-basin. There are no buttons down the front of the shirt, and the sleeves don't suggest a polo- or t-shirt, and the elbow joints don't look like a front view to me. Nor does the hang of the pleats at the side suggest that the aprons are being held up.

There we go, we're all exercising our powers of observation and deduction. Thank you lad! It seems the only travesties on display might be a kilt being worn too low, and the mixing of elements from two different regiments. Surely not the stuff of nightmares, unless you're a retired RSM.

[CDNSushi]

Gents, while it is kind of funny, just remember that none of us were born with the knowledge we have about kilts, and how to wear them. "There but for the grace of God" right? Years ago there used to be a long, how NOT to do it thread, and it was quite popular too. And I'd be lying if I said that I also didn't laugh at some of the awful and crazy ways people would wear their kilts. And while I'm not calling a Rule #4 violation on this, please do remember, that the rule deals with "Posts or photos which defame, mock, ridicule..."

Before posting, remember to put yourself in the other man's shoes and ask yourself: "Would I be okay if someone placed a photo of ME up on a forum for the amusement of others?"

Just something to think about.

[BCAC]

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[Liam]

None of my comments were in any way meant to mock or ridicule, merely to understand the unusual perspective of the photograph.

[JohntheBiker]

None of my comments were in any way meant to mock or ridicule, merely to understand the unusual perspective of the photograph.

I agree with you there. The dialogue has been about trying to understand a rather ambigous photo without any intent to ridicule. I don't think we have come anywhere near Rule #4.

[Zardoz]

Yeah, the old "Kilt Do's and Don'ts" thread! So many funny photos of kilt wearing, good and not so good. For years the longest running thread on the forum, back when this was a more active and good natured community.

[TheOfficialBren]

Zardoz, if I recall my XMTS history correctly, that was the very purpose of the forum originally (to have a good-natured chuckle about oddities at Highland Games and such).

I might be wrong about my history. I'm still a bit of a newb so my thoughts about this don't really count.

[OC Richard]

As a piper who used to pipe at a lot of weddings (at one point around 40 a year) I often had to give advice to the Groom and/or Groomsmen about how to wear their hired/rented attire.

Kilt backwards, it's fairly common.

Another common thing is for people to separate the two flashes on the garter, putting one on the inside of the leg, one on the outside. Kilt Hire shops should stitch them so that can't happen.

The other is lacing the Ghillies Viking-style with the laces going all the way up the leg.

A strange one, which luckily I've only seen once, was the Best Man who put on his kilt with the under-apron going behind his backside, so that his leg on one side was exposed all the way up!

Even native-born Scots, wealthy famous Scots, are liable to such things

[Zardoz]

Zardoz, if I recall my XMTS history correctly, that was the very purpose of the forum originally (to have a good-natured chuckle about oddities at Highland Games and such).

I might be wrong about my history. I'm still a bit of a newb so my thoughts about this don't really count.

You're right, this whole site started in 2004 as a place where folks could post amusing photos of how people dressed at Highland Games and similar events.