kilt lifters

[Mike1]

...but when I spun around, I found that it was a table full of girls who had made a terribly ingenious device out of straws, popsicle sticks, and a shoelace to lift my kilt from across the aisle without leaving their seats.

You know, The first question that enters my mind is how one of these girls would have responded, had the tables been turned.

So this is now my standard for permissible [without permission] kilt-lifting: If you can distract me before I can yell at you, then you win.

Somehow, I find it hard to buy that one of these young "ladies" would have let you off so easy. I gotta side with Alan on this one.

Mike

[MDR-V300]

Somehow, I find it hard to buy that one of these young "ladies" would have let you off so easy.

I understand where you're coming from, but So what? Maybe they wouldn't have, maybe they would have. That's not how *I* reacted, and that's all I care about. I'm not out to one-up the world on the overreaction scales, here. Why let something bother me just because it might bother someone else? I might get less tangible results out of life this way, but at least I'm not wound up so tight I can't enjoy every moment.

[Declan Rowan]

I dunno bout everyone else, but I tend to have a quick reaction time and can normally block the kilt lift before it gets too far underway. And my friends know better than to do it, so its not something I worry too often about. Besides, it's easier for me to stop the lift than to keep coming up with witty responses to "What are you wearing under the kilt??"

[Kilted_John]

I'm usually pretty quick myself. Granted, the only time I've had the possibility of it happening was when my sister decided to try to do it in the middle of a shopping mall... Grrrr. Almost ripped her head off because of that.
-J

[Andrew Breecher]

The only time I ever worry about my kilt being lifted is when I'm at work. I work in a bar, so there are often inebriated, randy women about. If I weren't on the clock I wouldn't care, but since I'm representing the bar I should have some level of decorum.

I do use several of the "coy" lines when people ask what I'm wearing underneath.

Andrew.

[Riverkilt]

Wow, an 8 page thread!

Hey, was just over on the General kilt talk forum on the Scottish Biker thread and Robert at RKilts mentioned a lady remarked to him, "You sure know how to make an Irish woman hungry."

Cracked me up, then realized that would be a great response to the "What's under your kilt?" question.

"Why? Are you hungry?"

Ron

[Alan H]

"Why? Are you hungry?"

Ron

YES YES!!! I'm adding this to my "No, I'm not cold, I've got a heater under there" line that I picked up from X Marks.

BTW, I have a well-developed sense of humour. I also let some odd comments (haven't gotten too many of them) and the never-ending "nice skirt" comments roll off my back. So I'm not wound SO tight, you know? I'll happily horse around about the "what's under the kilt?" joke. No problems, and everybody needs a laugh now and again, eh? But there's a difference between joking around or making an honest mistake or saying (the skirt) joke that's been said nineteen thousand times before and wears thin after a while....

....and purposefully being disrespectful. Ha, ha ha, all in the name of fun when if the tables were turned and I lifted her skirt it wouldn't be funny at ALL. If I lifted a woman's skirt I'd fully expect to get slapped in the face, and have her boyfriend/husband kick my ***. I'd deserve it, too. So how's it OK for someone to lift my kilt and expect me to just laugh it off?

If you let the world know that a kilt lift is fine with you, then OK..fine, no problem. Have fun, enjoy the laughs. However, it's NOT OK with me, and for someone to assume that it is OK without making darned sure ahead of time is the grossest bad manners and disrespect.

[Will]

The only time I ever worry about my kilt being lifted is when I'm at work. I work in a bar, so there are often inebriated, randy women about. If I weren't on the clock I wouldn't care, but since I'm representing the bar I should have some level of decorum.

I do use several of the "coy" lines when people ask what I'm wearing underneath.

Andrew.

After reading the last line again, I realize that the best reply is "Just the Usual."

[Daneel]

Having just read this thread I am reminded of an Incident in London. Heading back to my hotel at about 2 in the morning. As I walked past a couple, Suddenly the Guy lunged towards me trying to get a hold of the back of the kilt. Before he could make real contact his Girl friend / partner screamed "Don't you dare" and set about hom both verbally and physically. I just smiled and walked on, leaving him with a unhappy end to the night out. I have been asked by Guys here to give them a flash. I just ignore them and keep walking. Its all talk.

[Roscommoner]

I was at a street faire with my wife. We were standing on the sidewalk watching people dance in the street to a live band.

A young lady and her entourage crossed the street and the young lady knelt down in front of me and peeked under my kilt.

She didn't expose me to public view, just satisfied her own curiosity.

I guess someone must have told her, "Good girls ask. Bad girls find out for themselves."

I looked down and asked, "OK?" She gave me a thumbs up and reply with a cheeful, "OK!" Then, she and her group disappeared into the crowd.

My wife thought it was pretty funny. I wished I knew about kilts when I was 18.

You are a fortunate man; My wife would have grabbed the nearest long blunt object and violently struck the inquisitive lass about the head, face, and neck.

While my wife accepts my kilt wearing, she maintains she has a complete monoply on "kilt lifting"