Did Mother Nature Lift Your Kilt?

**Graham** · 9th March 06, 05:36 PM

I wear black undies - all the time so I don't worry, and why should the sight of undies upset anyone? I see young lads all the time walking the streets with their undies showing, it's almost a fashion statement!

**Sherry** · 9th March 06, 05:48 PM

Just as long as they're clean, Graham.

Pleater, you should be more careful about causing car accidents.

**michael steinrok** · 9th March 06, 08:52 PM

All I can say is Beware Breezeways. My son mooned a bus load of tourists whilst wearing a black UK. Me personally have had some close calls in Virginia last Dec. The breeze lifted my Stillwater several times trying to get into my buddies' truck. Front and rear.

**James** · 10th March 06, 12:26 AM

Whilst a traditional reasonably heavy kilt is mostly secure, if the wind really gets to it-up it can go. Problems are most often in towns when there are odd eddies around buildings-violent updraughts in the underground: whilst outdoors when the wind is expcted and more regular it is not usually a problem.

To make a comparison, back in the 50's when the girls tended to wear very full skirts-it was not uncommon to see them having a wind problem.

I'd suggest as mentioned in an earlier post, that the problem lies in the very construction of a kilt-the many deep pleats, once a breeze had got under it, it will behave a bit akin to a sail. As with the full skirts mentioned above.

James

**Casey** · 10th March 06, 07:32 AM

I have one kilt that is easily influenced by the wind. It is a light PV Maple Leaf tartan that is my favourite summer kilt.

I have had sudden exposure twice. The second time witnessed by my wife. She was not impressed that I showed my **** to the entire Byward Market here in Ottawa.

I always wear a sporran with this kilt and I have become sensitized to subtle movements which engage my lightning reflexes.

**Moosehead** · 10th March 06, 07:40 AM

Casey,

didn't by any chance happen in front of the Earl of Sussex, did it?

**GMan** · 10th March 06, 01:54 PM

The only time that I have sudden exposure is when I leap over tall buildings or jump off a roof.

Seriously though I have yet to encounter any lifting by the wind. And I do avoid heat grates as I do not look any where close to Marilyn Monroe.

**pbpersson** · 27th July 06, 01:15 PM

Originally Posted by James

To make a comparison, back in the 50's when the girls tended to wear very full skirts-it was not uncommon to see them having a wind problem.

Seeing it happen to a woman is quite exciting. I thinks it's great fun when it happens to them.

However, having it happen to me was annoying and sort of surrealistic. Suddenly my kilt was doing these very strange things....floating up in the air....I guess I'm new at this and instead of reacting I was standing there wondering what was happening..... :confused:

**Kilted KT** · 27th July 06, 01:43 PM

I've only had this problem with my 10oz 5yrd tartan kilt. It seems very lightweaight compared to the 16oz tanks I've got, which is why I rarely wear the 10oz kilt anymore...

as for specifics? It would go flying up just about any time the wind would blow. That lasted for about two months until I got my UK survival. Since then I've not had that problem.

**Pleater** · 19th March 06, 10:27 AM

Originally Posted by Sherry

Pleater, you should be more careful about causing car accidents.

Twice now - at the same spot by the traffic lights some poor man has had palpitations at the sight of my lace edged petticoats - knee length petticoats, light cream in colour and a good safe cotton too - maybe they just don't have much excitement in their lives.

Oh well, at least no one had keeled over at the wheel yet, and the damage has been fairly minimal.

I am a little doubtful about wearing the black one, however - and have decided against making the maroon one I planned - far too close to red for the good of the traffic.

It is the conformation of the land and buildings there. The parish church stands back from the road and has an open area with seats and flower beds - it is the sunny side of the main street. A wind from the South has to come up the slope to the top of the ridge on which the road runs, and it is funnelled by tall buildings on the South side of the cross roads, so it gets stronger, and then is let loose in the open piazza, bouncing off buildings and destroying umbrellas, stealing hats and generally causing mischief.