Sit!

[UmAnOnion]

...I've not had a problem about flashing anyone while getting out of the vehicle. But my Utilikilts tend to run just a bit long, so I'm covered. I'm extra-careful when wearing my standard-length Bear kilt. I'd rather leave that "shock and awe" thing to the military....

okayt - i am curious: "Shock" because you would let things like that be seen in public and "awe" because they were taking pity on you???

okay i am a bad boy & will go & sit in ther corner now & theink about what i did and why i should never do it again....

[mudd]

When wearing a traditional kilt it is easier to slide behind the wheel of a car in the UK because the pleats lie the 'right' way.

I didn't realise just what a difference it makes until I went to get into the passenger seat on one of the rare occasions I was driven somewhere. The opening of the pleats folded them back on themselves and I had to get out and rethink how to get into the car properly.

Hey, that reminds me. Anyone else ever notice that the pleats on a traditional are designed for British cars and not American cars? That point struck me the first time I tried to get into the driver seat of mine. The pleats are going the wrong way!
I have still NEVER gotten the hang of getting into the car with straight pleats.

[Wompet]

Hey, that reminds me. Anyone else ever notice that the pleats on a traditional are designed for British cars and not American cars? That point struck me the first time I tried to get into the driver seat of mine. The pleats are going the wrong way!
I have still NEVER gotten the hang of getting into the car with straight pleats.

Noticed that myself. Maybe we should all start wearing kinguissie (or reverse kinguissie) pleated kilts - that way at least half our pleats would be straight, no matter what side of the car we get in.

[bubba]

Hamish had a neat solution to getting into a car. He has a turntable type seat cushion. You just straighten your pleats, sit and turn your legs in.

[KiltedKnight]

Hey, that reminds me. Anyone else ever notice that the pleats on a traditional are designed for British cars and not American cars? That point struck me the first time I tried to get into the driver seat of mine. The pleats are going the wrong way!
I have still NEVER gotten the hang of getting into the car with straight pleats.

I may be wrong about this, (there was one time that I was wrong though I can't quite remember when that was), but I really think and believe that there were no little English sports cars when the kilt was being developed so I doubt that their insane habit of driving on the wrong side of the road and having the steering wheel also on the wrong side had little to do with the direction of the pleats.

Chris.

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

UAO, thanks for clarfying my status. I was fearing mid-night raids...

And Iolaus, I agree that your friends are just joking with you and it is probably a compliment, or at least not an insult.

For the rest, I have never thought much about getting out of my vehicle, truck or mini-van. The most thought I have given is for people who do not know me seeing my left leg come out of the vehicle, and not seeing anything but shoe and possibly hose, then the kilt as I stand up. Doesn't bother me, but I do wonder what it looks like to somebody else.

[Livingston]

I may be wrong about this, (there was one time that I was wrong though I can't quite remember when that was), but I really think and believe that there were no little English sports cars when the kilt was being developed so I doubt that their insane habit of driving on the wrong side of the road and having the steering wheel also on the wrong side had little to do with the direction of the pleats.

Chris.

You correct Chris. BUT, kilts were around when the British decided to drive on the left side of the road....probably because the Scots wanted their pleats to lay correctly when they slid into the car

[mudd]

You correct Chris. BUT, kilts were around when the British decided to drive on the left side of the road....probably because the Scots wanted their pleats to lay correctly when they slid into the car

Exactly! Now it’s all starting to make sense.

[Iolaus]

And Iolaus, I agree that your friends are just joking with you and it is probably a compliment, or at least not an insult.

I'm not stressing about it, it was just a casual passing comment that I got a laugh from - no big deal. We're good friends.

[Iolaus]

You correct Chris. BUT, kilts were around when the British decided to drive on the left side of the road....probably because the Scots wanted their pleats to lay correctly when they slid into the car

So it's true, the Scots do secretly control the world!