UK: Kiltie is banned ...........

[Dirk Skene]

This is just plain wrong. Would they have banned a girl in a "billie" for the same reason

[davedove]

Women rarely (in my experience) flash themselves,

I have seen more than a few drunken women exposing themselves (of course, I tend not to complain too loudly about that )

drunken men in kilts do...'tis they that ruin it for the rest of us.

Unfortunately, that is a problem. The establishments don't deal with the troublemakers though. They establish arbitrary rules that affect everyone, including those who do not cause trouble.

[beowulf67]

I agree with what some others have said. Do they apply the same policy to women not wearing anything under their skirts? And how do they know? If you ask, or check, the well dressed gent in a kilt, you have to do the same for the ladies or it's blatant discrimination.
I don't know about where they are, but around here it's easy to find a lawyer willing to take a case like that. Lot's of publicity, a quick payoff from the club and he goes home happy.

[Splash_4]

I think we should all remember that this is a private business. They can pick and choose who it is they want to serve. While I may find the rule silly, it is their place so they can choose (just like a trendy nightclub might pick and choose who to let in).

What our friend Hamish has done for us is to let us know not to visit the establishment for any reason due to this policy.

[NewKilt]

It would seem that every man wearing a kilt would have to be asked if he was wearing underwear before being allowed to enter. If that is the case, then women wearing skirts or dresses would have to be asked the same question to avoid discrimination.

A very unfortunate situation.

[Free Range]

By “unfortunate” flashings on the balcony, I assumed they didn’t know they were flashing people. You know they were up on the balcony and people below them were flashed accidentally as they looked up.

[jannodanno]

They probably have no problem with the ladies flashing.

[Caradoc]

By “unfortunate” flashings on the balcony, I assumed they didn’t know they were flashing people. You know they were up on the balcony and people below them were flashed accidentally as they looked up.

With a flashlight (or battery torch)?

I dunno about your kilts, but it's pretty darned dark under mine. They'd need a light to see much of anything unless I were being extremely careless.

I'd assume "flashing" meant drunken yobs lifting their kilts.

[McMurdo]

With a flashlight (or battery torch)?

I dunno about your kilts, but it's pretty darned dark under mine. They'd need a light to see much of anything unless I were being extremely careless.

I'd assume "flashing" meant drunken yobs lifting their kilts.

I completely agree with you Caradoc
At my brothers wedding one of my drunk cousins decided it would be a good idea to take a picture up my kilt. He got a shot of right around my knee then complete and utter darkness, its blacker than the Earl of hells waistcoat up there make no mistake, you would rarely if ever flash someone one floor down who was looking up, unless you are wearing a saranwrap kilt, or they have an realy powerful light shinning where it does not belong.

[McClef]

As a private business they may well be able to pick and choose but that does not exempt them from laws regarding discrimination, nor does it exempt them from being named and shamed.

Hitting them where it hurts in the pocket would be good. Alas I suspect that a boycott by kilted males in Newcastle is not going to do much as there wouldn't be enough of them to make a difference.