Have You Ever Been Falsly Accused of Flashing When Kilted?

[McFarkus]

Aye Niblox,

Pretty much my standard with a kilt anymore is solid black cotton Hanes.

I've found it does take the worry out of the wind and sitting - save the false accusations.

Ron

Ditto. Especially when wearing it to church where we have a passle of cute little rug rats running around during coffee hour.

[Highland Logan]

I have seen different versions of such pictures which suggest that there has been some doctoring in one or the other.

In other words an "after version" is somewhat more revealing than a "before version. This could indicate that the alleged "offender" really wasn't as careless as it appears.

You are correct the origonal photo is very nice, but the altered one has been run around the internet even more. Here is a link to the urban myth about the photo.

Frank

[McClef]

The "cleaner" version of the whole photo is sharper, the "naughty" version more blurred. That would suggest tampering of the latter.

The newspaper comments on the Queen's expression are plain silly - she couldn't have seen anything sat next to him nor could the soldiers who are making similar facial expressions.

One could also discuss the dynamics of light in that the further from the light an object is the less it is visible especially when it is under cover to begin with. When you stand outside the window of a house in the daylight it is usually difficult to see inside without getting close and peering in. At night with the lights on inside the opposite is true.

[Kilted in Maine]

Falsely Accused - No, not falsely!




Just kidding - No, never!

[Nick the DSM]

"I'm sorry lady, that would be impossible, you see, it was shot off in the war. Dreadful experience."

Ron

good one!!!

[hallmarktex]

Ron,

To answer your original question, yes I have been falsely accused. I wear a kilt in one of the shows I do. Since I am there representing the production company and not just myself I always wear black spandex bike shorts underneath. I have, while posing for pictures after a show, had an occasional woman inform me that she can see under my kilt. In every instance I look down to see if there is any imaginable way for them to really see anything and have been confident that they are imagining things.

It always makes me wonder, "What is it you think you see?"; but I've never actually asked the question preferring, instead, to let the moment pass and the topic die. I think some people see what they want to see without regard to reality.

[Hachiman]

Ron,

if were to be falsely accused I'd almost be tempted to ask them to describe exactly what they saw and compare to what you know you did (or didn't) have on.

This was my thought as well. Simply say "I'm sorry, but that's impossible, madam". When (or if) pressed, inform them that you're wearing underwear - then ask them to identify the colour of the tartan...

When they take a stab at the colour, reveal that you're wearing black briefs - thus pointing out that they're totally mistaken (and out of line).

Just my thoughts

Hachiman

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

It's common sense lads. When out and about, when ladies or children are apt to be present, always wear underwear.

[Abax]

Yikes Jamie....I'm feeling falsely accused again.

Sorry Jamie, I have to agree with Riverkilt on this one. Your post had an accusatory tone to it and you couldn't have possibly known what happened at the event Ron described. Your words reflect poorly on you.

The post was intended to find out if others have been TRUELY falsely accused too.

My wife has told me I'm flashing something before, but the worst someone might see is a dark-colored undergarment. But she harbors no malice. A few coworkers have made silly comments when they've seen 2 or 3" of skin between my hose and the bottom edge of my kilt. Yet these same coworkers have no problem with the guy who comes in with running shorts and sits down with his legs wide open showing a foot of skin above his knee and the pant legs gaping open along his thigh.

I think that people perceive seeing even just a man's leg up a kilt is somehow inappropriate because they are not accustomed to it. I really think it's a way to complain about a kilt in a way that has no come-back. If you try to defend yourself then you're just a pervert defending yourself to a clothing bigot. So I suppose if I ever got that kind of complaint, I'd call them on it. "You couldn't possibly have seen anything, I'm much more modest than that. Instead, I suspect you harbor some ill-will towards kilts and thought your accusation could influence my choice of clothes. You ought to be ashamed for your lie." As far as your own credibility, people love to believe the bad thing. First they'll believe you did flash someone, but I expect they'll just as quickly latch on to the truth of your unexpected reply.

I've seen women in short skirts that made me nervous . . . they were so short that I could only imagine about 1/2" between covered and exposed. That's a lot of leg showing, and I expect if a man exposed that much leg, he'd be accused of "flashing." I've also seen legs some short distance up a seated women's skirt, but nothing ever inappropriate, and I can't imagine someone complaining about that either. In my experience, women wearing really short skirts or exposing some leg seldom generate complaints - and I can't even imagine a man complaining at all except in a business setting.

Abax

[Alan H]

I've never been unjustly accused of flashing.

Then again, I WAS told, once, that I was showing white undies during a very informal meeting with the residential computing people. Once...in a year and a half. Since then, and since as desktop support I am sometimes crawling under peoples desks to get to their computer cabling, I ALWAYS wear non-white underwear.

I like wearing my kilts, but it's not worth my job, you know?