Virtual Kilt Check

**macshorty** · 15th September 10, 04:23 AM

Originally Posted by Jock Scot

Oh come on chaps why make this a big deal? It is a kilt forum after all and to some it is a valid question.For the rest of us, well we don't have to answer, now do we?It is called, choice.

Careful Jock, you might get ridiculed for using logic.

**OC Richard** · 15th September 10, 04:35 AM

Originally Posted by Tony

When it's flatly stated in another thread elsewhere that 90% go regimental I think this poll can help in showing that that's a fallacy.

A phallus-y fallacy

As a piper who is regularly out in public playing the pipes while kilted, I can't imagine going "regimental" because when you're playing the pipes your hands aren't free to 1) fend off people who want to lift your kilt and 2) hold the kilt down in a strong wind.

The kilt-lifting usually happens in a crowded pub when you're marching through the throng while piping. You just keep marching- you don't even see who did it most of the time.

We have a cemetery here that's in a windtunnellike canyon and I've piped at funerals where the wind is so strong that I can't stand up, but have to lean at an angle against one of the huge statues. I've played the pipes hiding behind one of the statues because the wind was so strong that my kilt was up the whole time- and funeralgoers don't want to be exposed to my underwear. Imagine if I was "regimental"! I don't think I would ever get hired again.

**Jimmy** · 15th September 10, 04:44 AM

Imagine if I was "regimental"! I don't think I would ever get hired again.

you never know it might be good for business, in this day and age controversy is always good publicity

**rtc872** · 15th September 10, 05:28 AM

I find it fair to ask and fair to answer. I am indifferent to going with and without. As I am also a piper there are times when you must practice caution but others when it is fun to relax.

I must admit I will never forget the time that the band drum sergeant was sitting lowly on an esky and despite his knickered state he was falling out all over the place. Sometimes even wearing underwear doesn't do the trick. The 15 year old version of me will never be the same again. haha

**Frank McGrath** · 15th September 10, 05:31 AM

Originally Posted by Geoff Withnell

Two things offend me, neither of which is small to me. 1. That the intimate details of my life are a reasonable subject of inquiry for those I am not intimate with. 2. That some believe that the details of what I wear under my kilt has some sort of effect on the validity of my kilt. (I admit the poll really didn't address this but it is a hot button with me.)

Geoff Withnell

Geoff.......Great response. Nail on the head...Spot on, etc.

I really get get upset when the question arises. Those who know me don't aske any more. My feeling is that only inbred morons ask the question. What would happen if we walked around asking people what they were wearing under their pants? I wear my kilt proudly and with dignity. That is all others need to know. ALL OTHERS.

**DougC** · 15th September 10, 05:36 AM

Wow--voted, wrote a note and failed to see why this subject would upset people. The OP didn't ask you to spill the beans on yourself. But...it seems that the most common item worn under the kilt is shoes!

**Nighthawk** · 15th September 10, 06:54 AM

Holy misplaced rancor, Batman!

Originally Posted by macshorty

Careful Jock, you might get ridiculed for using logic.

Yeah, I do all the time...

Originally Posted by Frank McGrath

Geoff.......Great response. Nail on the head...Spot on, etc.

I really get get upset when the question arises. Those who know me don't aske any more. My feeling is that only inbred morons ask the question. What would happen if we walked around asking people what they were wearing under their pants? I wear my kilt proudly and with dignity. That is all others need to know. ALL OTHERS.

OK. So let's say someone is interested in wearing a kilt for the first time. He is looking into the traditions and practices associated with wearing a kilt. He starts researching, starts asking questions, and finds all over the internet that wearing undies makes you less than a man. Then sees you, asks your opinion and gets a response of "Bugger off!! None of your damned business!" to an honest question. Is that a proper response? This thread is not discussing some drunken tosser in a bar. It's an honest inquiry. Personally, I would rather have a person ask me and give me the opportunity to educate him rather than be stereotyped.

Originally Posted by Frank McGrath

I wear my kilt proudly and with dignity. That is all others need to know. ALL OTHERS.

As do I. If you're so proud and dignified, why are you so offended when people ask about the little details? How is asking about the tradition of undergarments any different from asking about the kilt pin? It's a small point of detail. The vast majority of the time when the question is put to me, it's because people genuinely don't know what is real tradition and what is hype. Why not simply educate people?

And for the record- it's supposed to be windy today, so a pair of bright yellow boxers with Sponge Bob all over them are going to be the order of the day.