Getting your knees tickled?

[chrisupyonder]

There once was an old maid from Dubling,
Who went on a mad highland fling.
Her life which was spartan
Is now much more tartan
And everything goes with a swing.
--- Funfax Limericks

[BonnetMaker]

There once was an old maid from Dubling,
Who went on a mad highland fling.
Her life which was spartan
Is now much more tartan
And everything goes with a swing.
--- Funfax Limericks

There was one in a nonsense verse book I had as a child that went:

If you are a gentleman
As I suppose you be,
You will not laugh nor smile
At the tickling of your knee.

[unaspenser]

I like tickling my significant other's knees when he's kilted, and you should have seen when he competed in the bonnie knees competition at our local highland games. His knees got quite a thorough tickling from at least half a dozen judges. ;)

[Cowher]

This all seems a tad odd.

[Bigkahuna]

You tickle mine and I'll tickle yours.

[Cowher]

yup now its a lot of odd!!

[Frank]

What a truly bizarre story - odd on a number of levels.


A) That anyone wouldn't mind their spouse being treated as some kind of living freakshow for any passer-by with questionable fantasies.

B) The line:- "I said of course she could" So much for spousal respect and diginity

and

C) If true, another example of how not to behave in public, when kilted. Can you imagine the consequences for say, an elderly man approaching a young lady with a similary worrying request ?

I'm not being rude here - and also refer to (among others) those who prattle on about their delight when strangers lift their kilt - er, that's assault. Equally, try asking a female stranger what's happening underwear-wise and you'll soon be disabused of what's acceptable in polite society.

If we're going to make it easier for regular Joes to don a kilt when they feel like it, we would do well to abhor the 'village idiot' behaviour which sometimes happens

A bit a bit of dignity please - not all kilt wearers are happy to be bracketed as jovial simpletons..

[BonnetMaker]

hmm, difference in personalities here I think. I'd be the first to defend himself if I thought for one second he was being teased or demeaned in any way. In this instance, every indication was that it was harmless and a small indulgence of a (much) older person. He'd have said without hesitation if he was unhappy.

Sometimes life presents us with truly peculiar occurrances, we personally try to recognise these as such and celebrate them as the seasoning that makes life entertaining. Each to their own perhaps.

[CMcG]

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I'm not being rude here

Well, you may not have intended to be rude, but your choice of words could be construed as insulting.

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If we're going to make it easier for regular Joes to don a kilt when they feel like it, we would do well to abhor the 'village idiot' behaviour which sometimes happens

A bit a bit of dignity please - not all kilt wearers are happy to be bracketed as jovial simpletons..

You are making at least three large and false assumptions here. The first is that there is some sort of established pact amongst kilt-wearers to promote wearing the kilt as a "regular Joe's" clothing. Many of us are happy to either reserve the kilt for special occasions or to receive some extra attention from the general public.

The second is that the OP and her partner's actions will cause all kilt-wearers to be tarred with the same brush. This was one incident in a supermarket, not an internationally televised event. Given the amount of different people who wear kilts and the different ways they wear them, there is unlikely to be any sort of monolithic negative public response based on the behaviour of some kilties.

The third is that you are judging this event negatively but not everyone would agree. While it may have been a bit odd for the little old lady in question to do some knee tickling, it was harmless. And your examples are like trying to compare apples and oranges. People get asked "the question" all the time even though it would clearly be rude to ask a lady the same thing. It's a different situation.


Lighten up man

[Lallans]

And yet if an old man asked to fondle a random body part, people would look askance at him. I do not however speak from personal experience.