A story of Kilted Attention or: Why I can't go commando!

[Ian_G]

they likely disposed of their plaids before the fighting took place

Is this where we get the expression "Getting your kilt off!"



Ian

[SeumasA]

....in the Seattle humid cold.

Yeah, that cold will cut right to the bone. I'd rather be outside when it's 15F and snowing here than 40F and raining there.
Looks like Dale Seago beat me to a comment about the dessert rat. I was gonna ask for the recipe.

[tundramanq]

LOL- Bet it tastes like squirrel, another rodent, the coyotes like them sushi style.

Four - when you start another scenic tour thread let me know. This bus has been to a lot of interesting places, driverless at times, it just makes it better not knowing what's over the next rise. Chuck

[robthehiker]

Ok, maybe I'm missing something but how do they tell if a person is wearing underware through a 8yds of 16oz wool that is knife pleated? That would take a mighty sensitive touch to feel a thin piece of cloth under all that. And how would they tell the difference between that and the long tailed shirt that was used for the same purpose?



Jim

I was kilt checked last night by a woman who apparently didn't have the sensitive touch. She said "I don't feel any seam" to which I replied "what could that mean?". Half a bottle of Merlot later she attempted a kilt lift. Not a classy drunk...

[Brock63]

only worn mine a couple times out...still a newbie and hard to believe with my raucous past it would be still something not entirely comfortable with (wearing of kilt not the other things mentioned in this post)....

as a novice...but one familiar with rabble and rousing at the high degree....it all has a place. Rock concert....gotta expect it so be prepared. Formal event, art gallery, wine tasting, stroll through park, out hiking, camping, hunting....would not expect it at all. I ride motorcycles, do martial arts, hunt with primitive weapons by myself out in nature....have been at some events that would make a lady of the night blush with some friends on motorcycles.... that being said....I assumed it went with the territory.

Only been asked once (first time I wore it) what was under it.....and just said "nothing"....was not shocked, she did not ask to check...kept moving along. Like someone mentioned...would rather be asked those types of questions than some drunkard or show off doing the opposite and challenging my manhood which might land both of us in trouble as not likely to brush that off if challenged.

Go to enough dark bars, biker events, concerts...and bound to have your chest, butt or more touched or squeezed by somebody. It just happens... Dont believe me.....go to a bar on Ladies Night AFTER THE MALE DANCERS are done......I WOULD NOT WEAR A KILT to that event as it might be borderline INCITING A RIOT. Take your own life at risk if you do....that was many years ago when I was in 20s....and not my OLD age of 48 now. LOL

Anyhow....thinking about wearing mine at the annual biker party a friend and I throw every year with visitors from all across country and even Australia attending. I usually bar-tend and provide a sense of "peace" to any that are starting to get out of hand.

Can fully understand some and do imagine that done enough times it becomes old and bothersome....but like being aware of your environment and deciding how to wear or not wear accessories.....I think I would apply the same view to who the offender is.

At my age and being married now for so long.....my biggest concern would most likely follow as such:

1. Is my wife watching
2. If she is, do I need bail money after she beats this woman to a pulp
3. If she is not, are the aggressors hands "cold"

sorry....I needed to make myself laugh. LOL

[Four]

LOL- Bet it tastes like squirrel, another rodent, the coyotes like them sushi style.

Four - when you start another scenic tour thread let me know. This bus has been to a lot of interesting places, driverless at times, it just makes it better not knowing what's over the next rise. Chuck

Stick with me, we'll party.

[tundramanq]

Stick with me, we'll party.

Getting the seat belts installed on me Laz-Y-Boy. Some of the dirt roads get bumpy.

[tundramanq]

Careful, I'm thinking again -- I think there are a couple of reasons why unwanted kilt checks and other issues don't happen to me.

When I started wearing kilts, I decided to only wear kilts for the first month to "learn the ropes" so that they would become habit. I went through the looking over my shoulder phase before the month was done. As such I don't really think about it and I don't put off an air of self consciousness. Being comfortable in what you wear is a huge part of the air you put off and how you react in situations and how people react to you. In that month you have learned the terminology of kilts and most of the jokes and questions you will get asked. With a good sense of humor and a bold assertiveness, the problems vanish. BTW at the end of the month, I started getting rid of my p**ts and hope to burn the last pair soon.

The other reason is my personal preference to solid colors and muted tartans. For some reason they don't get the same responses that the brighter "flashy" tartans do when otherwise dressed casual. They excel with a more formal outfit and occasions where suit and ties and maybe tails are are the expected unkilted dress code. I have no problem with the term costume for this as it is not how I would dress for every day life. This is a personal preference, I have been to Hawaii several times and have never bought a Hawaiian shirt either. Wear what you are comfortable with for the occasion with some thought as to over or under dressing it. If you aren't self conscious about it, you probably will not have any problems.

Swing, swish, sway and (I know I'm missing one) on. Chuck

PS. I just had a terrible thought of a solid dayglow orange kilt. Aarg.
I think I better be directing traffic or airplanes.

[Dale-of-Cedars]

PS. I just had a terrible thought of a solid dayglow orange kilt. Aarg.
I think I better be directing traffic or airplanes.

Crawford Ancient (from some mills) comes close...

[tundramanq]

The top one wouldn't look bad on someone with a ginger complexion. Is the hot pink on the bottom real? Oh my. Normaly it takes blue on red to strain my eyes and the image start "jiggling" due to the same color receptors in our eyes being used for both red and blue detection.