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22nd January 2010, 10:22 AM
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Ask the kilt wearin' man
Inspired by HongKongFooey, I humbly submit this thread for your amusement, bemusement, or mockery.
I wear a kilt (a real kilt and not one of those dammed utili-kilts) at least once a month, usually more. In public. Proudly. Anything you'd like to know? Beyond the obvious (the answer is "shoes and socks")? 
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22nd January 2010, 10:27 AM
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22nd January 2010, 10:28 AM
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Are you ashamed of your hairless knees?
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22nd January 2010, 10:29 AM
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Hey awesome. Are you Scottish? Do you wear your family tartan?
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22nd January 2010, 10:31 AM
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22nd January 2010, 10:31 AM
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22nd January 2010, 10:33 AM
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Second place, "Nothing is worn under the kilt. It's all in perfect working order."
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22nd January 2010, 10:34 AM
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22nd January 2010, 10:34 AM
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What do you get out of a kilt that you can't get from a good pair of long, baggy shorts?
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22nd January 2010, 10:36 AM
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22nd January 2010, 10:37 AM
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2. A brisk breeze is surprisingly refreshing! 3. Chicks dig it.
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22nd January 2010, 10:42 AM
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22nd January 2010, 10:46 AM
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My husband's rugby team has kilts that they wear to formal functions. Most of the guys wear something under the kilt. I'm thinking that if you wear something under the kilt, then it's just a skirt.
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22nd January 2010, 10:48 AM
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22nd January 2010, 10:50 AM
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"You know why they call it a kilt and not a skirt? Because the last guy who called it a skirt... I kilt 'im!!"
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22nd January 2010, 11:06 AM
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Hubby wore a kilt to our wedding, and used to do so when attending renaissance faires and sci fi con.. but the "whole nine yards" historical type kilt.. not too much anymore.. he now says that he wants a utilia kilt, but the deal was if we were spending the money, he had to stabalize his weight, so we didn't waste the cash... so far now that he is down to 220, he hasn't mentioned it...
Do you find that people tend to give you alot of attention when you wear your kilt? hubby has been in the paper multiple times because of it. (our wedding, because it was interesting and a slow news day, and at sci fi cons I think more than once)
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22nd January 2010, 11:20 AM
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22nd January 2010, 12:47 PM
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Not to imply a kilt is gay... I'm just sayin'....
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22nd January 2010, 12:55 PM
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Haggis =  IMHO. Sorry.
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22nd January 2010, 01:03 PM
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22nd January 2010, 01:07 PM
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22nd January 2010, 02:35 PM
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Since Colonel Plink hasn't peeked in yet, I'm gonna' steal his favorite kilt story.
While attending Colorado's premier Highlands Festival one year, Plink struck up a conversation with a Scotsman (the conversation was about walking sticks, as I recall). At one point Plink, satisfied that he'd made sufficient inroads with his new friend, asked, "So, what do you tell people who ask you what you wear under your kilt?" The Scot stroked his mustache and grinned, then replied, "Your sister's lipstick!"
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22nd January 2010, 03:26 PM
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22nd January 2010, 04:54 PM
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I have a kilt I used to wear at Ren Faires. Not a sewn jobbie, one of the old-style long (long) lengths of cloth that you pleat and belt around you, with a pin to hold the leftover ends that form the sash. It's kind of cool to know how to do one of those great-kilts. Pretty simple to do, though a bit of a pain in the ass to arrange properly. Takes you a while to get dressed, but only a second to get undressed. Take out the pin, undo your belt and—bam—you're naked from the waist down.
I tried to find one that was close to my great-grandmother's clan and managed to get a nice loomed 80/20 wool blend that is pretty close to the Ancient pattern on that page. The Modern Gow pattern looks like crap, I think; like a cheap flannel shirt. One note, if you don't get an appropriate shirt with a long tail, you can have chafing problems as…sensitive parts rub against the wool sometimes. Chicks do dig it. I've got a story about one memorable time, even. A friend of mine introduced me to a girl he knew who worked at one of the booths there. After we were introduced and talked a bit, she flirtatiously asked if I was wearing anything under my kilt. I said, "See for yourself." She took my dare and started sliding her hand up my leg, all the way up to my thigh. She got all the way up to just about there before her nerve broke and blushingly whipped her hand back. She said, "I thought you'd stop me before I got that far." "Why the hell would I stop a pretty girl like you from reaching for anything she wants to touch under my kilt. By the way, I think what you were looking for was a little higher and to the right." Unfortunately, my friend was kind of into the girl and cock-blocked me later. Otherwise, that might have been a good ice-breaker for further developments. 
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22nd January 2010, 05:06 PM
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Perhaps a bit of an awkward question, but do you kilt-wearing folk ever feel a bit weird when meeting people from Scotland? This may be projecting just a tad but I'd never feel comfortable wearing, say, a cowboy hat in Texas (or anyplace else, for that matter) just because it isn't really 'mine'.
This thread did make me curious enough to look up tartans though. I'm about 30% Scottish extraction from way back. I'd never wear the tartan I found though it's actually quite lovely. Some of 'em--whoa.
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22nd January 2010, 05:17 PM
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I'm descended from Scottish horse thieves. Probably best to keep it quiet in case there's some long harboured grudge lurking out there.
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22nd January 2010, 07:17 PM
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I've never worn one at a Highland Games type venue, just the Renaissance Faire, where costuming as anyone from anywhere (preferably in-period) is expected and appropriate. I do have a family connection, though tenuous, so I probably wouldn't actually be embarrassed to wear one, but I might feel self-conscious because I don't know any of the connected social stuff.
I ran into a Scottish guy here in Japan when I wore a kilt as part of a Halloween costume; I was a sort-of Braveheart guy. The only thing he had to say about it was that he was impressed. According to him, great-kilts are serious old-style buggers that almost no one wears anymore, and he thought it was pretty cool that I'd gone to the trouble of figuring out how to wear one.
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23rd January 2010, 07:13 AM
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23rd January 2010, 11:11 AM
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23rd January 2010, 11:27 AM
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23rd January 2010, 11:56 AM
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Because it is 'mine'. I have a legitamate reason to wear the kilt and the particular tartan that I do. It isn't an affectation. We (the band) take our music and performances very seriously. We're engaging in a cultural activity that, while I may not be 100% of that particular culture, we engage in faithfully and respectfully. I think people who are 100% of that culture see that. If someone wore one (or a cowboy hat) for no reason other than "chicks dig it!" yeah, that might be awkward. But while I do admit to enjoying the chick-digging, it's a fringe benefit and not the main reason for wearing it. And they're not like gang colors, you won't get beaten up if you're wearing a tartan that isn't 'yours'. At least in the venues I frequent.
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23rd January 2010, 12:15 PM
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Much of what we do as a pipe band derives from the Brittish army (wiki). Scottish regiments wore a particular tartan, even though the members of the regiment obviously came from different clans. So they'd have their clan tartan and their regimental tartan. Although I am not of Clan Cameron, Cameron is my "band tartan". This is akin to wearing a regimental tartan that isn't your own personal clan tartan. Tartans are similar to fraternity or sorority letters, or university alumni jackets, even military branch insignia. If you see someone wearing "yours", even if they're a stranger it's good to start up a conversation. Kindred spirit kind of thing. But imagine you asked someone why they were wearing "your" letters and they said "becuase chicks dig it!" Not so cool.
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23rd January 2010, 12:20 PM
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23rd January 2010, 04:37 PM
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Having proven ties to a couple different clans, I'd not feel awkward wearing either the Graham or MacGregor tartan. Thing is, it's been researched. Just tossing on a color 'cuz it's purdy is kind of asking for awkwardness.
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25th January 2010, 12:29 PM
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Thank you for your interst in Scottish heritage and culture. If you are interested in more information about the inner workings of the kilt, I am in Room ___ at _____Hotel.
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25th January 2010, 12:53 PM
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Have you ever passed out on a roadside, only to wake up with a blue ribbon tied round yer unit?
Last edited by Khampelf; 25th January 2010 at 12:57 PM. Reason: Added color of ribbon, it's important to the allusion.
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25th January 2010, 12:54 PM
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The Superhero has ancestral ties to the Gordon tartan, which he and his groomsmen wore at our wedding. Here is some photographic evidence.
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25th January 2010, 01:03 PM
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25th January 2010, 01:05 PM
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And sorry, I'm not that hip. To what are you alluding?
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25th January 2010, 01:09 PM
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Really? I thought it was a rather famous filk/folk song. THE SCOTSMAN'S KILT (Mike Cross?) A Scotsman clad in kilt left the bar one evening fair And one could tell by how he walked he'd drunk more than his share He staggered on until he could no longer keep his feet Then stumbled off into the grass to sleep beside the street. cho: Ring ding diddle diddle i de o Ring di diddle i o He stumbled off into the grass to sleep beside the street. Later on two young and lovely girls just happened by, And one says to the other with a twinkle in her eye You see yon sleeping Scotsman who is young and handsome built I wonder if it's true what they don't wear beneath their kilt. Ring ding diddle diddle i de o Ring di diddle i o I wonder if it's true what they don't wear beneath their kilt. They crept up to the sleeping Scotsman quiet as could be Then lifted up his kilt about an inch so they could see And there behold for them to view beneath his Scottish skirt Ws nothing but what God had graced him with upon his birth Ring ding diddle diddle i de o Ring di diddle i o There was nothing there but what God gave upon his birth They marveled for a moment then one said we'd best be gone But let's leave a present for our friend before we move along They took a blue silk ribbon and they tied it in a bow Around the bonnie spar that the Scot's lifted kilt did show Ring ding diddle diddle i de o Ring di diddle i o Around the bonnie spar that the Scot's lifted kilt did show The Scotsman woke to nature's call and stumbled toward a tree Behind a bush he lifts his kilt and gawks at what he sees Then in a startled voice he says to what's before his eyes He said, "Lad I don't know where you've been but I see you won first prize" Ring ding diddle diddle i de o Ring di diddle i o He said, "Lad I don't know where you've been but I see you won first prize"
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25th January 2010, 01:52 PM
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Am I really the first one to ask for pictures??
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