Very Real Hazards of Kilting

[Riverkilt]

Abax posted on the changing a tire thread about working in the garage, squating to work on the tire and having his heels over the back hem of his Utilikilt - then standing up....

Got me to wondering what some very real, but also unexpected, hazards of kilting might be.

A couple summers ago I was at country restaurant that used those cheap molded plastic outdoor chairs you buy at big box store. Had on a Utilikilts Workman's. The back modesty snap somehow wedged very tightly into the drain slot in the chair. When I stood up the chair came with me. Funny to all around me but a real task to free myself since the connection was in back and out of reach...

Have also had "extreme irritation" issues that even Body Glide couldn't protect me from when hiking regimental. Sporran to the side to keep from banging didn't help...repetitive motion against a most prized body part did its work on sensitive skin...won't address the temporary remedy - only possible on isolated hiking trails. No one warned me.

We all know the challenge of wind, and getting our kilts inside the vehicle before we close the door, and snagging a kilt pin. I'm wondering about unusual or unexpected surprise hazards while kilted.

Like, once I was riding as a passenger in a car and my kiltpin came unlatched. It was before I knew to back the kiltpin with a rubber band.
Somehow the kilt pin became positioned so the sharp pin was sticking straight up in the air from my thigh - sort of like one of those spikes grocers used to put receipts on. I was just about to put my hand on my thigh when I noticed it. If I hadn't noticed it would for sure have skewered my hand on the kilt pin.

Gotta be more warnings and weird surprises out there...

Ron

[Cynthia]

Abax posted on the changing a tire thread about working in the garage, squating to work on the tire and having his heels over the back hem of his Utilikilt - then standing up....

We all know the challenge of wind, and getting our kilts inside the vehicle before we close the door, and snagging a kilt pin.

I can't comment on these from a kilt standpoint, but having mid-calf length hair I've done a lot of those things. Very painful, especially the stepping on my hair part.

You definitely have to pay attention to what's going on and where things are when you're not wearing something close-fitting.

Sorry for being a little off-topic. I just find it really interesting how a lot of threads and posts remind me of similarities with having long hair and wanted to comment.

[JamieKerr]

I can't comment on these from a kilt standpoint, but having mid-calf length hair I've done a lot of those things. Very painful, especially the stepping
on my hair part

I first realized how long my hair was getting when I got out of my vehicle and shut the door, only to realize I'd shut my hair in the door.

[Bugbear]

Ya, Cynthia, my hair is no where as long as yours, but I can relate to that a little. I keep mine in a ponytail when I'm out and about, but around the house, I usually just put on a hat. The wind wrapping it around my face and that kind of thing gets frustrating sometimes. Then taking care and combing it...

Oh well, just comes with being a long haired country boy.

[cessna152towser]

Well, that thread certainly went off topic very quickly.
Is Ron the only one who has good hazard perception when kilting?

[Bugbear]

Ron is a long hair too.

[Howard Clark]

I became hopelessly entangled in a multiflora rose bush once, and had to cut my way out of it or rip the kilt (fortunately it was a cotton twill home made one). I was very glad to have a knife.

[freddie]

Going slightly off topic again how about the ribbons on a Balmoral/Glengarry? When wearing an overcoat mine used to tuck down under my collar so that when I sat down in the car they nearly pulled my head off. I couldn't tie the darned things in a bow so took the advice in 'So You're Going To Wear The Kilt' and cut them off.

[freddie]

Just thought of another funny thing that happened to me once at a dinner. I was walking through the tables and chairs when my kilt pleats became draped over the back of a chair. As I continued walking it became very embarrassing!

[funlvnman]

So far my only hazard has been unexpected gusts of wind while walking between buildings at work. I can now qualify for a Marilyn Monroe impersonator. I probably induced nightmares from the man walking past me at the time.