Two Unaticipated Advantages of Kilts

**Irish in Tacoma** · 26th November 06, 01:11 AM

I'm still relatively new to this, and have discovered a couple of advantages of wearing a kilt which I didn't expect. The first is that with just a quick shake of the leg you get a bellows affect, which helps to ventilate and cool (I always overheat in a tee shirt, dress shirt, tie and jacket. Couldn't do anything about it before).

The second (and best) thing is that when I put my arm around my wife and she rests her hand on my knee, it's really on my knee.

**Riverkilt** · 26th November 06, 08:46 AM

Aye,

And when you're on a long drive its much easier to rearrange the boys if they're uncomfortable...

Ron

**dragoninterrupted** · 26th November 06, 12:47 PM

Originally Posted by Riverkilt

Aye,

And when you're on a long drive its much easier to rearrange the boys if they're uncomfortable...

Ron

Too true.

**Andrew Green** · 27th November 06, 07:09 PM

Also quite warm when the weather starts to turn, depending on what you are wearing, what weight, and whether you are wearing wool hose or not.
People have asked me a few times whether I am cold or not...
my answer: "Do I look cold?"

Medium or heavyweight wool rocks when the mercury dips!

**Irish in Tacoma** · 28th November 06, 09:52 PM

I thought of another one (which may have been done already, but I just thought of it).

You can never get caught with your pants down!!

**Andrew Green** · 28th November 06, 10:27 PM

Ha ha ha!

**auld argonian** · 29th November 06, 05:10 AM

...ah...found it!

Originally posted by Raphael:

English vs Scots

50F degrees (= 10C)
People in southern England turn on the central heating
People in Edinburgh plant out bedding plants

40F degrees
Southerners shiver uncontrollably
Glaswegians sunbathe on the beach at Largs

35F degrees (approx. 0C)
Cars in the south of England refuse to start
People in Falkirk drive with their windows down

20F degrees
Southerners wear overcoats, gloves and woolly hats
Aberdonian men throw on a T-shirt & girls start wearing mini-skirts

15F degrees
Southerners begin to evacuate to the continent
People from Dundee swim in the North Sea at Broughty Ferry

Zero degrees
Life in the south grinds to a halt
Inverness folk have the last BBQ before it gets cold

Minus 10F degrees
Life in the south ceases to exist
People in Dunfermline throw on a light jacket

Minus 80F degrees
Polar bears wonder if it's worth carrying on
Boy Scouts in Oban start wearing their long trousers

Minus 100F degrees
Santa Claus abandons North Pole
People in Stirling put on their 'long johns'

Minus 173F degrees
Alcohol freezes
Glaswegians get upset because all the pubs are shut

Minus 297F degrees
Microbial life starts to disappear
The cows in Dumfriesshire complain about farmers with cold hands

Minus 460F degrees
All atomic motion stops
Shetlanders stamp their feet and blow on their hands

Minus 500F degrees
Hell freezes over
Scotland wins the 6 nations

...always bears repeating when the "cold" thread pops up.

Best

AA