kilt check woes

[madmacs]

I'd like to think I'd be asking him in a voice loud enough for the whole room to hear why he was trying to look under my kilt when there were bridesmaids...

[opositive]

being all macho and tough sounds great until you get arrested. having a physical altercation will not do you any good, since you will end up as the bad guy. make people remember the event with you as the good guy by following something similar to madmacs' advice--let mr doofus escalate, not you.

[RayMc]

Cowher --

Sounds like you stopped to think, which I don't always allow time for. He probably would have woken up the next morning hungover and wondering how those fingerprint shaped bruises got on his neck!! You likely avoided a memorable distraction at your friend's wedding, which was a favor to them, if you think about it.

Let's do a kilt night again at some point??

[Baldybrown]

Did you ask him if his parents were cousins?

[Droid]

While reading this thread I tried to imagine what I would do in the same situation. If a lady tried for a kilt check, I'd let her. If a friend was playing jokes, I'd go along with it. A male stranger... not that's a little odd. I'm not inherently violent, but we all have 'knee-jerk' reactions, especially if someone his headed towards the jewels. I imagine I'm more of a jump back and say something kind of a person.

[Dale Seago]

While reading this thread I tried to imagine what I would do in the same situation. If a lady tried for a kilt check, I'd let her. If a friend was playing jokes, I'd go along with it. A male stranger... not that's a little odd. I'm not inherently violent, but we all have 'knee-jerk' reactions, especially if someone his headed towards the jewels.

My own case was both of the first two at once, as I've known Natascha for years.

I imagine I'm more of a jump back and say something kind of a person.

If someone were trying to raise the front apron as in Cowher's case, I think my body would just automatically do the most quickly efficient thing and the guy would find himself unbalanced and falling on his **** with no idea how or why it was happening, thus simultaneously dropping the apron back down.

[CMcG]

If someone were trying to raise the front apron as in Cowher's case, I think my body would just automatically do the most quickly efficient thing and the guy would find himself unbalanced and falling on his **** with no idea how or why it was happening, thus simultaneously dropping the apron back down.

The beauty of this is that, if you did it stealthily enough, the jerk would look like he tripped all over himself trying to get a peak under your kilt

[biblemonkey]

Shows a fine maturity on your part, lad! That guy will get his eventually. Just thankfully not by you making things awkward at a wedding! Well, more awkward, that is.

[kilted bear]

I was at a local pub after a rugby match.. I was in my kilt when a guy came up and lifted my kilt... I just stood there and asked if he liked what he saw... he turned red and walked away... I just laughed it off with my friends... but who just goes up to a stranger and lifts their kilt...? It is just odd... i'm just sayin..... kudos to you and your wife. You both look great!

[Alan H]

Personally, I'm kind of pleased to finally see some actual responses listed to this sort of thing, rather than what we'd have gotten a year ago. A year ago, I expect the most popular opinion would have been to be a "gentleman" and disarm the aggressor with a well-timed rhymed couplet whilst not spilling a drop of your gin and tonic, all the while showing to everyone the depth of your superior wit, compared to the lout who was in front of you.

Now, a good proportion of the people say to bust his sorry butt, either with a knee or a fist.

I'm kind of pleased that the knee or fist crowd is finding a voice around here again.