Bending versus Squatting

[opositive]

it is also funny that the women have ground dragging skirts while the kilted soldiers are showing a lot of leg (among other things).

[brewerpaul]

it is also funny that the women have ground dragging skirts while the kilted soldiers are showing a lot of leg (among other things).

Good sir you would not want the women to show themselves as wanton, seductive or risque by showing the slightest bit of ankle? They would bring shame on themselves indeed.

[opositive]

Good sir you would not want the women to show themselves as wanton, seductive or risque by showing the slightest bit of ankle? They would bring shame on themselves indeed.

[after first making sure wife is nowhere nearby] um.... well... sometimes. and God bless the inventor of the billie kilt

[LitTrog]

If I spot something on the ground I need to retrieve and my hands are both holding pints (I have an OCD thing with symmetry. That, and dipsomania) I'll hover over said item, descend and clench. Works beautifully! And, as a bonus, the item's owner is usually so grateful he/she will insist I keep whatever it was I rescued!

[opositive]

If I spot something on the ground I need to retrieve and my hands are both holding pints (I have an OCD thing with symmetry. That, and dipsomania) I'll hover over said item, descend and clench. Works beautifully! And, as a bonus, the item's owner is usually so grateful he/she will insist I keep whatever it was I rescued!

as dom deluise said in history of the world part 1: "here... wash this."

[tundramanq]

Done that with a "cleavage" load of pleats a few times when sloppy in the sweeping when sitting.

[Lime]

Thank you for the very scientific research! Mankind will be grateful and I have no doubt that the meeting of the Nobel committee this year will be a pure formality!

[Clockwork]

Simple solution - loincloth. I know you've made one out of an old shirt, OP. I had made one myself out of some velvet cloth and some elastic waistband I bought at a fabric store. I do usually squat and the cloth drops right down, preventing any indecent exposure. I went with velvet because it's hardly noticeable when wearing it.



I had double-sided the velvet to give a little bit of insulation and the added puffiness makes it completely unnoticeable when I wear it. It does not interfere with how the kilt lays either.

I suppose there are still some who prefer to go completely regimental, but for a person who is really concerned about accidental exposure, this is a great way to add security, warmth, soil barrier between you and your kilt, less chafing if that is an issue, all at no loss of comfort or freedom. It doesn't have the same effect for bending over though, so if that's your preferred method of picking stuff up, I can give any input on that.

Cheers,
-Jake

[Steve Ashton]

Back in the 1960's, when short skirts began to be accepted, the Stewardesses (That's flight attendants for those of you not old enough) on Pan Am Airways were taught "The Pan Am Dip". A way of retrieving things off the floor of airplanes while maintaining the utmost decorum.

With your knees together slowly bend your knees while twisting your knees to one side. As you lower yourself your legs pivot at the torso off to one side.
This gives you access to the item directly in front of you with all modesty intact.

Takes a bit of practice but even a Gentleman of Substance can get it after a try or two.

This keeps your center of gravity directly over your feet so you don't fall and allows you to stand straight up again keeping your back straight.

I have been doing this almost since day one kilted.

Instead of trying to invent something new perhaps it is easier to take lessons from the past. All ladies wore skirts when I was growing up and little girls were taught from a very young age how to sit, stoop and move.

If you think we've got it tough in our 16oz kilts try spending all day in a lightweight fabric ladies skirt.

Learn from the experts.

[tundramanq]

Steve, My minds eye is picturing us all doing our dipping exercises this morning
It works for me all except the twisting which seems to shift most of the weight to one knee here. And the knee dosent like it. There is an old bicycle injury here that makes me keep my weight down to keep on walking. The part that does work great here is the keeping the knees together. It traps the sometimes treacherously dangly, dangly bits safely to the front of the thighs under the aprons and sporran. I can comfortably reach around the knees to do my poop patrol work with both hands and eyes working at about a foot in front of my toes. GR8

As I live at the throat of a mountain pass. This is also keeping it all in a place where wind isn't a factor. Warmer too! Maybe I won't need to carry tweezers in my sporran this winter