A week (mostly) kilted at work (and a rant)

[Makeitstop]

Friday: Utilikilt workmans (I don't remember what they call the color, but it is the one that looks like chocolate)

I believe they call it... "Chocolate"

I really don't understand the obsession with "the question" either.

I think that there might be insecurity issues with the person asking. He (or she) might, consciously or not, be covering his inability to deal with a sudden rocking of his boat. His secure little all figured out piece of the universe suddenly shifted right under his feet. It is possible that he, apparently knowing a little about kilts, asked that question instead of referencing skirts as an ignorant person might.

I think it can also be that some people see the kilt as being somewhat outrageous or sexually charged to begin with, so in their minds it isn't odd to ask outrageous questions like that.

Also, some people have heard tales about what men wear under the kilt, and it has become a bit of a legend. When they see a guy in a kilt, they have their one chance to get the answer.Thus curiosity and the perceived rarity of such an opportunity can overpower decency and common sense.

But then again there is also just a double standard. A speaker at a rather conservative religious event asked me the question during a little conversation at the end of the night, and after joking around a bit (trying very hard to stay appropriate) I asked her why she thought it was acceptable to ask me that, given that if I were to ask a woman such as herself the same question, I could be in serious legal trouble. Her reply was essentially that men have dirty minds anyway, so it isn't likely to offend. I spent several minutes explaining the various ways in which that was wrong, and mentioned the irony that she had just given a lengthy speech about the importance of virtue and purity and not giving into temptation and corruption even though its everywhere etc.

And then there's always the fact that some people don't think before they speak.

When asked the question, my reply is most often, "Are your hands warm or cold?" that typically ends any more questions

While I've told that one to a few people, I've only actually used it once. I suppose I earned that slap, but I still think its unfair to get offended by a response to an inherently low brow, personal, and usually sexual question.