Did Mother Nature Lift Your Kilt?

[philbo]

My only full-blown experience was in NYC, wearing a utilikilt. It wasn't exactly mother nature at work, it was the subway system, and I happened to be standing on one of those ventilation grates in the sidewalk, right above the subway. Well, when the train goes by, underneath the streets, gusts of air blow directly upward out of these ventilation grates, and...

I just kept walking as if nothing happened. Of course, knowing New York City, nobody probably paid any attention.

[cessna152towser]

The wind the wind the naughty wind,
That blows those kilts so high,
But God is just,
And sends the dust,
To blind the wicked eye.

[cessna152towser]

A Scottish heavyweight kilt shouldn't lift much unless there is a very strong updraft and should normally preserve modesty. A lightweight polyester kilt is a different matter and being a non-traditional kilt there is no justification for wearing such a kilt regimental. Clean underwear is an essential accessory for lightweight kilts.

[KiltedKnight]

A Scottish heavyweight kilt shouldn't lift much unless there is a very strong updraft and should normally preserve modesty. A lightweight polyester kilt is a different matter and being a non-traditional kilt there is no justification for wearing such a kilt regimental. Clean underwear is an essential accessory for lightweight kilts.

Clean underwear, got it! :confused:

Chris.

[Pleater]

I was heading East, wind was coming from the South, about a Force 5. I reached an open area by the church just before a cross road, and the swirling wind blew the pleats out to one side and flapped them like a sheet on a washing line.

Luckily I had on a heavy cotton petticoat, with a lace edging which was almost as long as the kilt. However, the sight of all that frou-frou fabric was enough to divert the attention of a driver and he caused a double shunt as the lights changed at the crossroad.

He glared at me ferociously - but his wife was giving him an earful over the damage to the car so I went on my way to the bank.

[binx]

A lightweight polyester kilt is a different matter and being a non-traditional kilt there is no justification for wearing such a kilt regimental.

WHAT? I love the comfort and air-conditioning of my lightweight polyviscose in the summer! That's my justification, and modesty to the winds...

binx

[whiteravenJr.]

It has happened quite a few times once or twice golfing once hiking and a few times coming out of buildings.

[Nick]

If it wasn't for the fact that my winter coat is mid-thigh-length my kilt would have been lifted last Monday. We had our St. Patricks Day Storm Sunday and Monday, and I walk to and from classes. There were some pretty powerful windgusts when I was brushing off my car. I was wearing my SWK standard, which is lighter weight than my other kilts (though, I must say, warmer.)

[jjoseph]

Alright, I hear a lot of you guys talk about the wind catching your kilt and sending it up. I also hear reams about how kilts are heavier than women's skirts.

I have not had a wind catch my skirt up for more than maybe six inches my entire life. And I wear a skirt of some sort about once a week. And let me tell ya fellas, they are much lighter than yours. But it doesn't happen quick enough I'm not aware of it.

Well.... most kilts have a lot more surface area than a typical women's skirt and they aren't cylindrical like skirts. Once a corner or two blow up, it's like a pleated sail unfurling! And without the smallish diameter at the bottom of most skirts, it's off into the wild blue...

So if you've actually had your kilt lifted by Mother Nature herself, before you could stop it, please post here, and let us know exactly how it happened. Because I'm starting to think the overwhelming worry and eternal handwringing is nothing more than, if you'll excuse the pun, a bunch of hot air.

Cars and buildings in the Texas wind means updraft:

Entering the record store. No great embarassement there.
Entering an Italian restaurant, date on arm.... a bit more blush.
But the killer was in front of an old lady by my car in front of a religious book store. The poor old thing was genuinely offended even though I dropped my purchase to hold the pleats down by hand before any real exposure had occurred.

It really is the UPdraft though. I can hit the park for disc golf in a good breeze w/o a thought. Store entrances or between parked cars are serious danger zones though.

[Southern Breeze]

I can report that I had a full on Marilyn Monroe event 2 hours ago at the post office. Judging from the clapping and whistling, it was well witnessed.