Slap the cuffs on me...I want my lawyer.

[NewGuise]

How often do you get the fashion police accosting you when you're NOT wearing a kilt? "Excuse me, but your tie is tied way too short." Or "Your trousers are hemmed too long." Or "You're supposed to wear that kind of shirt tucked in..." ... Just doesn't happen. (Or does it? At least I have not had that...)

It does happen, especially in high schools, if a little differently. ("Waiting for the flood?" "Your momy dressed you this morning?" "That is so last year.") Some just never grow up.

[M. A. C. Newsome]

If it is any comfort, you are in good company! I have actually had someone physically grab my kilt and attempt to yank it down to cover my knees.

I wish I could put an end once and for all to this business that if you kneel down the kilt should touch the floor! If what were true, the kilt would actually be BELOW the knee, and far too long!

And I agree about how the kilt somehow makes others feel much more comfortable commenting on your dress. I was at the bank recently and there were three young men working there in dress slacks, shirt and tie. I got the distinct impression from the way they were wearing their clothes that the only time these young men wore a tie (or even wore their shirt tucked in) was at their jobs, which from the looks of they hadn't had long. I've never seen such ill fitting shirts or sloppily tied ties.

Did I say anything to them? Of course not! I would have been rude and out of place.

Now put any of them in a kilt and send them to their local Highland Games and see how much free advice they get on how to dress! lol...

[Taygrd]

If it is any comfort, you are in good company! I have actually had someone physically grab my kilt and attempt to yank it down to cover my knees....

Wow, now that is a bit much Cannot say any of my kilts hit below the knee cap so I am "guilty" as well. I do have my opinions about the kilt, however cannot say that is anyones place to do so unsolicited physically or verbally, especially in public. You handled it well

[James Hood]

While this self-ordained hypocrite (pants-wearing) kilt-fascist individual was speaking, did the phrase, "annoying butt plug," EVER cross your mind?

[Father Bill]

If it is any comfort, you are in good company! I have actually had someone physically grab my kilt and attempt to yank it down to cover my knees.

Did I say anything to them? Of course not!

Priest or no, I don't think I would "say" anything either.



...might deck 'im if 'e grabbed my clothes, but say anything... no, not likely. :buttkick:

[madmacs]

I wish I could put an end once and for all to this business that if you kneel down the kilt should touch the floor! If what were true, the kilt would actually be BELOW the knee, and far too long!

Isnt that the how the headmaster used to measure how long a girls skirt should be?

[fluter]

Isnt that the how the headmaster used to measure how long a girls skirt should be?

Yes, in my high school it was the "chair test:" kneel on a chair, and if it touched the chair, it was OK. Out of school hours, an 18-inch miniskirt was "pushing the envelope."

At that time, girls were not allowed to wear pants at all (to school), and no one was allowed to wear jeans.

And you try and tell the young people of today that. .... they won't believe you

[Sir William]

Yes, in my high school it was the "chair test:" kneel on a chair, and if it touched the chair, it was OK. Out of school hours, an 18-inch miniskirt was "pushing the envelope."

At that time, girls were not allowed to wear pants at all (to school), and no one was allowed to wear jeans.

Boy, that brings back memories. I went to an American high school in England in the late 60s when the mini-skirt was quite the fashion, especially there. Teachers would stop the girls and measure their skirt length. Girls could only wear pants if they were part of a matched pants suit, and absolutely no one was allowed to wear jeans at any time, and t-shirts and shorts were strictly for PE.

[O'Callaghan]

Several of my kilts would be judged too long by the kilt police, but it isn't the kilts that are too long, it's my legs that are too short.

[Ian.MacAllan]

Another possible response to a Kilt Kop:

"Thank you for sharing the fruits of your many years of daily kilt-wearing."

Because the Kop personality is unlikely even to recognize irony, much less appreciate it, this response is likely to produce welcome silence.

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