First Kilt Check

[thescot]

Very true, though the kilt checker should have no objection to a retaliatory skirt check.ith:

Quid pro quo. I tried that, too, but my wife did not see the value of the balance of the thing. Some women just seem to be a little short sighted in that respect, I guess.

Actually, I was singing kareoke at a local pub one night when an acquaintance, who was ripped to the eyeballs celebrating her birthday, decided to do the kilt check. She was actually just pretending to raise the kilt (what an amatuer), but my wife took exception to it, and I thought there was going to be a fight. ith:

I really didn't care, escpecially since she wasn't really doing anything but acting silly and drunk, not actually handling the merchandise, but well, there you are. The Secretary of War was not amused.

Actually, I'm somewhat flattered when a lass shows a little attention to an old geezer like me. Lets me pretend it's actually me they're interested in.

[Sionnachdubh]

I know there was some dispute about wearing a kilt on Halloween, however, I didn't care for the costume idea my wife had decided on for me, so I threw on my kilt and a t-shirt, and went as a competitor at the Highland Games. Perhaps hair splitting, but I'm using every excuse I can to wear the kilt out in public

Anyway, we were at a small Halloween party, that was also a house warming party for the host couple. I received numerous compliments on the kilt, and even talked with a young lady who shares my last name, though without the 'e', and she was absolutely fascinated to learn that there is a 'Clark' tartan. When I pointed out that they make ladies, kilted skirts in the tartan, I could see her thinking seriously about getting one for herself.

So, a couple of hours into the evening, we're all gathered into different little groups, chatting and talking about various things, and shifting groups as topics change and evolve. I'm standing there with a nice I.P.A. in hand enjoying the conversation, when I suddenly feel a draft. Then I hear the wife of a farmer co-worker of my wife exclaim"Oh My Gawd! It's True!" Luckily, she was checking from the rear, and not the front, but it still didn't go over well with my wife.

I tried to pretty much ignore it, so it wouldn't cause a stir. Plus, we're all friends of some sort or another. To be honest, I didn't really care, as at most, she saw a single cheek. My wife however, seemed quite indignant, saying to me after we were alone, "How could you let her do that?" I'm thinking mostly, how could a stop her? Firstly, it was a sneak attack, and I didn't see it coming because I was facing the other direction. Secondly, I thought it was fairly harmless, and getting all bent out of shape over it at that time would have just drawn attention to it by everyone there, instead of just the three or four people we were chatting with at the time.

Anyway, I had a good time, and apparently, so did some other folks

Hope you all had a good Halloween!

Casey

I had much the same experience..although my rather tall and angry Irish girl-friend was standing near-by...the offender had a rather interesting time of things for a while. I didn't know she could fight like that.

[Alan H]

Nearly four years kilting, and only one actual, real, live, hand-on-the-merchandise (whether it was the meat counter or the produce aisle, I ain't sayin') kilt check.....and she asked first.

[M. A. C. Newsome]

I never knew there was supposed to be a "correct" way to kilt check someone. But I imagine it would go something like this:

"Hi! Are you wearing any underwear?"

"Well! That's a mighty forward question, and really none of your business."

"Oh, sorry."

There you go, kilt check correctly performed.

[Sionnachdubh]

I never knew there was supposed to be a "correct" way to kilt check someone. But I imagine it would go something like this:

"Hi! Are you wearing any underwear?"

"Well! That's a mighty forward question, and really none of your business."

"Oh, sorry."

There you go, kilt check correctly performed.

I agree, it stops the whole female bloodshed ordeal in short order wot! haha!

[staticsan]

"Hi! Are you wearing any underwear?"

My usual response is "That's for me to know and you to guess."

If they appreciate the humour, all's well, if not, they stay confused. It's a win both ways.

Wade.

[gseven1]

I never knew there was supposed to be a "correct" way to kilt check someone. But I imagine it would go something like this:

"Hi! Are you wearing any underwear?"

"Well! That's a mighty forward question, and really none of your business."

"Oh, sorry."

There you go, kilt check correctly performed.

I completely agree, this is the proper way to check a kilt. When you read stories of unwanted kilt checks, it makes you wonder where a person's sense of respect has gone.

[Derek Conley]

Mr. Newsome... that was brilliant. Bravo!

[Galb]

I find these stories incredibly entertaining. I have yet to get a kilt check from anyone other than my wife, but I sure do get asked a lot. Then again, I am not usually in a place in which alcohol flows freely, which may explain it, considering the consumption of it tends to cause people to cast their inhibitions into the wind.

I do find it funny though, how it is seen as socially acceptable for a woman to kilt check a guy. Well, all but that guy's wife or girlfriend.

[chasem]

I've never been kilt-checked. I have been asked several times what's worn underneath. My favorite was when a gentleman around age 40 asked rather sheepishly "So uh... do you uh... wear anything under there?" My response was "Well, I wear something *over* there, and that's all that matters, right?"

The lady on the other side of the gent was cracking up, while he was left a touch confused