Things you can't do in a kilt

**KiltedCodeWarrior** · 29th September 05, 06:43 AM

Gym workout (stationary bike and lifting), swimming, scuba diving. Can't think of anything else off the top of my head. It truly is a versatile garment.

**Jimmy Carbomb** · 29th September 05, 06:52 AM

For me, personally, I just can't seem to bring myself to do roof repairs in my UtiliKilts. It's not that it won't do the job, or that I fear "flashing" anyone down below... but I'm not able to control the pleats to where I don't occasionally step on them while squatting-down to do shingling. It's more of a safety issue than anything else. Before anyone suggests that I use the "privacy snaps" on the UtiliKilt, they just don't work well on mine.

**Graham** · 29th September 05, 07:08 AM

Frankly, the things that are not the best to do kilted are the things I either don't do or don't want to do.

In my work, as in my leisure, i find myself tailoring my jobs to the things I can do kilted.
Wanting to wear a kilt all the time is actually changing the way I work and the work I decide to take on, weird isn't it?

**Raphael** · 29th September 05, 07:41 AM

Road and Mountain biking.

Coaching Hockey

Skating

Snowboarding

volleyball

**binx** · 1st October 05, 09:03 AM

Originally Posted by Raphael

Road and Mountain biking.

Yep, a Utilikilt's great for this!

binx

**F16WarBird** · 29th September 05, 08:09 AM

I won't wrestle alligators in a kilt.

**Dreadbelly** · 29th September 05, 08:12 AM

Originally Posted by F16WarBird

I won't wrestle alligators in a kilt.

I would. :razz:

**Kiltedmusiclover** · 29th September 05, 08:54 AM

Originally Posted by Dreadbelly

I would. :razz:

As if we ever thought you wouldn't! Ha! Ha!

I would put my money on you Dread.

**Dreadbelly** · 29th September 05, 09:02 AM

Originally Posted by Kiltedmusiclover

As if we ever thought you wouldn't! Ha! Ha!

I would put my money on you Dread.

Thank ye.

Really, all you have to do is look at it objectively. An aligator is really just a pile of purses, handbags, and shoes. And maybe a couple of sporrans. None of those things are really dangerous.

**Andrew Breecher** · 29th September 05, 09:04 AM

I don't rock climb in a kilt.

As much as I love wearing kilts, I understand that there are some activities that just aren't appropriate for kilts. I have been swimming in a kilt, but if swimming were something I did regularly I would wear swimming trunks. I don't see this as a "betrayal" of the kilt - after all, I've worn kilts exclusively for two years. I don't have to push the envelope to try and wear kilts all the time. You wouldn't expect someone to go swimming in their blue jeans, because that's what swimming trunks are for (though I've been known to skinny-dip). Rock climbing is just not comfortable in a kilt. Swimming is just harder in a kilt, with all that material weighing you down. Riding a motorcycle is dangerous in a kilt. Riding a horse is painful in a kilt.

Anyway, I don't worry about messing up kilts. I have painted and done construction while wearing a kilt. But some activities are simply not suited for kilts. I don't see this as "letting kilts down" in any way.

Andrew.