"Kilt check" question

[QMcK]

Yes. Ok - sorry.

[Bigkahuna]

Thank you.

[Ozark Ridge Rider]

Keep in mind--I live in Texas and my wife is a native Texan. Anyone kilt-checking me (other than her) will have to deal with what can only be described as the anger a Texas woman with Scottish and German roots can muster...it won't be pretty and I might feel like an object; but, don't touch her man in the manly regions or suffer the wrath!

Let's see... Scottish for the quick flash, German for the slow burn, the only thing missing might be some Italian for the Vendetta!!!

[Steve Barclay]

Do not confuse equal rights and equal respect with moral or social equivalency. It is simply absurd to claim that kilt-checking a man is equivalent to any similar action involving women and children.

Of course as far as weans are concerned, but I think that an adult woman who has the audacity to lift a guy's kilt without asking waives her right to her own personal dignity to some degree in that respect.

[QMcK]

I agree with Steve.

[morrison]

I've recently had the opportunity to react to a self informed hand. Since I was left uninjured, I said nothing.

[morrison]

Sometimes we do our own kilt checks...
Walking in downtown Albuquerque I passed over an updraft grate (who knew they had them in Albuquerque?) This one was in front of a hotel restaurant's windows full of diners. I know that my face was covered by my kilt so I have a good idea they got the question answered...just kept walking...what else is there to do.

Oh my goodness! It's a good thing your face was obscured. Someone might recognize you at a later date otherwise! :butt:

[northernkilter]

I havent had a "kilt check" but am dreading the moment as it may come and these things usually take you by surprise, thing is you might get one from someone behind and not know it, as I thought that may have happened to me as i was getting off a train, though I dont think anything happened on that occassion, sorry to hear about the grate kilt check Riverkilt.

[Brian07663NJ]

MacFett... I'm not running around flashing children. I was merely saying that I think adults too often try to shift what they find uncomfortable to explain to children on the children.

QMcK... I understood what you meant. No apology necessary - we're all friends and just talking. (No worries Bigkahuna).

Think I explained (but might be on another thread) that I am not Scot and don't dress to the max. I am more of a laid back kilt wearer more comfortable in a kilt with boots and socks without the kilt pin, sporran, hose, flashes etc. Basically I wear it because I like the kilt and am comfortable enough to be different in the cookie cutter world.

Now back to the topic being kilt check - my comment was meant to instill the sense that I don't find offense in it because it is a common enough question. I am more along the lines that laughing at ourself is the best. So if someone asks me that question I just try to toss the statement back to them - you asked, find out for yourself. I then "move on" and most of the time they do too. However if they do then they aren't going to see something that they haven't seen before. Back around to the kids...you tell them big deal and they move along too. You get alarmed and they do too.

Peace to all. Enjoy life because even at 37 I feel it is moving faster then I can grasp.

[D.A. Guertin]

I was kilt checked for the first time at age 12. I was kilt checked for the last time at age 12. I do not go for it what so ever. I do not take it as a joke, nor in good fun, nor do I allow anyone to continue believing, after first meeting, that it should be expected or acceptable on either side. I caren't a fig about 'the question,' which I dismiss off-hand by turning the question directly back on them. That is quite simple, and innocuous, merely demonstrating to me the ignorance and general low class of the asker.

The last attempted kilt check resulted in a loud 'OI!' and a firmly slapped hand. The one immediately prior to that resulted in a fellow being charged down over the course of 50 metres and bellowed at. I believe he came to a thorough understanding of the situation when the two kind gentlemen with badges and guns talked to him for a few minutes, and he apologised sincerely immediately thereafter...

I agree with QMcK, while we are so few, what goes for one goes for all as far as the plebeians are concerned. In choosing for myself, I choose for all of us. Many will disagree with me, but I choose to limit myself fairly strongly to shirt and tie, Crail or tweed Argyll, hose, flashes and sporran with sensible shoes. I promote what I, and a great many, consider to be a respectable, responsible and professional kilt outfit. Certainly my tastes are not for everyone, but when it comes to dealing with the uneducated masses, I think it best to set the bar high and make a good impression from the start.

My £2 on the matter anyway...