So often asked

[dfmacliam]

LOL the question always amuses me... I have done everything to question why would a man ask another man if he is regimental.. to flashing leg and tell the ladies...and asking them.. What do you think?

It's funny to see guys back down real quick, and the ladies smile like the Cheshire Cat.


I have found if you usually approach it with humor, most will play along.. but there are times, when some just have to know... so they get to see for themselves....

[timseh]

At the Marine Corps Birthday Ball this year, late in the evening, the Commanding Officer of 3rd Bn. 25th Marines (in full Mess Dress) and his wife were walking out of the hotel to their car. I was standing outside chatting with a few of the Marines who had stepped out for a smoke.

About 20 paces out, the CO's wife turned and walked back to me and said "I have to ask, are you traditional?"

The Colonel's face turned bright red and I heard him say "I don't believe you just did that".

LOL. I just told her that's between a man and his kilt.

[Geoff Withnell]

At the Marine Corps Birthday Ball this year, late in the evening, the Commanding Officer of 3rd Bn. 25th Marines (in full Mess Dress) and his wife were walking out of the hotel to their car. I was standing outside chatting with a few of the Marines who had stepped out for a smoke.

About 20 paces out, the CO's wife turned and walked back to me and said "I have to ask, are you traditional?"

The Colonel's face turned bright red and I heard him say "I don't believe you just did that".

LOL. I just told her that's between a man and his kilt.

Or isn't, as the case may be!

Geoff Withnell

[Geoff Withnell]

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[McFarkus]

I always try to preserve the mystery. I had a young lady ask me a while ago (I use the word lady to give her the benefit of the doubt) and I responded that as a gentleman I would never ask her the same question. She replied," a thong." And proceeded to unzip her jeans to show me. I managed to walk away from this encounter with her question still unanswered.

[MacBubba45]

When I get asked what I'm wearing under my kilt I usually say, "Socks and shoes".

[Kilt_Em_All]

I went to lunch with three (male) friends and I happened to be wearing a kilt that day. Of course they had to give me a hard time about it, and inevitably they wanted to know whether I was regimental or not. My response was simply "Don't ask questions if you don't want to know the answer." When I offered to show them, they quickly backed off. It amused me to see how quickly they dropped the subject when I gave them a chance to find out the answer.

-Elliott

[Paul]

Here in Scotland the question is normally "Are you a true Scotsman?"
To that there are several replies:
"Yes. I'm from Glasgow",
"Well... yes - I'm wearing a kilt, amn't I?",
"No. I'm 1/2 Irish"

[Lallans]

I just got a good suggestion from the current posting "A Real Conversation Stopper" by I MacA. Next time, I'm gonna ask "are YOU wearing underwear?"
My problem so far has been that the question (1) normally comes from those I wouldn't care to know the answer from, and (2) direct exposition, legalities aside, is out of the question on cold days here in Canada- which is when I normally seem to get asked. We've all seen the Seinfeld episode, I trust.

Here's a new thought: Could the question be coming out of concern about certain cold injuries like, say, frostbite??

[Snowbear]

Usually I get that all the time. I've made a sport of it to tell different lines each time I get the question. I guess the only way to really find out is to find out for themselves, since a scot would never tell the truth in clear texture.

As for the cencerns mostly a man wonders if I freeze under the kilt, while a lady wonders if I freeze on my knees.