Men in skirts: Let's air things out a bit

http://www.moultrieobserver.com/opinion/local_story_199230028.html
Dwain Walden
7/18/09

The best I can tell from watching movies, my Irish ancestors wore
kilts. I think the Scots get most of the credit for kilts, however.

A kilt is a skirt. And I've never made fun of a guy wearing one of
these kilts, especially if he was tossing utility poles. The Scots do
that at their annual games. Maybe it's strange, but I just never
thought of light pole chunking as a sport. I don't know if my Irish
ancestors did this. I think they liked to drink and chunk Scots.

Now just a couple of weeks ago, a kid in West Haven, Utah, wore a kilt
to school as a prop for an art project. His principal told him he
would have to change clothes because his outfit could be construed as
"cross dressing."

The Uni-Kilt (which is what the kid was wearing I guess) is hardly cross-dressing, and ditto to the thought of not bothering people who are throwing telephone poles.

Or throwing Scots either, for that matter!

After the Haggis, throwing telephone poles seemed less scary, and after the whiskey, it even seemed less dumb - as is true with just about everything and whiskey.







Sorry, another of those blonde moments when I press "modify" rather than "reply!" Apologies, Kat. -- Nichole

Quote from: tekla on July 19, 2009, 01:31:18 PM
After the Haggis, throwing telephone poles seemed less scary, and after the whiskey, it even seemed less dumb - as is true with just about everything and whiskey.

Ain't that the truth!

Quote from: tekla on July 19, 2009, 01:31:18 PM
After the Haggis, throwing telephone poles seemed less scary, and after the whiskey, it even seemed less dumb - as is true with just about everything and whiskey.

Hey! I like haggis!

Hey! I like haggis!

And I like whiskey (the single malts, too much it seems at times) so lets go to Scotland, you can eat my dinner, I'll drink your drinks.

A kilt is  a kilt. Not very fashionable I must say. All of my skirts are much prettier. The boy in Westhaven should have gone home a changed into a real skirt. Maybe a cute mini and returned. If girls can wear pants to school then boys can wear skirts. If the Utah school system gives him trouble sue the  SOBs. That is sexism and illegal. Utah also needs to change law concerning attire while driving. Shirt and shoes should be required. Guys drive around with no shirts because they are "macho". A woman does it that's lewdness. The third world theocratic republic of Utah needs to wake up.

Quote from: Genevieve Swann on July 19, 2009, 09:46:58 PM
... Guys drive around with no shirts because they are "macho". A woman does it that's lewdness. The third world theocratic republic of Utah needs to wake up.

That's not only true of the "theocratic republic of Utah," altho I get that you feel that more than those who don't live there.

Don't get many women driving or riding around without top coverage up this way either. But, yeah, guys do that allatime.

For me, that's just comfortable, keeping on a top while driving. I'd rather not use the "equality" of not wearing a top if it were available. But ymmv. 

Quote from: tekla on July 19, 2009, 06:19:39 PM
Hey! I like haggis!

And I like whiskey (the single malts, too much it seems at times) so lets go to Scotland, you can eat my dinner, I'll drink your drinks.

Aw damnit.  I thought I was about to convince you to go to The Irish Bank.

Quote from: tekla on July 19, 2009, 01:31:18 PM
After the Haggis, throwing telephone poles seemed less scary, and after the whiskey, it even seemed less dumb - as is true with just about everything and whiskey.

Just to be pedantic. If you are talking about the Scots it is spelt Whisky. Only the Irish spell is Whiskey.

Talking of men wearing Skirts. You ought to have a look at the Fijian National dress. I have seen their national Rugby Team at the airport. Believe me when I say you wouldnt want to pass comment to them on its suitability.

Or Samoans - they wear these grass skirt deal to the Samoan Church here, but yeesh, their last names are big enough to kill you, little baby brother is 6'2" and a couple biscuits over 350.

And I use American spellings, because, well, everyone should.

And Mister, I do like Edinburgh Castle, lots of good single malts, and no TV (I just love bars w/o TVs).  Though Folley's down by Union Square is a pretty good pseudo Irish pub, but the real old line Sunset Irish boys drink at a place out in the Avenues called Ireland 32, which has a huge political significance, so don't go in there wearing orange unless it's Giants merch.

I've worn a kilt on occasion - rarely, I admit.  I more often wear a sarong, which is often taken to be skirt-like by Homer J. Whitebread and friends.

ps. I like haggis too...and I'm partial to Lagavulin.  We'll do shots, first one on the floor gets to eat the haggis.  I can't lose! tee hee