Great headline.

I came for the pics of sexy men in kilts. (Utilikilts will work too.) I've seen some in profiles here, don't be shy.

What is there to invent? You have a plaid fabric skirt and a furry purse.

/"Oh no, the Scots have stolen our skirts!"

well...

if it's not Scottish it's CRAP

Snarfangel: What is there to invent? You have a plaid fabric skirt and a furry purse.

/"Oh no, the Scots have stolen our skirts!"

That plaid fabric skirt keeps my furry purse warm, you bastard.

Sporr0wned.

Barraku, well played.

/golf clap

we'll kill him!!!!

he's already dead?

we'll kill him more!!!!

do NOT talk shyt about me dress!

We had a Scottish kid in our high school who would wear a kilt. He lost a bet one time and had to go commando one day. He tried to hide it until someone yelled "FREEDOM!" and kilted him in the hallway. We called him Braveballs after that.

Isn't this old news? I've always heard that the modern kilt is a Victorian-era invention that was indeed-- horror of horrors-- invented by an Englishman.

Kilts weren't invented by anybody. They evolved. I have a pamphlet somewhere around here which tells you how to put on a "kilt. This isn't the wee girley skirt worn today. It's basically a blanket, worn much like a toga. You wrap it around your lower body like a bath towel and throw the remainder over your shoulder. At night you sleep in it. The kilt, toga, sarong--they're all just long strips of cloth. So are turbans for that matter. Nobody invented them.

This is hardly a new idea, though I'm sure they'd like for the "controversial findings [to] debunk many of the cultural arguments for Scottish independence."

As the notion of Scottish independence is hardly based on fashion, fail.

I don't care, I'm keeping mine. I have just as much English blood in me as I do Scottish blood, so it's a moot point as far as I'm concerned.

/clan Mackenzie

And everybody who knows anything about kilts read this article and said, "Duh."

In Scotland, it seems to me, myth has played a far more important part in history than it has in England.

Because all the stories about King Arthur and Robin Hood really happened.

This from the historian that boldly proclaimed the Hitler diaries to be authentic. Could be true, but this guy's credibility is zero.

Those are not kilts.

They are skirts for Catholic school-girls.

Oh, it's on now!!!

vlakorados
/clan Mackenzie

same here - and the green tartans are at least a bit nicer to look at than those ugly red ones.

I thought everyone knew the English forced the Scots to wear kilts. I thought everyone knew trews were more Scot than kilts.

I have to go toss the caber now.

We had to wear kilts...not skirts, to my Catholic high school. Those things were farkin' awesome, honestly. Three buttons and they are on. Three buttons and they are off. No zippers. No pulling the skkirt down. No nothing. I wore pajamas to homeroom, took my kilt out of my bag, wrapped it around me and buttoned it, and bam. Dressed.

/boyfriend at the time appreciated the easy design as well

I thought this was common knowledge.

Seriously; The Scots had a sort of tartan Sari originally, but the kilt was designed for the London Scottish Regiment by an Englishman.

Oh, an by the way, the Bagpipes were invented in Pakistan. True.

Now doing a GIS for "sexy men in kilts" ...



/Aw. You kilt me.

mungo: I thought this was common knowledge.

Seriously; The Scots had a sort of tartan Sari originally, but the kilt was designed for the London Scottish Regiment by an Englishman.

Oh, an by the way, the Bagpipes were invented in Pakistan. True.

Persians invented the bagpipes 2000 years ago. It's another reason we have to bomb Iran.

/Have you heard those things being played close up? Every filling in your mouth resonates.

nunia: Now doing a GIS for "sexy men in kilts" ...



/Aw. You kilt me.

You'll love the one with the changing of the flag in Hong Kong. Fine British bottom with nothing but a come hither look.

That's kind of harsh because that's pretty much all the Scottish have. If you take away their right to shoehorn into conversations that they aren't wearing anything underneath the kilt you have taken away their national identity.

This news has caused a spike in sales of underwear. It's about time they started wearing something to cover up the twigs and berries!

Purple_Jack: In Scotland, it seems to me, myth has played a far more important part in history than it has in England.

Because all the stories about King Arthur and Robin Hood really happened.

Actually they think the stories of Robin Hood were actually inspired by William Wallace.

Ironic almost.

I don't know where you've been laddy. But I'm glad to see you won first prize!

wow, I just GIS'ed "sexy men in kilts", spaced out and found myself surfing the gayest shiat ever.

brantgoose: Kilts weren't invented by anybody. They evolved. I have a pamphlet somewhere around here which tells you how to put on a "kilt. This isn't the wee girley skirt worn today. It's basically a blanket, worn much like a toga. You wrap it around your lower body like a bath towel and throw the remainder over your shoulder. At night you sleep in it. The kilt, toga, sarong--they're all just long strips of cloth. So are turbans for that matter. Nobody invented them.

Hubby owns a kilt and yes, it is complicated with the draping and is a two person operation. I still haven't got the draping and folding bit quite right...

/has to help him dress a couple of times a year
//kilts are teh sexay

ultraholland: wow, I just GIS'ed "sexy men in kilts", spaced out and found myself surfing the gayest shiat ever.

WTF did you think would happen?

ultraholland: wow, I just GIS'ed "sexy men in kilts", spaced out and found myself surfing the gayest shiat ever.

You gotta turn on the "strick filtering" option.

A tartan doesn't look so good when more than one penis is in the picture.

Hmmm...I know I've got that one pic of 3horn somewhere...

Power Skeptic: WTF did you think would happen?

I wasn't thinking.

nunia: You gotta turn on the "strick filtering" option.

I keep it off for searches so I don't limit what pics I can find. I expect to see some stuff that isn't my cup o tea.

TheShavingofOccam123: mungo: I thought this was common knowledge.

Seriously; The Scots had a sort of tartan Sari originally, but the kilt was designed for the London Scottish Regiment by an Englishman.

Oh, an by the way, the Bagpipes were invented in Pakistan. True.

Persians invented the bagpipes 2000 years ago. It's another reason we have to bomb Iran.

/Have you heard those things being played close up? Every filling in your mouth resonates.

Everyone knows Scots don't have teeth.
/I keed
//Married a redheaded McDonald lass

I missread that as "Skittish men"...

I think TFA is full of crap, in any case. The codification of tartans and garments isn't a chicken and egg process. Any Englishman old enough to be taking true credit was dead before there was an England, e.g., a Romanized Briton.

xombie_a_go_go:
//Married a redheaded McDonald lass

Must...resist...Big Mac...jokes...

/I'm lovin' it

As an American, I don't give a damn who invented it, where or when. All I know is the ladies seem to like it. And further, as an American, I wear it because I can.

There was a comedian that once said the kilt was the manliest thing ever invented because it allowed a scotsman to instantly shag anything he wanted to. A woman bends over, he can fark it. A woman yawns, he can lift up the kilt and stick it in her mouth (which, as the comedian points out, is how the covering your mouth when you yawn came about), see a nice sheep on the farm...well, you get the idea...

My girlfriend keeps pointing out that I need a kilt.

So there I was, at a Scotch tasting, and one fellow, a representative of a distillery, was in full regalia. During the course of the evening, one lissome lass made bold to ask him what a Scotsman wears under his kilt and, tenderly holding her hand and gazing longingly into her eyes, he said, "Well, my dear, on a good night, lipstick."

Great Janitor: My girlfriend keeps pointing out that I need a kilt.

Got mine at Sport Kilt (popz). Quality investment.

ultraholland: Great Janitor: My girlfriend keeps pointing out that I need a kilt.

Got mine at Sport Kilt (popz). Quality investment.

I may have to order one and surprise the girlfriend

Wow, looks like somebody wants an early grave.

There are few opportunities to post this song, so...

The Scotsman

A version sang in some guy's kitchen, but surprisingly well done.

A kilt is a garment worn only by Scotsmen in America and Americans in Scotland.

Ambrose Bierce

ultraholland: Great Janitor: My girlfriend keeps pointing out that I need a kilt.

Got mine at Sport Kilt (popz). Quality investment.

*hits site*

There's a California tartan? Srsly?

Hmmm, prices aren't bad compared to my utilikilt.

IceTitan
As an American, I don't give a damn who invented it, where or when. All I know is the ladies seem to like it. And further, as an American, I wear it because I can.

Yup - I don't care who invented them, I just like them... and the Scottish R's are pretty neat too.

sigh.

Therion: Those are not kilts.

They are skirts for Catholic school-girls.

Catholic schoolgirls wear sock daggers? Are they for general brawling, or defense against nuns/priests?

Feilidh Beag = small kilt. This is Victorian.
Feilidh Mhor = large kilt (big blanket belted around the waist and goes over the shoulder).

/Have a strome-weight Feilidh Beag (winter) kilt. Ski in it once a year.
/DNRTFA

"strick filtering"

Do people really spell like this? Really?