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itsfullofstars		2012-03-27 07:32:31 PM

cryinoutloud		2012-03-27 07:33:40 PM

Too many words.

www.kiltmen.com

albatros183		2012-03-27 07:34:21 PM

Gwd%$?^^&*&$^$(*%*^(^*(!

I don't want to relive just the crappy parts of the '80's

I demand more Blow!
And loose Women!
And Punk Rock!
And the Terminator!
And the other parts of the '80's that didn't suck!

Ghastly		2012-03-27 07:37:08 PM

Suck it, Utili-kilt haters!

SDRR		2012-03-27 07:37:46 PM

GT_bike		2012-03-27 07:38:31 PM

TWX: GT_bike: Tartans spelled backwards is SATAN!

?

TARTANS

SNATRAT

?

Reminds me of "Hail Satin" spraypainted with pentagrams...

It's a line from a movie that I thought was funny since the character was some pompous know-it-all lady and she was dissing a guy named Tartan

cc_rider		2012-03-27 07:39:15 PM

Ghastly: [a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net image 589x720]

Suck it, Utili-kilt haters!

Love it!

trekkiecougar		2012-03-27 07:39:35 PM

Evenbiggerknickers: Hot men in kilts thread!

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Oh my, thanks for the pic!!!

Crazymuthafarker		2012-03-27 07:39:39 PM

Rose: Och, aye, I've been oot and aboot...

The Doctor: No, don't do that.

Rose: Hoots, mon!

The Doctor: No, really don't. Really.

Yeah, all I could think of. Well, that and it's been a while since I've hit up the Tilted Kilt.

TheShavingofOccam123		2012-03-27 07:40:15 PM

My favorite dialog regarding kilts--between Angus Podgorny, kiltmaker, and his wife:

Mrs Podgorny: Oh, a blancmange gave you an order for 48,000,000 kilts?

Angus: Aye!

Mrs Podgorny: And you believed it?

Angus: Aye, I did.

Mrs Podgorny: Och, you're a stupid man, Angus Podgorny.

Angus: (getting a little angry) Oh look woman, how many kilts did we sell last year? Nine and a half, that's all. So when I get an order for 48,000,000, I believe it - you bet I believe it.

craxyd		2012-03-27 07:40:25 PM

I'll just leave this here

Under the Scotsman's Kilt (new window)

Digitalstrange		2012-03-27 07:42:06 PM

vwarb: the kid should just go with it on anyway. If they really won't let him in, he can just give them a big finger and take his date somewhere less bigoted.

Yeah, ruin the second biggest anticipated night in most girls dreams. Good strategy for getting laid there.

Put on your big boy pants and deal with it kid.

Day_Old_Dutchie		2012-03-27 07:43:05 PM

Mister Pleco: What a bunch of pansies...

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We're The Ladies From Hell And The Royal Scots As Well (new window)

KrispyKritter		2012-03-27 07:44:42 PM

snowflake can't get his way = too damn bad. suits or tuxedos are standard formal wear for prom. this is a fine opportunity for a young man who is about to enter the world to learn life ain't fair, and you can't always get what you want.

personally i think kilts are damn masculine. the few times i've seen one worn it was never by a wimpy lil fella.

Spiralmonkey		2012-03-27 07:46:13 PM

vwarb: More importantly, why do the Scottish get a monopoly on kilt-like clothing? I'd love to wear one, for various reasons, but being a German-Italian in a kilt makes me feel like a poser.

/the kid should just go with it on anyway. If they really won't let him in, he can just give them a big finger and take his date somewhere less bigoted.

Wear one anyway. When we go to a rugby match and all the guys are wearing kilts (usually with a rugby shirt and hiking boots) that is one of the sexiest sights for a girl to see. Us Scots don't have a monopoly, all we ask is that you have the knees for it.

Galaxie500		2012-03-27 07:47:48 PM

cc_rider: Because we can never have too many 'hot men in kilts' threads:

Some are NSFW-ish (new window)

Some definitely NSFW ones in here (new window)

Shame they're not local, because I need my windows washed! (new window)

That made my day!

Kazrath		2012-03-27 07:50:09 PM

KrispyKritter: snowflake can't get his way = too damn bad. suits or tuxedos are standard formal wear for prom. this is a fine opportunity for a young man who is about to enter the world to learn life ain't fair, and you can't always get what you want.

personally i think kilts are damn masculine. the few times i've seen one worn it was never by a wimpy lil fella.

As has been demonstrated in multiple posts... allowing Kilts at prom as formal wear is nothing new. There were several in my HS and there are also several at my current workplace that wear Kilts. And yeah, I live in the not quite so "Land of the Free".

cc_rider		2012-03-27 07:52:13 PM

I'll be in my bunk.

Coastalgrl		2012-03-27 07:59:01 PM

Evenbiggerknickers: Hot men in kilts thread!

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This thread is full of WIN!

fusillade762		2012-03-27 08:00:20 PM

Claude the Dog: My brother wore a kilt to his prom way back in 1996. Surprisingly, the there was no mass hysteria.

We used to take plastic guns to school and "assassinate" each other between classes. Add to the list of "Things that cause mass hysteria in school these days".

brapbrapbrap		2012-03-27 08:01:03 PM

Kilts definitely can be formal. I'm English so I wouldn't be seen dead in one obviously but I've been to a couple of weddings where the the groom has worn a kilt.

Pert		2012-03-27 08:07:03 PM

kiwimoogle84: Delay: HailRobonia: Kilt: A symbol of Scottish national pride invented by the Victorian English.

What? A kilt is just clothing.

Symbols of Scottish pride:
Stone of Scone
White Cross on a Blue background
Red Dragon on a Gold Background
Malt Whiskey
Burns poems
Royal Scots Greys defeat Napoleon at Waterloo and no kilts

You forgot Laphroig scotch.

You spelled Laphroaig wrong.

Pert		2012-03-27 08:09:18 PM

Delay: HailRobonia: Kilt: A symbol of Scottish national pride invented by the Victorian English.

What? A kilt is just clothing.

Symbols of Scottish pride:
Stone of Scone
White Cross on a Blue background
Red Dragon on a Gold Background
Malt Whiskey
Burns poems
Royal Scots Greys defeat Napoleon at Waterloo and no kilts

You spelled whisky wrong.

Scotch whisky has no e.

covered in beees		2012-03-27 08:10:45 PM

Evenbiggerknickers will you be my friend?

Oznog		2012-03-27 08:17:03 PM

impaler: Oh, and did I mention, when the school told Mr. Carruba he could not wear his kilt, they said, they "want to teach the men to dress like men." I don't take offense easily, but this one insults me, the Scottish community here in St. Louis and an entire nation back across the Pond.

Didn't they just admit they're discriminating based on gender?

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Yeah, take off those lady clothes and get into your TIGHTS!!!

aspAddict		2012-03-27 08:17:19 PM

AirForceVet: Hot girls in kilts thread!

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God bless and keep you, good sir.
I LURVE the Tilted Kilt.

TheMysticS		2012-03-27 08:21:55 PM

Thank you for all the eyecandy.

Love, me

Sylvia_Bandersnatch		2012-03-27 08:23:31 PM

Even before clicking, I was thinking, "West of New York, south of Pennsylvania."

Yep, Most of the Rest of the Country, you continue to make us Yankess feel like kintergarden recess monitors.

We'd be a lot less grumpy if you'd find a way to reinvest all that energy you put towards stupidity like this into, I don't know, science or something, so that you won't need as much of our tax subsidy, and might also make "I'm an American" less embarrassing an admission in other countries.

Jim_Callahan		2012-03-27 08:23:57 PM

buttery_shame_cave: /married into a scottish family of the old blood, legitimate coats of arms and heraldry. the papers on the family tree go back(with high accuraccy) a good 5-6 centuries which is pretty impressive(and like 10 centuries back in total but it's pretty iffy on the accuracy/legitimacy)

Which one? I know the McKays (my Scottish family branch) are more or less everywhere in the US southeast, to the point we're not really technically related and had to have all the branches adopt different spellings (McCoy, etc) so it doesn't look like the whole of the Carolinas is inbreeding.

My Grandmother was one of the ones that kept the family trees, hers went back to about the 1500s or so. Though she also somehow managed to work out most of my grandfather's to the early 1600s too, so it's apparently not as hard to chart out an ancestry as I would think.

//I'm not sure it's a point of pride so much as the only hobby available to tobacco families that lets them travel around and meet people.

phoolishone		2012-03-27 08:27:07 PM

FROGSTOMPER: oh and...
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Oh thank you, I love that pic of him so much!

/big fan of men in kilts
//no problem with men wearing pretty dresses either, but it doesn't make my girlyparts all tingly like kilts do

Magorn		2012-03-27 08:29:57 PM

Mock26: [img.photobucket.com image 555x606]

Begs to differ:
mikehayward.com

and do ye laddies know why we call this garment a "Kilt"?

Because that's what we did to the last bastard what called it a "skirt"

shortymac		2012-03-27 08:31:06 PM

Evenbiggerknickers: Hot men in kilts thread!

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NOM NOM NOM!

MMMMMMMMM girl porn for a change :)

vwarb		2012-03-27 08:31:38 PM

Digitalstrange:
Yeah, ruin the second biggest anticipated night in most girls dreams. Good strategy for getting laid there.

Put on your big boy pants and deal with it kid.

Eh. If the girl is more concerned about being at prom than being with you, you have the wrong date.

Also, I'd rather not have sex for one night and retain some semblance of a spine than be a total coward just to get laid.

sinanju		2012-03-27 08:32:49 PM

There's a reason they call the guy on the guy on the right "Golly"

Magorn		2012-03-27 08:37:58 PM

old_toole: TheOmni: I find the whole argument that a kilt is masculine and not a skirt oddly annoying. It seems to kind of accept the claim that men need to dress as men as valid and then simply focus on what is or is not something for a man. The insistence on "dressing like a man" is based on the idea that it's demeaning or degrading for a man to be dressed as a women because of the underlying belief that it is degrading or demeaning to be a woman. Kilts are generally considered to be masculine clothing, but since I wear a solid black kilt (a few different models of Utilikilts) without a tartan it is often mistaken for a skirt. Most people realize it's a kilt when I mention it to them, but a rare few insist it's still a skirt and seem almost upset when I don't care. Heck, if I found a skirt that fit me, had reasonable pockets, and looked good I'd be comfortable wearing that. But there's this crazy and hugely popular notion that it's wrong for a man to wear clothing that's traditionally considered to be women's clothing. And I don't like that.

You didn't happen to be a truck driver a couple of years ago? Myself and a riding buddy were running sports bikes on the roads of Tenn. and stopped off at a truck stop and saw a rather big young dude hop out of a semi wearing a kilt. I thought to myself... if anyone could pull off wearing a kilt in redneck land Tenn. it would be this guy. I know I wouldn't say a damn thing on the negative side about it. He handed us a card for Uilikilts and I checked it out. I almost bought one too, I just didn't think it go over well at work and I damn sure wouldn't wear one riding a Yamaha R1.
Plus my old man legs would just look gross.

I wonder if it's any coincidence that the Utilikilt sales rep I happen to know personally is also A) an Aikido instructor and B) overall looks like a complete badass (and has been known to chug hotsauce straight from the bottle). I'm sure it keeps the harassment to minimum

Julie Cochrane		2012-03-27 08:40:28 PM

buttery_shame_cave: oh family crests and coats of arms are a fun fun FUN way to stir the pot with the right family during the holidays.

/married into a scottish family of the old blood, legitimate coats of arms and heraldry. the papers on the family tree go back(with high accuraccy) a good 5-6 centuries which is pretty impressive(and like 10 centuries back in total but it's pretty iffy on the accuracy/legitimacy)
//of estonian descent, so no actual coat of arms(hell the family name is less than 150 years old near as i can figure. they were all going by so-and-sosson/dottir up till the barons decided everyone should be modern and have surnames.
///technically tho i could prolly use the einstein coat of arms...

Lucky you.

I married into a family tree with the surname "York" a couple of generations back along it. Yeah, as in somewhere back in there "house of."

Felt like the barefoot peasant whenever genealogy came up for-farking-ever, even though I knew it was a wee bit dumb to feel that way. I mean, okay, congratulations, you're descended from all that inbreeding, right?

Still. Argh. My kid has bragging rights if she wants to play that game. For myself, I don't miss being around the dinner table at holidays or family events when the subject comes up yet again.

Julie Cochrane		2012-03-27 08:41:40 PM

albatros183: And the other parts of the '80's that didn't suck!

Like when David Lee Roth looked good in Spandex.

ArkAngel		2012-03-27 08:42:55 PM

Julie Cochrane: TheOmni: I find the whole argument that a kilt is masculine and not a skirt oddly annoying. It seems to kind of accept the claim that men need to dress as men as valid and then simply focus on what is or is not something for a man. The insistence on "dressing like a man" is based on the idea that it's demeaning or degrading for a man to be dressed as a women because of the underlying belief that it is degrading or demeaning to be a woman. Kilts are generally considered to be masculine clothing, but since I wear a solid black kilt (a few different models of Utilikilts) without a tartan it is often mistaken for a skirt. Most people realize it's a kilt when I mention it to them, but a rare few insist it's still a skirt and seem almost upset when I don't care. Heck, if I found a skirt that fit me, had reasonable pockets, and looked good I'd be comfortable wearing that. But there's this crazy and hugely popular notion that it's wrong for a man to wear clothing that's traditionally considered to be women's clothing. And I don't like that.

I don't think it's that uncommon for the name of a garment to change when the garment is changed from men's wear to women's wear or vice versa, and it's usual for the clothing to be changed.

Let's take a kilt/skirt as an example. A garment starting somewhere around the waist, ending somewhere between the crease of the ass and the ground, wrapping around both legs (undivided).

You might as well give a different name to the base garment pattern as designed for men and the garment pattern as designed for women, because you've got fundamental structural differences from the get-go.

By the time you turn a tailor or seamstress loose making the garment, whether the garment is for a man or for a woman is going to influence the garment's structure and construction considerably.

With women, you frequently frill a skirt all the way around. You may cut it to hang flat or tailor it flat in the front, or not.

The kilts I've seen have been structured very carefully in the front with the weight of the material and the geometry of how it's put together so that if the guy gets an erection he would really have to be farking huge to embarrass himself.

Most skirts have no such protection. An erection under a skirt would be as obvious as Mr. Happy under a thin sheet on a summer morning before you wake up. :-)

So no, there's really no reason at all for men not to wear skirts if they find them comfortable and practical......

Which is why I wear my kilt in public often

Silentbob768768		2012-03-27 08:49:32 PM

Can only find two crappy pics of me in a kilt but is be willing to post if someone could host em and out em yo for me? Eip

herrDrFarkenstein		2012-03-27 08:50:03 PM

Julie Cochrane		2012-03-27 08:50:55 PM

Digitalstrange: vwarb: the kid should just go with it on anyway. If they really won't let him in, he can just give them a big finger and take his date somewhere less bigoted.

Yeah, ruin the second biggest anticipated night in most girls dreams. Good strategy for getting laid there.

Put on your big boy pants and deal with it kid.

Spend the time and money making sure he gets the best damned fitting tux he can. And spend some time in the gym putting all the right muscles in all the right places.

Most men have no appreciation for how farking evaporate thy panties hawt guys look in tuxes.

You can be Quasimodo, and a well-tailored tux will bring you up to a 5, provided your grooming and oral hygiene are good.

Julie Cochrane		2012-03-27 08:52:44 PM

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I'll be in my bunk.

I'd be in his bunk, if I knew where it was. [grin]

Lady Beryl Ersatz-Wendigo		2012-03-27 08:56:53 PM

Tsk, I came in here to see the "Song of my People" guy . . .

Tyrone Slothrop		2012-03-27 08:59:19 PM

Ah, well now, this is very interesting, considering I am now made entirely of tin.

tjsands1118		2012-03-27 09:04:46 PM

Does anyone remember the article about Islamic students being able to bring they ceremonial daggers to school? So a student can bring a weapon with him to celebrate his heritage, but a Scott can't wear a kilt?

Also while I'm on it, is the school also banning the non-formal duct tape tuxedo?
wizbangblog.com

craxyd		2012-03-27 09:11:26 PM

Lady Beryl Ersatz-Wendigo: Tsk, I came in here to see the "Song of my People" guy . . .

Will this do?

theMagni		2012-03-27 09:12:22 PM

My profile pic is me in a kilt, so I'm getting a kick out of this thread.

They should have a kilt-in at the school.

kth		2012-03-27 09:20:04 PM

One of the early dates with my husband was to the irish fest here. He tried on a utilikilt over his pants. When he decided to buy, the salesman convinced him (loudly) to just take off his pants. By the time he did, there was a crowd waving dollar bills (one dude had a $20) and I was raising my beer yelling "That's my boyfriend, it only takes half a beer to get him out of his pants!"

He wore a formal kilt (Murray) at our wedding.

This is not my husband, but he is wearing a kilt.

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I love kilt threads!

Lady Beryl Ersatz-Wendigo		2012-03-27 09:22:45 PM

craxyd: Lady Beryl Ersatz-Wendigo: Tsk, I came in here to see the "Song of my People" guy . . .

Will this do?

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Put a Tam o' Shanter on that thing and I'll take it.