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Yes 52 votes (71.23%)
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No, and I would hit a guy who was wearing one. 6 votes (8.22%)
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Would you wear a kilt?
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rozwado1
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Sep 12, 2004, 09:40 PM
 
So we just had a family party at my house and my "eccentric" cousin showed up in a kilt made by Utilikilts. I checked out the website and decided it's cool, but I don't know if I could pull it off. What do you guys think? And is it customary to freeball or is it OK to wear some boxers with one?

edit: this has nothing to do with being Scottish. It's cool to wear a kilt for ceremonies and stuff like that. We're talking everyday wear like a pair of shorts.
     
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Sep 12, 2004, 09:46 PM
 
i wore one to winter formal in high school. my date looked like the saint pauli girl. we got stared at. i got laid. good times.
     
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Sep 12, 2004, 10:06 PM
 
if you dont mind the breeze..

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Sep 12, 2004, 10:06 PM
 
NO
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I'm not kidding. I voted yes 'cause I thought you meant the Scottish kind for parties and stuff and I didn't see the edit. Don't even think about it. Do you really want to look like this guy?



And if you do, for some reason decide to wear a kilt, please wear some underwear.
     
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Sep 12, 2004, 10:09 PM
 
Ummmm....

No.
     
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Sep 12, 2004, 10:29 PM
 
Originally posted by Jaey:
NO
NO
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I'm not kidding. I voted yes 'cause I thought you meant the Scottish kind for parties and stuff and I didn't see the edit. Don't even think about it. Do you really want to look like this guy?


And if you do, for some reason decide to wear a kilt, please wear some underwear.
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Sep 12, 2004, 10:52 PM
 
Hey, I hit people who wear shorts. Kilts... man you do NOT want to go near me in one

Seriously, no man should show than much leg. No one wants to see that so please don't.
     
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Sep 12, 2004, 11:03 PM
 
my student is in a Drum Corps called "the Kilties" and he of course had to wear one. That takes some guts for a 15 year old to do it and be proud of it.

Personally I'd never choose to wear one but I would if need be. I have GREAT legs.
     
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Sep 12, 2004, 11:06 PM
 
Originally posted by TheBadgerHunter:
Hey, I hit people who wear shorts. Kilts... man you do NOT want to go near me in one

Seriously, no man should show than much leg. No one wants to see that so please don't.
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Isn't a bitch to swim in long pants?
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Sep 12, 2004, 11:16 PM
 
Originally posted by KarlG:
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Isn't a bitch to swim in long pants?
For me though its no harder to drown in them

Wear a wet-suit hippie
     
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Sep 12, 2004, 11:19 PM
 
I go for the kilt and no shirt combo myself.

     
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Sep 12, 2004, 11:39 PM
 
Hmm

Being of Scottish ancestory, I have no problem, and indeed have worn a kilt on many occasions, both when younger and doing highland dancing, and in later years.

As far as 'objections' - heh, I object to females wearing trousers.

There's one for 'ya :-)

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Sep 12, 2004, 11:45 PM
 
If you are dating, married to, or otherwise want to impress a woman that digs kilts .... you'd be a fool NOT too.
     
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Sep 12, 2004, 11:56 PM
 
i wear speedos that get pulled on underwater where no one can see it, why wouldn't I wear this?
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Sep 13, 2004, 12:00 AM
 


You should go with thid hot little number. The Leather Utilikilt. Then you'd look like Xena, Warrior Princess.

Perfect for Sturgis, as well!
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Sep 13, 2004, 03:58 AM
 
I work as a bartender at a "celtic bar" and I wear a kilt every sunday, and some other days as well...all I can say is the less guys that wear a kilt the better...more girls for us that do. I have never been hit upon as much as when I am wearing one of my four kilts. So make sure that you flaunt your homophobic "that guy is wearing a skirt" attitude as much as possible, cause I really do not want this to become a mainstream fashon thingamabob. I have never gotten away with asking a lady if she is wearing underwear so much as as when I am wearing my kilt, because I figure if she can ask me that, I can return the favor. I won't even delve into the "comfort" issue.
BTW, if you got the balls to wear one in public....most people (even the hardcore rednecks) will also believe you got the balls to back it up (and a good pair of askickickin boots reinforce that idea).

(on a side note...don't ask a six-foot-four white supremist from gaston SC, while pressing his face into the concrete, waiting on the cops to arrive, what he thinks of being pinned by a guy in a dress...cause he might just have a little problem with that and be released before the end of your shift [true story])

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Sep 13, 2004, 05:37 AM
 
you, like, totally have to, like, wear a kilt. they are so, like, in fashion now.
     
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Sep 13, 2004, 07:43 AM
 
I am half-Scottish (on my mothers side) and so have a family tartan. I have a kilt and have worn it on a few occasions. The thing about kilts is you have to wear them properly, with a sporren and a good pair of hose (socks), and the right shoes.

Unfortunately, due to me being very slim, I don't have the right type of legs to carry it off perfectly, but on the right man a kilt can look very sexy.

So, yes, I would.
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Sep 13, 2004, 08:31 AM
 
Originally posted by teaforone:
I think this settles it. Men can wear kilts, sarongs, whatever. Oo la la.
     
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Sep 13, 2004, 11:11 AM
 
Under the right circumstances, yes.

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Sep 13, 2004, 12:21 PM
 
Originally posted by Jaey:
NO
NO
NO

I'm not kidding. I voted yes 'cause I thought you meant the Scottish kind for parties and stuff and I didn't see the edit. Don't even think about it. Do you really want to look like this guy?



And if you do, for some reason decide to wear a kilt, please wear some underwear.
Ditto that ditto.
Living in Scotland I have worn a kilt on many an occasion.
But that (above) is not big nor clever.
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Sep 13, 2004, 02:04 PM
 
I'll consider wearing one when I have white hair and own a set of pipes.

I think Utilikilts are stupid. Then again, I find messenger bags stupid too. Fanny packs are the utlimate in stupidity.

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Sep 13, 2004, 02:25 PM
 
Yep, I wear `em, sometimes just for the hell of it. Damned comfortable too, especially when worn in regimental fashion. Helps to have a healthy dose of Scotch-Irish genes.
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Sep 13, 2004, 02:54 PM
 
Without a doubt, I'd love to try wearing a kilt, but I haven't had the chance as of yet.

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Sep 13, 2004, 03:46 PM
 
Here in New Zealand most high schools have a school uniform. Us girls had to wear a kilt. So if you add it up, I wore a kilt 5 days a week for 4 years. Horrible horrible things.
     
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Sep 13, 2004, 08:57 PM
 
Let the wind blow high
let the wind blow low
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and all the lasses say, "Hello!,
Donald where's your trousers!"

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As for what Irishmen wear under their kilts, it's lipstick if they're lucky!
     
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Sep 13, 2004, 09:01 PM
 
Originally posted by d4nth3m4n:
i wore one to winter formal in high school. my date looked like the saint pauli girl. we got stared at. i got laid. good times.
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Sep 13, 2004, 09:12 PM
 
Originally posted by iCol:
I am half-Scottish (on my mothers side) and so have a family tartan. I have a kilt and have worn it on a few occasions. The thing about kilts is you have to wear them properly, with a sporren and a good pair of hose (socks), and the right shoes.

Unfortunately, due to me being very slim, I don't have the right type of legs to carry it off perfectly, but on the right man a kilt can look very sexy.

So, yes, I would.
1/2 scottish? Then shouldn't you wear a 1/2 kilt, or... dare I say it... a mini-kilt?
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Sep 13, 2004, 09:13 PM
 
Only if my girlfriend/wife asked
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Sep 13, 2004, 09:27 PM
 
Hell YES!!!!

I was reading about these in Backpacker magazine a while back. Apparently they make a nice
little number with utility pockets and a chamois waist-band that is supposed to be WAY
comfortable on the trail. Even with synthetic/wicking shorts the amount of sweat that builds
up is just crying out for a nice, breezy kilt.

Would I wear one to work or out in public? Probably. I run, hike, and bike so my legs look
pretty good and if it gets me laid, Woo-Hoo, what more could you ask for. As to some
f***er trying to mess with me, well, we'd have to see how serious it got. But if came to
serious violence from some raging pr***, I carry a nice little Benchmade knife that could
gut somebody in about 10 seconds if need be. (I've never had to use it but I did have to
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Sep 14, 2004, 05:44 AM
 
Originally posted by TheBadgerHunter:
For me though its no harder to drown in them

Wear a wet-suit hippie

lol .. hilarious =P ...

and kilt ... that's a no go ..

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Sep 14, 2004, 08:27 AM
 
If I ever wore a kilt my wife would rape me.

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Sep 14, 2004, 03:34 PM
 
Originally posted by george68:
If I ever wore a kilt my wife would rape me.

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Some "Rob Roy" kinda action on the kitchen table?
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Sep 14, 2004, 04:20 PM
 
Kilts are uber!
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Sep 14, 2004, 09:43 PM
 
I wore a full kilt+jacket to my friends' wedding, in the bride's tartan even. I looked damn good.
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Sep 14, 2004, 11:10 PM
 
eww .... again .. just .. eww ... where something underneath please ... and i dont mean socks ...

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Sep 14, 2004, 11:40 PM
 
Originally posted by SeSawaya:
my student is in a Drum Corps called "the Kilties" and he of course had to wear one. That takes some guts for a 15 year old to do it and be proud of it.

Personally I'd never choose to wear one but I would if need be. I have GREAT legs.
Back in High School, a friend (with the last name of MacNerland) proudly wore his kilt to school more than once. Gotta respect a guy who does that as a teenager.
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Originally posted by Lancer409:
eww .... again .. just .. eww ... where something underneath please ... and i dont mean socks ...
ayy stockings it is.
     
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Sep 15, 2004, 02:08 AM
 
Just wear a lamp shade on your head. You'll look just as creative and get an equal amount of attention.
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Sep 15, 2004, 10:52 AM
 
on second thought.... no. Lets change my answer to that.
     
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Sep 15, 2004, 04:25 PM
 
Originally posted by kiwibabe:
Here in New Zealand most high schools have a school uniform. Us girls had to wear a kilt. So if you add it up, I wore a kilt 5 days a week for 4 years. Horrible horrible things.
You call it a kilt rather than a skirt, so I'm gonna have to assume there was no underwear involved.

     
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Originally posted by rozwado1:
You call it a kilt rather than a skirt, so I'm gonna have to assume there was no underwear involved.

Underwear is for wussies.
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Sep 15, 2004, 07:14 PM
 
I think the correct word is skirt.

And I would wear one. I'm not gay.

     
   
 
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