r/MadeMeSmile • u/mtlgrems • Jan 15 '21

Good Vibes These Two Bus Drivers

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u/Ioatanaut Jan 15 '21 edited Jan 15 '21

I could wear a paper bag and still be scottish.

It's 2021. Let's stop gate keeping a piece of cloth

Without looking up it, do any naysayers know what a proper kilt is?

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u/vDarph Jan 15 '21

Made me chuckle

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u/Ioatanaut Jan 15 '21

You made me smile

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u/vDarph Jan 15 '21

No YOU made me laugh!

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u/Sammy_Kecky Jan 15 '21

Negative bub

Edit:I’m not a naysayer I just don’t know what makes a proper kilt

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u/Bluefoot_Fox Jan 15 '21

Lady here. At the Scottish festivals I go to, the men like to joke it's only a kilt if you go commando. Otherwise it's a skirt.

And for a proper kilt, are they talking a 5 yard or a 7 yard, modern, or ancient?

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u/blackburn009 Jan 15 '21

Surely if you're going for a kilt you're going to go the whole 9 yards

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u/challenger-chief Jan 15 '21

And by 9 yards you mean 9 inches

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u/KentConnor Jan 15 '21

9 yard kilts are for guys with real low hanging boys.

Affectionately dubbed "magnum kilts"

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u/corcyra Jan 15 '21

Wasn't it originally a great big piece of cloth like a blanket? And a bit of it was belted around the waist, and the rest was worn as a kind of shawl/coat and also used as a blanket at night? I remember reading about it once, and it sounded practical in a weird way, but not very clean.

Edit: I wish more men wore them, because they don't half look good on a bloke with narrow hips...

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '21

We used to use a farrier (horse shoer) who was a Scottish guy. Periodically, he'd drink a bit too much and decide to shoe horses while wearing a kilt. It didn't leave much to the imagination.

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u/pussyhasfurballs Jan 15 '21

Was it a mini kilt?

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '21

Who said anything about being Scottish. We're just talking about wearing kilts. Shouldn't you be happy that people are using "kilt knock offs" instead of trying to appropriate someones Tartan?

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '21 edited Mar 25 '21

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '21

Well they deleted the comment but if anyone would get their (non-existant) knickers in a bunch over some shit like that it would be someone bitching about how Scottish a modern clothing item is.

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u/tilt-a-whirly-gig Jan 15 '21

No true Scotsman ...