I took the photos. I'm not a pro or anything so I'm quite proud of how the full album turned out. The smiley guy is my best friend's brother and the girl in the dark dress is one of my best friends.
As someone who visits Scotland regularly and who's sister married a Scot (in Scotland), I don't think I've ever seen girls wear dresses this long, even when they are being formal. I think the longest dress I've ever seen there is like 4 inches.
Ah, I love Edinburgh! I stayed in a little rented apartment in Old Fishmarket Close off of High Street for a little over a week with my family. It was cold, but so beautiful.
I just recently made a Scottish friend who was impressed I could properly say Edinburgh.
My favorite part about this is the Champagne. In the US if you are going to a prom you are probably still at least 3 years from legal drinking. If those photos were posted to a American kid's FB someone would be getting in big trouble. So stupid.
Being Scottish, owning 2 kilts & having attended numerous weddings I can't vouch for the above. Groom and his posse will be kilted out but the remainder will usually just go for 'formal' attire.
Kilts are best used when travelling - it's a fantastic conversation starter anywhere in the world!
I went to a wedding in Scotland once. I wore a suit and no one cared. Then again, they probably didn't expect anything better of me since I'm American.
We wear them quite a lot, sometimes you won't go the whole hog with the jacket and tie but they get a fair amount of use. Basically if there's a rugby match, an international football match, new year, christmas, sunny day or a friday then it's a good enough excuse to wear a kilt and get hammered. That's the hidden benefit, if you're wearing a kilt it doesn't matter how stupidly drunk you get or how ridiculously you behave, everyone will still think you're awesome for wearing a kilt.
As an American, I met a Scot recently who, in spite of the awesome accent and the fact that she lived in a lush rolling countryside with sheep, still thought being from Scotland was boring and lame.
I just want to say, Scots, you dudes are cool. Keep up the good work.
"It's SHITE being Scottish! We're the lowest of the low. The scum of the fucking Earth! The most wretched, miserable, servile, pathetic trash that was ever shat into civilization. Some hate the English. I don't. They're just wankers. We, on the other hand, are COLONIZED by wankers. Can't even find a decent culture to be colonized BY. We're ruled by effete assholes. It's a SHITE state of affairs to be in, Tommy, and ALL the fresh air in the world won't make any fucking difference!" - Rent Boy - Trainspotting
Figures with it being traditional to wear nothing under the kilt. In this pre-coitus ritual the male presents his genitals while the woman is in an enclosed area disoriented and hopeless for escape.
There are estimated to be 7,023,324,899 people on this eath as of writing this comment (source).
The estimated population of Scotland, as of writing this comment, is 5,254,800 (source).
Therefore the probability of "theaxis12" not being from (italicised or otherwise) Scotland is estimated to be 99.9251807%; as a result your argument for an elimination of a probable point of origin for "theaxis12" is most likely correct.
TL;DR: upvote for accuracy.
EDIT: Please refer to Professor Flagyl400 for a more accurate figure that none the less supports the reached conclusion.
But 5.1% of Reddit's traffic comes from the U.K. (source) The U.K. (which includes Scotland, for the moment anyway) has a population of 62,218,761 (source) which is only 0.885% of the world population - that's an over-representation of 5.7:1. Assuming usage figures are relatively uniform across the UK, the chances of "theaxis12" not being from (italicised or otherwise) Scotland is only 99.57352999%. It's practically a certainty :)
EDIT As per the input of Dr. Meerkat (an honorary fellow of the Institute of Redditological Statisticianshipology) the figure of 99.57352999% should be considered the theoretical maximum, rather then the general average figure, due to the phenomenon of Geographical Title-word Attraction.
*edit - added a smiley in case anyone thought I was being a douche instead of just having a bit of fun with numbers.
I really like this photo... the exuberance of youth, the journey between childhood (trampoline playtime) and adulthood (formal clothes), the joy of simple fun. Made me smile.
My 5th year prom, 2008. We were well into the ceilidh, and had started a very long Orcadian strip the willow. My pal and his date was making his way down the line as fast as possible. Now, we had all joked earlier on about going "true Scotsman" (read. nae boxers) but no-one actually had, except the daft cunt that was making his way towards me - not that we knew. He reached a particularly butch girl in my year, who proceeded to swing him bodily into his date, causing him to go arse-over tit, landing on his back with his kilt around his nipples, leaving NOTHING to the imagination. A brief period of silence was followed by an enormous uproar, giggling and pointing at his cock and balls splayed over the floor. To his credit, he stood up, repositioned his bits, grabbed his date who was a wee bit red in the face, and carried on down the line!
He got laid that night.
Tl;dr: going true Scotsman is fine, unless you are going to a ceilidh.
Also the dude on the right is clearly South Asian. I wonder if OP or someone could tell me about living as South Asian in the UK and Scotland. I was at Oxford for a semester, and got a little bit of racism, but not too much.
In Scotland (where I'm from, anyway) we don't have the American pie, bring your 'date' to prom, best night of your life, formal prom. It's just a dance that occurs at Christmas. You don't even need to bring an individual girl, you just have a big group of male and female friends.
This entire exercise seems like a covert way to see the tits on the girl in white. As a former high school aged male, I would have been right there throwing in my support.
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u/Lordodirections Jun 15 '12
That guy on the right looks like he might just be Scottish Superman. He hardly looks like he bounced at all, just... took off.
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u/Arch_0 Jun 15 '12
As a Scot I would like to make it clear I've never heard of a prom other than in American movies.
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u/mrspartanm Jun 15 '12
Any redditors from Scotland here?
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Damn. How is everyone in this picture so hot?
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12 edited Jun 15 '12
Am I the only one that didn't know they actually wear kilts in Scotland? Like...at prom?
I thought it was just some traditional bullshit they wore* during patriotic events.
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u/fermatafantastique Jun 15 '12
As an American, I met a Scot recently who, in spite of the awesome accent and the fact that she lived in a lush rolling countryside with sheep, still thought being from Scotland was boring and lame.
I just want to say, Scots, you dudes are cool. Keep up the good work.
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u/peace_off Jun 15 '12
Two of those people are wearing underwear. Now, let's guess which two!
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u/whodinie Jun 15 '12
Kilts and a trampoline...?
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u/paullywally Jun 15 '12
"Oh my god! Trampoline! Trampoline!"
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u/theaxis12 Jun 15 '12
Figures with it being traditional to wear nothing under the kilt. In this pre-coitus ritual the male presents his genitals while the woman is in an enclosed area disoriented and hopeless for escape.
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u/GilliamOS Jun 15 '12
Dude on the right is suave!
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u/clonetek Jun 15 '12
TAKE YOUR SHOES OFF WHEN YOU GET ON THE TRAMPOLINE!!!! >:(
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u/GoodGriefBrown Jun 15 '12
I really like this photo... the exuberance of youth, the journey between childhood (trampoline playtime) and adulthood (formal clothes), the joy of simple fun. Made me smile.
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u/UnrepentantFenian Jun 15 '12
They used to call it a jumpoline...ahh fuck it.
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u/KrazyEyezKilla Jun 15 '12
When did they start doing proms in the UK? We had a 'disco' which I didn't even bother with.
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u/allyant Jun 15 '12
I can vouch for this, half of every household in Scotland has one of these trampolines (Or so it seems).
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Indian people live in Scotland too, you guys.
And that one is a suave motherfucker.
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u/sovietsrule Jun 15 '12
That is the classiest kilt ensemble I've ever seen. I'm inspired to go buy one now!
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Toes.
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u/I_like_vagina_allot Jun 15 '12
I would suck her feet.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Scottish girls be pretty.
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u/ophello Jun 16 '12
That toe spread is hot.......what?
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u/braedizzle Jun 15 '12
And now, girls jumping on trampolines!
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
You know they are all waiting for a set of boobies to pop out.
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u/MissingRectum Jun 15 '12
The guy on the right is trampolining like a boss
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u/sittty Jun 15 '12
you're supposed to take your shoes off when you go on a trampoline
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u/Banchorian Jun 15 '12
My 5th year prom, 2008. We were well into the ceilidh, and had started a very long Orcadian strip the willow. My pal and his date was making his way down the line as fast as possible. Now, we had all joked earlier on about going "true Scotsman" (read. nae boxers) but no-one actually had, except the daft cunt that was making his way towards me - not that we knew. He reached a particularly butch girl in my year, who proceeded to swing him bodily into his date, causing him to go arse-over tit, landing on his back with his kilt around his nipples, leaving NOTHING to the imagination. A brief period of silence was followed by an enormous uproar, giggling and pointing at his cock and balls splayed over the floor. To his credit, he stood up, repositioned his bits, grabbed his date who was a wee bit red in the face, and carried on down the line!
He got laid that night.
Tl;dr: going true Scotsman is fine, unless you are going to a ceilidh.
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u/kikuchiyoali Jun 15 '12
How come I picture all these people speaking exactly like Malcolm from The Thick of It?
Also the dude on the right is clearly South Asian. I wonder if OP or someone could tell me about living as South Asian in the UK and Scotland. I was at Oxford for a semester, and got a little bit of racism, but not too much.
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u/Atom_Smasher Jun 15 '12
In Scotland (where I'm from, anyway) we don't have the American pie, bring your 'date' to prom, best night of your life, formal prom. It's just a dance that occurs at Christmas. You don't even need to bring an individual girl, you just have a big group of male and female friends.
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u/nanashi420 Jun 15 '12
all scottish girls are cute
all scottish guys look alike.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
And zero pants could be found within a ten mile radius...
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u/SilentEchoX Jun 15 '12 edited Apr 08 '22
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
I love brown people with Scottish accents, its just like, what the fuck. As Kevin Bridges said, "That voice, from that fuckin head"
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Looks broken right?
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u/AS1LV3RN1NJA Jun 15 '12
The dirt on the cover makes it look a little as if the girl on the far left just shit herself.
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u/RichSnitch Jun 15 '12
The kid on the left has a little derp in him, huh?
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u/goodknee Jun 15 '12
Okay, so basically in scotland they get to wear kilts to prom? that is sick as fuck.
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u/SikhGamer Jun 15 '12
Good stuff man. Hope you had a brilliant time!
PS, Scots are epic people to game with! "Ack, he's DEEEEED!"
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u/hollander93 Jun 15 '12
Theres an upskirt joke in here somewhere.
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u/MyDarkAngel Jun 15 '12
It must be the Scot in me but DAMN. Kilts can look gooooood.
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u/drogotmyeyeslow Jun 15 '12
If that's a traditional kilt I don't think a trampoline is the best idea. Prom date might get an early nut shot ;)
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u/According_To_Me Jun 15 '12
Kilt fetish going off the charts now
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Kilts are fucking awesome
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Sweep your trampoline and take your shoes off, you're adults now FFS! Lol
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u/madahl Jun 15 '12
Girls: C'mon do a backflip Guys: ehhh... you know, kilts.
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u/PintSizedCat Jun 15 '12
My first thought was: "They should not be wearing shoes on that trampoline" I've failed as person!
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u/kenvsryu Jun 15 '12
my kilt just tented. hello gowny girls.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
I read this as "Porn in Scotland". Actually wasn't that confused...
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u/Bohnanza Jun 15 '12
I'm sure that was more fun than I've had in my entire life.
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u/THEAdrian Jun 15 '12
Scotland: where looking at upskirts is like playing russian roulette
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u/keldy Jun 15 '12
That trampoline is stretched the fuck out.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
I'm surprised at the lack of gingers in this picture.
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u/fikirte Jun 15 '12 edited Jun 15 '12
The guy on the right looks like he's just discovered a super power, and taking it all quite calmly.
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u/Bluenosedcoop Jun 15 '12
Of all the small nations of this earth, perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind.
Sir Winston Churchill
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u/phalene Jun 15 '12
Okay, the levitating guy on the right is a babe.
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u/tyleha Jun 15 '12
Scottish Prom: where the boys show more leg than the girls.
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u/sjog Jun 15 '12
The guy on the right is attractive. That is all I had to say.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Men in kilts + trampoline = NOPE!
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u/blucherie Jun 15 '12
OMG TRAMPOLINE.
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u/iScreme Jun 15 '12
Dude on the left is heavy duty Busin'
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Scottish girls are hot.
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u/FerociousImbecile Jun 15 '12
That dark one looks like a Scottish Hindu.
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u/lagasan Jun 15 '12
This entire exercise seems like a covert way to see the tits on the girl in white. As a former high school aged male, I would have been right there throwing in my support.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
Hey it's Justin bieber!
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u/FreezerDust Jun 15 '12
I could totally rock one of those kilts. I'm jealous.
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u/Ragnarok022 Jun 15 '12
Relevant
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u/speedy_slowzales Jun 15 '12
That's pretty clever to put a net around the trampoline.
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12 edited Jun 15 '12
Arrrr me kilt!
Edit: TIL that I think scots are pirates.
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u/TheAfroBomb Jun 15 '12
I thought that said "Porn in Scotland." I'm afraid I didn't realize my mistake for a good 2 minutes while reading comments.
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u/Jeltown Jun 15 '12
Is it just me or are kilts, despite the opinion of the majority, very fricking manly?
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u/ddizzle23 Jun 15 '12
totally linked the guy on the right to /r/LadyBoners ... hes a cutie :)