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Posted: 12/20/2016 2:04:50 PM EDT
I have worn lava-lavas and kilts all my life. I was raised with the thinking that it was a "normal" piece of attire.
The skirt jokes have never bothered me as I tend to not live my life based on the thoughts of strangers. I am curious as to how many on Arfcom also think this way. |
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Hell yeah. A lavalava is the shit when it's 110 out. Beats the hell out of trousers or even shorts unless I'm doing some serious work in dirt or scrub.
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Wore a kilt to a company party one year. Got hit on a LOT. MrsCheShirt was NOT amused. |
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So, by this example, I should sport some lederhosen on occasion. Not.
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Kilts are dorky as hell.
I did date a sarong wearer who was an utter badass. Picture an old dude running through the woods after boars, barefoot in a sarong with a spear and some catch dogs. |
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I have worn lava-lavas and kilts all my life. I was raised with the thinking that it was a "normal" piece of attire. The skirt jokes have never bothered me as I tend to not live my life based on the thoughts of strangers. I am curious as to how many on Arfcom also think this way. View Quote No comment |
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I wore a skirt my sophmore or junior year.
Our high school had a ban on shorts. A number of us got in trouble for attempting to wear shorts. But this was the late 80s when denim mini skirts were the norm. So a whole group of us got together and borrowed skirts from the girls and wore them the next day. The school had no idea what to do with us. The next year the dress code was changed to allow shorts. |
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I wore a skirt my sophmore or junior year. Our high school had a ban on shorts. A number of us got in trouble for attempting to wear shorts. But this was the late 80s when denim mini skirts were the norm. So a whole group of us got together and borrowed skirts from the girls and wore them the next day. The school had no idea what to do with us. The next year the dress code was changed to allow shorts. View Quote You win, not sure what, but you deserve the win. |
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My woman gave me a kilt, and I like it.
Then she gave me another, and another. No fucks are given about men who make presumptions as to my sexual preference. I also get hit on by women a lot when I wear them. On a recent trip to Hawaii I was given a lava-lava by a local whom I respect. I will wear it with due respect and pride, and be comfortable when it is really hot. A female friend took a pic of me in my kilt and sent it to my boss. He texted me moments later and asked why I was walking around town in drag. I told him "Its a kilt, not a skirt. Do you want to see me in drag? WELL?? DO YA???" He backpedaled fast and hard. Gentleman's Disagreement is available, but no one has taken me up on it. Maybe because the Dirk I wear has a 14" blade. |
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My family heritage has been traced and well documented back to Scotland, specifically Annandale and Caskieben castle. I know about my "clan's" crest badge, motto, tartan... all of it. It's actually been published in a book that includes our complete family tree including my name and all my immediate family members names including my brother's ex-wife (lol) with our roots traced back to the late 12th century. I'll admit it's an extremely boring book. I can claim to be as Scottish as they come and I would never consider wearing a fucking kilt. My Scottish fantasies end at the bottom of the Dalmore bottle.
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I've wrapped a towel around my waist after a shower...does that count?
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I've worn a lavalava (also known as a big towel) but not all that big a fan. While I enjoy the freedom and breeziness, it can be a little restricting if you take big steps or run or engage in activity.
ETA: Only in the Pacific and usually on a beach. |
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Fuck no. Born and raised in 'Murica before metro-sexual faggotry has been allowed to rear it's head as the norm.
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I thought about a hiking Kilt once, then I remembered how many briar patches I've gone through and decided it was a bad idea. |
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Just that one time I dressed in drag for a college Halloween party. Thankfully that was before smart phones.
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I've worn a lavalava (also known as a big towel) but not all that big a fan. While I enjoy the freedom and breeziness, it can be a little restricting if you take big steps or run or engage in activity. ETA: Only in the Pacific and usually on a beach. View Quote A lava-lava is perfect at the beach. It's a towel, a mat to lay down on, shade and great for hiding my junk when I strip out of my wetsuit. it also beats the hell out of driving home with sand in my crotch because I tried putting on shorts or jeans before I dried off all the way. |
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Where a Kilt on special family occasions. Got married in one, etc...
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No. The West Texas landscape is not friendly towards such attire. So thankfully it never took off here.
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This is America. Assimilate, or move back to whatever third world, skirt wearing shithole you came from.
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I am not Scottish nor Polynesian. So, no I've never worn anything like that.
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Indeed. As a Scotsman, I give no fucks what someone thinks of me in a kilt. I am also happy to have a "gentleman's disagreement" if someone feels it necessary to make more than a couple of jokes about it. But no one ever has. View Quote This. I'm Scottish and not in the "my grandparents maybe came from there" way - spent half my life there. Black tie means a kilt. |
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My family heritage has been traced and well documented back to Scotland, specifically Annandale and Caskieben castle. I know about my "clan's" crest badge, motto, tartan... all of it. It's actually been published in a book that includes our complete family tree including my name and all my immediate family members names including my brother's ex-wife (lol) with our roots traced back to the late 12th century. I'll admit it's an extremely boring book. I can claim to be as Scottish as they come and I would never consider wearing a fucking kilt. My Scottish fantasies end at the bottom of the Dalmore bottle. View Quote I am not Scottish or Irish. Just Scandinavian from some where. And I wear Kilts. It is not about Heritage. Its about what's comfortable. |
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Poll fail.
Needs an option for folks who have never worn any of those things but not because they are adolescent homophobes. |
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Lava Lava, here. Growing up in Hawai'i, you'd pretty much have to wear them for May Day, at some point. Also wore them a lot in college, when I had abs.
Now I just have one ab,......one big ab. |
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