Question for those in Highland Regiments

[trip51]

I know that soldiers in Highland Regiments are supposed to wear nothing under the kilt - being out of uniform if they do.

But, how the hell would anyone know what any guy would be wearing under his kilt.

Does someone check each time?

 

[Michael Dorosh]

I know that soldiers in Highland Regiments are supposed to wear nothing under the kilt - being out of uniform if they do.

But, how the hell would anyone know what any guy would be wearing under his kilt.

Does someone check each time?

Your morbid curiousity will be the death of you, grasshopper.

A gentleman never tells.

 

[dw_1984]

What was that saying?

Good girls ask, bad girls find out 

 

[noneck]

"Worn under a kilt?"
Shoes, socks and if you're lucky....a little bit of lipstick

 

[marshall sl]

FALL IN FOR SHORT ARMS INSPECTION!!!!!!!!!!

ATTENTION!

SPORRANS TO THE LEFT!

LIFT KILTS!!!!!!!!

Thats how they know Laddie!!!!!

 

[Highland Lad]

For a great movie: Carry On Up the Khyber....

includes a great sequence that addresses your very question  ;D

 

[The_Falcon]

I know that soldiers in Highland Regiments are supposed to wear nothing under the kilt - being out of uniform if they do.

But, how the heck would anyone know what any guy would be wearing under his kilt.

Does someone check each time?

I haven't had someone check, but those who aren't "regimental" eventually get found out.

 

[BKells]

First mess dinner someone lifted my kilt in the washroom but I was in the clear, they lifted another new privates and he was forced to put 80$ down on the bar tab.

I was sweating during our last CO's parade without underwear. It's a bloody thick wool kilt, underwear would be so bad.

 

[Highland Lad]

Uh-huh.... I was in the Grey Cup parade in Winterpeg in '92 - I had icicles hanging off my knees from all the sweat pouring out from under the kilt. Marching down Portage Ave in -20 Celsius really showed me how warm a kilt can be. Never again did I scoff at the old story of Hielanders wrapping themselves in their kilts to survive cold winter nights out on the heath...

 

[combat_medic]

The Black Watch in Scotland used to make you come to attention on top of a mirror to ensure you were "regimental". While I've never heard of or seen any kind of official 'check', the people who are trying to sneak in with knickers on are usually found out.

 

[trip51]

Reminds me of a story someone who used to be in a Highland Regiment told recently.

One cold September morning in 1977 the establishment was formed up around the periphery of the Parade Square waiting to March on for Monday Parade..........The square was shrouded in quite a dense mist .You could not see much further than the opposite side.

THEN WE HEARD THEM........................THE RSM'S HIGHLY BOOLED TACKETTY BOOTS BATTERING DOWN THE ROAD AT about 132 BPM.....God preserve us-He's had a fallout with his missus over breakfast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The FIRST THING he did was to come directly to the Pipe Band, which had a total of 10 pipers. The junior P/M on the Left hand corner and the Regular Pipey, Jimmy (Pud) Hood of the Argyll's as a Super-Numerary (I.e. â “on his own at the R.H.Side)

The RSM came to the front rank and went directly to the guy in the middle and bawled in his best Glasgow Gorbals parade voice â Å“LIFT YER KILT UPâ ? The piper hesitated and this hesitation earned him an extremely stiff dig in the guts by the RSM's Pace stick.

The poor guy very quickly grounded his pipes and Lifted his kilt with Both Hands, revealing a pair of Non military issue Y-fronts ............

This, in conjunction with the earlier hesitation, earned him a Triad of ABUSE from the RSM, WHOSE FACE HAD LITERALLY GONE PURPLE. He then proceeded to the next Guy who was asked his name. When the piper answered in his best Dorset, West Country (English) accent this earned him a belt around the head with the dreaded pace stick. He didn't even get as far as grounding his pipes.

 

[dutchie]

"Excuse me Mr. Bagpiper (young lady on the street), what do you wear under your kilt"?

I have been asked this countless times, and the answer always is, given with a sly look:

"Shoes, ma'am"

Or when a guy is trying to be tough and asking you the same question, the proper response is "Your wife's/girlfriend's lipstick." Or if your really cheeky, "Your boyfriend's lipstick."

 

[George Wallace]

I always thought it was Bear Skin, ......or was that Bare Skin?

 

[TCBF]

Q "What 's under your kilt?"

A: "The Scottish Air Force: Two Hangers and a Night Fighter."  ;D

Tom

(Wore a kilt: 7 Jan 71 - 27 Oct 76)

 

[Haggis]

Been wearing a kilt for most of my 28 uniformed years.   People look at my weddiing photos and say "Hey, you got married in your kilt!".   "No," I say, "I got married in a church WEARING my kilt."   ;D

That being said, at our wedding reception someone asked my new bride what was worn under my kilt. She responded "Nothing's WORN.   Everything works just fine!".  

 

[alan_li_13]

lol, for international night at my highschool, i was involved with the GB pavilion. I paraded around with chanter in hand in a nice dress shirt, black tie, and a yellow kilt i acquired from my mom when she honey mooned in Scotland. Some lucky gal(or unlucky, depending how u look at it), didn't know too well and asked the same question. Being the gentleman i am, i invited her to take a wee peek. Curious little kitten she is, walked right up to me, bend down so her face is about level with my belt buckle, grabbed the bottom hem, and pulled up. I don't know what she saw but she screamed and ran to her chair covering her face!  > ROTFL

Later that nite, i guess she was still being curious, she called a group of her friends, pressed me up against the lockers, turned me around, formed a tight circle around me, and still insisted on investigating, even though they couldn't decide who should be the one doing the lifting.  ;D

Just goes to show ya how a kilt will make anyone curious!

 

[the 48th regulator]

lol, for international night at my highschool, i was involved with the GB pavilion. I paraded around with chanter in hand in a nice dress shirt, black tie, and a yellow kilt i acquired from my mom when she honey mooned in Scotland. Some lucky gal(or unlucky, depending how u look at it), didn't know too well and asked the same question. Being the gentleman i am, i invited her to take a wee peek. Curious little kitten she is, walked right up to me, bend down so her face is about level with my belt buckle, grabbed the bottom hem, and pulled up. I don't know what she saw but she screamed and ran to her chair covering her face! > ROTFL





Later that nite, i guess she was still being curious, she called a group of her friends, pressed me up against the lockers, turned me around, formed a tight circle around me, and still insisted on investigating, even though they couldn't decide who should be the one doing the lifting. ;D

Just goes to show ya how a kilt will make anyone curious!

This story kinda scares me....

tess

 

[alan_li_13]

This story kinda scares me....

Hehe, that's what my mom said when i told her. ;D

 

[the 48th regulator]

Hehe, that's what my mom said when i told her. ;D

And you told her...were you still wearing her kilt?

ok stop it.  I am getting the hee bee jeebees

tess

 

[bossi]

And now that the warmer weather's here, it's time for ... Highland Games!

http://www.highlandnet.com/events/