XPost: alt.usage.english   
   From: peter@pmoylan.org   
      
   On 02/07/24 06:47, Sn!pe wrote:   
   > Hibou  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Le 01/07/2024 à 13:00, Janet a écrit :   
   >>> In article , vpaereru-   
   >>> unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid says...   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I observe that the kilt is singular - two legs, but only one   
   >>>> hole.   
   >>>   
   >>> Like the skirt, the dress, the petticoat.   
   >>>   
   >>> It's a mystery why men don't wear a petticoat under those itchy   
   >>> wool kilts.   
   >>   
   >> In truth, I don't know what Scotsmen wear under their kilts, and I   
   >> shrink from enquiring.   
      
   Kilts strike me as particularly unsuited to the Scottish climate. A cold   
   wind up the kilt would make anyone shrink.   
      
   >> The proverbial wind at the top of Waverley Steps might reveal   
   >> all...   
      
   I gather that kilts are quite heavy, presumably as a guard against their   
   blowing up.   
      
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