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   From: snipeco.2@gmail.com   
      
   Peter Moylan  wrote:   
      
   > On 02/07/24 06:47, Sn!pe wrote:   
      
   Nitpick:  I wrote none of the quoted material below.  [grump]   
      
   > > 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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