Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: Peter Moylan <peter@pmoylan.org>
Newsgroups: sci.lang,alt.usage.english
Subject: Re: "a Pair of Panties" ?????
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2024 09:25:54 +1000
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
Lines: 30
Message-ID: <v5vdu6$19tmo$1@dont-email.me>
References: <v5t8mv$tk1f$1@dont-email.me> <v5tgf1$ukmm$1@dont-email.me>
 <MPG.40ecaac62ee523e7989d38@news.individual.net>
 <v5uo3h$15s3r$1@dont-email.me> <1qw1d8o.1r7d3jr1yb8l8eN%snipeco.2@gmail.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Injection-Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2024 01:25:58 +0200 (CEST)
Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="796156d476d7188dbd0ddeb8151bdda5";
	logging-data="1373912"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org";	posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+Sdp+0C6qPjyLTEpdwOxld"
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (OS/2; Warp 4.5; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101
 Thunderbird/38.8.0
Cancel-Lock: sha1:sl+S39pab6Gid+tFga++pXFTwAE=
In-Reply-To: <1qw1d8o.1r7d3jr1yb8l8eN%snipeco.2@gmail.com>
Bytes: 2129

On 02/07/24 06:47, Sn!pe wrote:
> Hibou <vpaereru-unmonitored@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote:
>
>> Le 01/07/2024 à 13:00, Janet a écrit :
>>> In article <v5tgf1$ukmm$1@dont-email.me>, 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.

-- 
Peter Moylan       peter@pmoylan.org    http://www.pmoylan.org
Newcastle, NSW