Gestures of respect

[SteveB]

I just bow as a normal male should, whether in a kilt or a skirt. I do not know these trouser things. They look so uncomfortable.

I grew up in kilts, and learned all my (bad?) habits in a kilt.

Cheers

[Grok]

The unusual theme of this thread brings up a question-what do you do with skirts (other than wear them)?

[skirtyscot]

I wash them!

[Caultron]

Hang them.

Anybody who crawls under them with a flashlight and plays "fort" is just weird.

[Grok]

In answer to my own question, I recall images of women in long skirts...the women hold up a hem to make a sort of large pocket to carry things.

[kingfish]

Hang them.

Anybody who crawls under them with a flashlight and plays "fort" is just weird.

That quote reminds me of one particular scene from "The Nutcracker" where a dozen people (the young kids class) come out from underneath a skirt to do some gymnastic looking ballet routine.

As for that gesture of respect, I think I'd stick with the bow unless I was in something in which bowing would invite unwanted exposure.

E.g. Performing a curtsey in a hoop skirt instead of a bow would prevent the back hem from coming up, thereby preventing exposure of those ever wickedly suggestive ankles.

That's not to say I haven't curtsied in a kilt. But that was in jest, and to someone whom already knew me to be a wiseguy.

[Caultron]

In answer to my own question, I recall images of women in long skirts...the women hold up a hem to make a sort of large pocket to carry things.

I don't know... That sort of thing would raise eyebrows in any grocery store where I've ever shopped...

[Grok]

If we are a counter culture...during an experimental phase...it seems to me that we could develop our own traditions.

[skirtingtheissue]

The unusual theme of this thread brings up a question-what do you do with skirts (other than wear them)?

I let them drop to the floor and step out of them! Skirts are so much easier and faster to take off (and put on) than pants! Just one more advantage.

[skirted_in_SF]

In answer to my own question, I recall images of women in long skirts...the women hold up a hem to make a sort of large pocket to carry things.

I do exactly that when I wash my socks. After they're dry, sorted and rolled; I drop them in my lap and pick up the hem of my skirt to carry them off to the dresser drawer.