Discussion thread -- SEVENTY-FIVE WORD WRITING CHALLENGE November 2013

[AnyaKimlin]

That's a real job?
Not that I need much imagination, either, having spent most of my life in Brazil, where Speedos abound!

It was just under twenty years ago in some Scottish villages lol "OK boys, turn round and lift!"

Now why didn't I think of taking pics lol I've got a few hard copy ones (no digital cameras) of the pants on the notice board. Clearly remember maroon ones with a blue y. Apparently they "matched" his tartan lol.

 

[Tywin]

I don't need the imagination when I first started as a barmaid it was my job to check before a wedding and hang any pants of shame on the noticeboard

I don't understand any of this. Pants of shame? Noticeboard?

 

[AnyaKimlin]

I don't understand any of this. Pants of shame? Noticeboard?

Anyone who was wearing any underpants under their kilt had them removed and pinned on a notice board behind the bar. They could collect them once their wedding hang over had gone.

 

[Jo Zebedee]

I don't understand any of this. Pants of shame? Noticeboard?

Ahem. A true Scot wears nowt under his kilt, and pants in the UK are underpants, not trousers....

 

[AnyaKimlin]

Yeah what Springs said lol

 

[Tywin]

Anyone who was wearing any underpants under their kilt had them removed and pinned on a notice board behind the bar. They could collect them once their wedding hang over had gone.

Aha, it all makes sense now. I've heard scottish guys (to include Americans clinging to scottish descent) bragging about not wearing anything under kilts.

Always seemed a little strange to me - the bragging not the wearing nothing. I mean it's not like it takes a special skill to take a piece of clothing off or something.

 

[Tywin]

Ahem. A true Scot wears nowt under his kilt, and pants in the UK are underpants, not trousers....

In the US underpants are underwear and trousers are... apparently something worn by people born before 1940.

 

[Jo Zebedee]

Aha, it all makes sense now. I've heard scottish guys (to include Americans clinging to scottish descent) bragging about not wearing anything under kilts.

Always seemed a little strange to me - the bragging not the wearing nothing. I mean it's not like it takes a special skill to take a piece of clothing off or something.

Tis the mystery. No one knows for sure (except Anya, evidently. )

 

[Jo Zebedee]

In the US underpants are underwear and trousers are... apparently something worn by people born before 1940.

But don't you call trousers pants? Niffenegger definitely does. Here, we rarely say underpants, just pants, which causes much sniggering when the Americans wear only pants in books... (juvenile sniggering, admittedly. )

 

[AnyaKimlin]

Aha, it all makes sense now. I've heard scottish guys (to include Americans clinging to scottish descent) bragging about not wearing anything under kilts.

Always seemed a little strange to me - the bragging not the wearing nothing. I mean it's not like it takes a special skill to take a piece of clothing off or something.

Main reason is it gets very, very hot under a kilt. As a woman there is no way I'd want a wild night with a guy who'd worn undies beneath one - talk about a bit smelly and sweaty Also I guess they'd be less fertile if they wore pants.

Generally the brides wanted true Scotsmen at their wedding so the board was seen as a deterrent. Plus for the bar it was a pretty good marketing tool - it was full any women not invited right before the wedding .

 

[AnyaKimlin]

But don't you call trousers pants? Niffenegger definitely does. Here, we rarely say underpants, just pants, which causes much sniggering when the Americans wear only pants in books... (juvenile sniggering, admittedly. )

Oh gosh I remember hubby desperately trying to impress me by saying he was wearing vest, pants and suspenders.

I still snigger over that one.

 

[Abernovo]

Well, strictly speaking, there is a suggestion about wearing something underneath a kilt when one dances. We can get quite energetic. But that's really only so as not to embarrass royalty (and certain elderly aunts) at the games.

 

[TheDustyZebra]

We're going to be the first Challenge discussion thread to ever get moved to the Lounge, pretty soon.

I swear, it is so not my fault!

And now I'm thinking heartily about my story-to-be, "Two Yummy Boys and The Mystery of the Noticeboard Pants".

 

[Bob Senior]

AW JEEZ, I just ordered a suit with 2 pair of pants from The Mens Wearhouse !
It gets awful cold here in Wisconsin.
Bob

 

[Tywin]

You can giggle at pants, but I get my own chuckle when I hear trousers, which conjures an image of plaid pants with a waist pulled up around the level of his nipples.

 

[AnyaKimlin]

You can giggle at pants, but I get my own chuckle when I hear trousers, which conjures an image of plaid pants with a waist pulled up around the level of his nipples.

Aye but we never hold them up with suspenders

 

[Karn Maeshalanadae]

AW JEEZ, I just ordered a suit with 2 pair of pants from The Mens Wearhouse !

And a Japanese transistor radio.

 

[Bob Senior]

Ty,
Are you trying to tell me that you could look Robert Mitchum in the eye and tell him his trousers looked funny?
Bob

 

[TheDustyZebra]

And a Japanese transistor radio.

Where's the darned "like" button?

+1

 

[Mr Orange]

Funnily enough I had the pants / trouser discussion yesterday in the office with a newly arrived Aussie and two Brits. I've been here long enough I have adapted to trousers but get mocked mercilessly when I go back to NZ and dare call pants trousers!

What was this thread about again?