# Between my Kilt and me there is... nothing? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 2, 2003, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/between-my-kilt-and-me-there-is-nothing/192507 "2003-08-02T05:14:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Celyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@Celyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celyn)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/between-my-kilt-and-me-there-is-nothing/192507/21 "2003-08-03T10:19:18Z")
Well, we’re not extinct yet! Then again, we Scots are used to our climate, which, though nothing like that of Florida, doesn’t _quite_ compete with the frozen wastes of the Antarctic. ---
**Author:** ![3waygeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e95f7d/32.png) [@3waygeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3waygeek)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/between-my-kilt-and-me-there-is-nothing/192507/22 "2003-08-03T14:35:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BrainGlutton \* > **On thing I’ve never seen discussed in connection with this topic: Scotland is pretty damned cold, isn’t it?** Not as cold as you’d think – the Gulf Stream runs by there, so it’s a bit warmer than similar latitudes in North America. Note that palm trees grow in parts of the [Highlands](http://www.whfp.com/visitor/swross.html) – that’s not to suggest that Scotland’s climate is tropical, but it’s certainly not a deep freeze. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/between-my-kilt-and-me-there-is-nothing/192507/23 "2003-08-03T15:25:33Z")
I have worn a kilt through Greenwich Village on the first week of January, Regimental, when it was QUITE nippy (NY DopeFest, 2002). They boys were toasty. Those things are wool. The kilts, not the boys. ---
**Author:** ![Dogface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@Dogface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogface)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/between-my-kilt-and-me-there-is-nothing/192507/24 "2003-08-03T16:01:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jjimm \* > \*\*So thongs are OK then? > \*\* Thongs? That’d unnaturally constrict the manhood! Completely unacceptable. Being the manliest of garments, the kilt and belted plaid must let the manhood be free and unconstrained. ---
**Author:** ![Dogface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@Dogface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogface)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2003, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/between-my-kilt-and-me-there-is-nothing/192507/25 "2003-08-03T16:03:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BrainGlutton \* > \*\*On thing I’ve never seen discussed in connection with this topic: Scotland is pretty damned **cold,** isn’t it? Further north than England, which is not known for its tropical clime. I mean, do or did Scottish males walk around outdoors in winter wearing kilts and no undergarments? Hard to believe. The Scottish nation would have gone extinct long ago, from reproductively-strategic frostbite. \*\* I’ve worn the belted plaid in temperatures as cold as Scotland gets and was quite warm. Four to six yards of wool at five feet wide can work quite well. However, North America can get far colder than Scotland normally does, so Highlanders here would often adopt leggings and trews. From my reading, in the dead of winter, they might wear trews, leggings over that, the plaid over that, supplemented with a coat and a great-coat. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/between-my-kilt-and-me-there-is-nothing/192507.md?page=1)