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No proper Scotsman would have posted this.

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No true Scotsman would say “no proper Scotsman.”

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You Scots sure are a contentious people.

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That’s proper.

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39 points

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6 points

You’ve made an enemy for life!!

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11 points

That’s a fallacy, MacGregor!

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22 points

Indians too

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No true Indian feels that way.

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46 points

I dunno, knives and male genitals don’t really mix.

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the invention of circumcision

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8 points

Was it invented or discovered, though?

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Invented by a little-known geezer named Sir C. Ision

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56 points

Doesn’t mix with female genitals either. Maybe keep knives away from genitals as a general rule

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27 points

You’re no fun.

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44 points

This is why we can’t have knife things.

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11 points

Hopefully knives and female genitals don’t mix either.

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58 points

“Kilts, because they don’t make three legged pants.”

For real though, I gave up pants years ago and I will never go back. I highly recommend giving it a try.

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83 points

You’re just skirting the issue.

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36 points

In his defence, he’s having a ball

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23 points

I’m feeling like you just kilt the thread.

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Pretty sure that the kilt was invented by an Englishman so that scots working in his factories would be less likely to get clothing caught in the machinery and maimed. I say this as a kilt-loving descendent of scots.

EDIT: To be clear, I was referring to a Small Kilt, whose intention is attributed to an English mill owner named Rallinson circa 1720. Not the Great Kilt, which to my knowledge is Scottish in origin.

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Pretty sure the 16th century happened before the Industrial Revolution, when there were British factories.

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Should have been more precise, I think. I most frequently hear “kilt” referring to the Small Kilt which comes from the 18th century, not the Great Kilt.

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I’m having a hard time thinking of garments that would be MORE likely to get caught in machinery than an ~8yd piece of fabric wrapped to include open ends, pleats, flaps and the over the shoulder option. A poncho or cloak is the only thing I can come up with.

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A Great Kilt (invented by Scots, as far as am aware) definitely. I should have been more specific. I was referring to the Small Kilt (which is what I most often hear people referring to as a kilt), which comes from the 18th century.

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