Mailman campaigns to wear skirt

SEATTLE, Washington (AP) -- A 6-foot-tall, 250-pound letter carrier is campaigning for the right to take off his pants. Dean Peterson wants the U.S. Postal Service to add kilts as a uniform option for men.

The idea was soundly defeated in July at a convention of his union, the 220,000-member National Letter Carriers' Association, so Peterson knows convincing management will be an uphill struggle, but at least he'll be comfortable in his kilt, or Male Unbifurcated Garment.

"In one word, it's comfort," he said.

With his build, Peterson said, his thighs fill slacks to capacity, causing chafing and scarring.

Peterson, 48, has Finnish and Norwegian ancestry but not Scottish. He began wearing kilts a couple years ago when his wife brought one back from a trip to Scotland. (A spokeswoman for Britain's Royal Mail said kilts are not allowed as part of its letter carrier uniforms.)

Now Peterson wears them everywhere -- to one son's football games, the other son's concerts, shopping and gardening.

"It's the difference between wearing jammies to bed and wearing your work clothes to bed," he said.

Before the convention in Boston, Peterson spent his family's $1,800 economic stimulus tax rebate to mail about 1,000 letters and photographs of him wearing a prototype Postal Service kilt to union branches in every state, Guam and Puerto Rico.

"Unbifurcated Garments are far more comfortable and suitable to male anatomy than trousers or shorts because they don't confine the legs or cramp the male genitals the way that trousers or shorts do," he wrote. "Please open your hearts -- and inseams -- for an option in mail carrier comfort!"

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In one word, it's Seattle. roflmao.
My 2¢: There's no reason whatsoever why this should even be an issue. If they work better in a kilt, let them wear it. There's way too much Irish/Scottish influence in the US for people to pretend they find this "alien".

Well, that'll certainly make the dogs' jobs easier.

mosheshmeal
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Yeah, I just thought it was a funny story. Unfortunately for him, it was voted down at the convention.

What are you smiling about? That I've copied your trademark <snip>?

What can I say, I learned from the master.

Well, I would have expected as much. At this rate, they're going to require people in the US to wear cross pendants and Jews are going to need special exemptions.

Ouch!


My, how beautiful.

Edited on second thought.

You cannot be serious. Anyway, even Britian's Royal Mail doesn't let it's postal carriers wear kilts.

No, no. Deeper than that.

mosheshmeal
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Oh.....

britain has good reason to be afraid of scottish nationalism.

and the kilt would be exactly that.

but personaly I agree, pants don't fit boys really well. or at least not me.

there simply isn't enough room in the hips and rear or front, and they don't keep well either.

so much for stimulating the economy.

That "influence" would depend on where in the US you are. Where I live now, yes. Where I grew up, no.

Besides, they don't have to wear long pants, they can also wear shorts. However, speaking as a man who has worn a kilt (OK, it's a "utilikilt") I discovered a few things:

-I now know why women run their hands behind them to make sure their tuckus is covered before sitting down (all I'm gonna say is it was a cold, metal stool).
-You can get quite a breeze in areas that normally do not feel such a thing...at least in public!