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My son was banned from wearing shorts in school during the heatwave - but was told a skirt is fine
Daily Mail ^ | 30/6/23 | Elmira Tanatarova

Posted on 06/30/2023 9:02:59 AM PDT by Eleutheria5

A mother claims her son was banned from wearing shorts to school - despite there being a heatwave - and was told he could opt for a skirt instead.

Toni Hurst from Stockport says she was baffled when Hazel Grove High School told her that Tom Foster, 13, would be put in isolation if he didn't follow the rules.

She explained that a member of staff initially told her that 'boys are free to wear skirts instead of long trousers' over the phone.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: clothing; education; kilts; loincloths; noshorts; skirts; trans; wokeism
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To: JimRed

Ah yes. The Sleeping Scotsman. A favorit-o-ring-ding-diddle-iddle-aye-di-oh-ring-di-diddly Aye oh!


81 posted on 06/30/2023 1:01:25 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Perhaps we should be less concerned with who we might offend and more concerned with who we inspire.)
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To: Jamestown1630

If James Bond wears kilts I’m in! NOT


82 posted on 06/30/2023 1:07:33 PM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Freedom is never free. It must be won rewon and jealously guarded.)
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To: NorthWoody

Totally can relate, happens to me all the time :P


83 posted on 06/30/2023 1:14:17 PM PDT by ropin71 (God Bless our Troops!)
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To: jmaroneps37

I think men look very handsome in kilts, especially in the whole dress getup.

But I’m a Scot, so...


84 posted on 06/30/2023 1:15:41 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Tom Tetroxide

Ole Ole Oh


85 posted on 06/30/2023 2:06:36 PM PDT by packrat35 (Pureblood! No clot shot for me!)
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To: higgmeister

The guy on the right looks Australian.

The guy on the left is hauling the MAG so you can tell they are not in an Aussy outfit.

What they are wearing is not much more than rags so all things considered I would guess they are RLI, 3 Commando.

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86 posted on 06/30/2023 6:07:36 PM PDT by TLI (ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: Eleutheria5

I bought a utility kilt recently, and I love the thing. I’m wearing it right now- very breezy in the hot Texas summer!


87 posted on 06/30/2023 6:43:17 PM PDT by TexasBarak (I aim to misbehave!)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

I was in school in the 60’s. Boys wore shorts year round. But it gets pretty hot in Gitmo.


88 posted on 06/30/2023 7:25:29 PM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn’t become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: Eleutheria5

LOL. my first thought was “how about a kilt?” I own two.


89 posted on 06/30/2023 10:21:09 PM PDT by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: Secret Agent Man
Its still a skirt. Its a skirt. No thanky.

It's only a skirt if you have anything under it.

90 posted on 06/30/2023 10:22:39 PM PDT by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: zeugma

There’s also loin cloth, feathers, war paint;D


91 posted on 07/01/2023 11:40:07 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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