Pitt Says Men May Start Wearing Skirts After 'Troy'

Reuters ^ | May 9, 2004

[Mr. Mojo]

fashion-conscious men may be wearing Greek-style skirts soon

Could it be any worse than those "hip-hop" pants with the crotch below the knees?

[CIB-173RDABN]

Pitt also defended the decision to deviate from Homer and not include any gods in the film. Petersen said gods would not have played well with audiences today.

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I think this statement sums up Hollywood. They do not have a clue.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Amazingly appropriate that this story should be posted by a freeper named sarcasm...

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Well, a Scotsman clad in kilt, left a bar one evening fair,
and one could tell, by how he walked, that he'd drunk more than his share,
he fumbled round until he could no longer keep his feet
and he stumbled off into the grass to sleep beside the street

Ring ding diddle diddle i dee oh,
Ring di diddly i oh,
He stumbled off into the grass to sleep beside the street

About that time two young and lovely girls just happend by
and one said to the other with a twinkle in her eye
See yon sleeping Scotsman so strong and handsome built
I wonder if it's true what they don't wear beneath the kilt

Ring ding diddle diddle i dee oh,
Ring di diddly i oh,
I wonder if it's true what they don't wear beneath the kilt

They crept up on the sleeping Scot as quiet as could be,
And lifted up his kilt about an inch so they could see,
And there behold for them to view beneath his Scotish skirt,
Was nothing more than God had graced him with upon his birth

Ring ding diddle diddle i dee oh,
Ring di diddly i oh,
Was nothing more than God had graced him with upon his birth

They marvelled for a moment then one said we must be gone,
Let's leave a present for our friend before we move along.
As a gift they left a blue silk ribbon tied into a bow,
Around the bonnie star the Scot's kilt did lift and show.

Ring ding diddle diddle i dee oh,
Ring di diddly i oh,
Around the bonnie star the Scot's kilt did lift and show.

Now the Scotsman woke to nature's call, and stumbled for a tree,
Behind the bush he lifts his kilt, and gawks at what he sees,
And in a startled voice he says, to what's before his eyes,
Ah*, lad I don't know where ya been but I see ya won first prize!

Ring ding diddle diddle i dee oh,
Ring di diddly i oh,
Oh lad I don't know where ya been but I see ya won first prize!

[tet68]

Anger be now your song, immortal one,
Akhilleus' anger, doomed and ruinous,
that caused the Akhaians loss on bitter loss
and crowded brave souls into the undergloom,
leaving so many dead men - carrion for dogs and birds;
and the will of Zeus was done.
Begin it when the two men first contending
broke with one another--.

No Gods??? Paaah!

[longtermmemmory]

did they have the tech to make pants? zippers? buttons?

Skirts are not Kilts.

Only a pansy man would wear a modern skirt as a modern fashion statement.

[wardaddy]

looks like he hit the juice and bulked up a bit.

[wardaddy]

or one pants leg pulled up or a do-rag or how about when black men wore shower caps in public?

kulture...you...gotta love it.

[Mr. Mojo]

Ski caps, I've seen. But shower caps? lol....I haven't noticed that one yet. ....thank heavens.

[lilylangtree]

Time for a refresh:

My kind of man.

Ok folks, I have had it. I've taken all I can stand and I can't stand no more. Every time my TV is on, all that can be seen is effeminate men prancing about, redecorating houses and talking about foreign concepts like "style" and "feng shui." Heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, trans-sexual, metrosexual, non-sexual; blue, green, and purple-sexual-bogus definitions have taken over the urban and suburban world!

Real men of the world, stand up, scratch your butt, belch, and yell "ENOUGH!" I hereby announce the start of a new offensive in the culture wars, the Retrosexual movement.

The RetroSexual Code :

A Retrosexual does not let neighbors screw up rooms in his house on national TV. A Retrosexual, no matter what the women insists, PAYS FOR THE DATE.

A Retrosexual opens doors for a lady. Even for the ones that fit that term only because they are female.

A Retrosexual DEALS with IT, be it a flat tire, break-in into your home, or a natural disaster, you DEAL WITH IT.

A Retrosexual not only eats red meat, he often kills it himself.

A Retrosexual doesn't worry about living to be 90. It's not how long you live, but how well. If you're 90 years old and still smoking cigars and drinking, I salute you.

A Retrosexual does not use more hair or skin products than a woman. Women have several supermarket aisles of stuff. Retrosexuals need an endcap (possibly 2 endcaps if you include shaving goods.)

A Retrosexual does not dress in clothes from Hot Topic when he's 30 years old.

A Retrosexual should know how to properly kill stuff (or people) if need be. This falls under the "Dealing with IT" portion of The Code.

A Retrosexual watches no TV show with "Queer" in the title.

A Retrosexual should not give up excessive amounts of manliness for women. Some is inevitable, but major re-invention of yourself will only lead to you becoming a froo-froo little puss, and in the long run, she ain't worth it.

A Retrosexual is allowed to seek professional help for major mental stress such as drug/alcohol addiction, death of your entire family in a freak treechipper accident, favorite sports team being moved to a different city, or favorite bird dog expiring, etc. You are NOT allowed to see a shrink because Daddy didn't pay you enough attention to you. Daddy was busy DEALING WITH IT. When you screwed up, he DEALT with you.

A Retrosexual will have at least one outfit in his wardrobe designed to conceal himself from prey.

A Retrosexual knows how to tie a Windsor knot when wearing a tie - and ONLY a Windsor knot.

A Retrosexual should have at least one good wound he can brag about getting.

A Retrosexual knows how to use a basic set of tools. If you can't hammer a nail, or drill a straight hole, practice in secret until you can - or be rightfully ridiculed for the wuss you be.

A Retrosexual knows that owning a gun is not a sign that your are riddled with fear, guns are TOOLS and are often essential to DEAL WITH IT. Plus it's just plain fun to shoot.

Crying. There are very few reason that a Retrosexaul may cry, and none of them have to do with TV commercials, movies, or soap operas. Sports teams are sometimes a reason to cry, but the preferred method of release is swearing or throwing the remote control. Some reasons a Retrosexual can cry include (but are not limited to) death of a loved one, death of a pet (fish do NOT count as pets in this case), loss of a major body part.

A Retrosexual man's favorite movie isn't "Maid in Manhattan" (unless that refers to some foxy French maid sitting in a huge tub of brandy or whiskey), or "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood." Acceptable ones may include any of the Dirty Harry or Nameless Drifter movies (Clint in his better days), Rambo I or II, the Dirty Dozen, The Godfather trilogy, Scarface, The Road Warrior, The Die Hard series, Caddyshack, Rocky I, II, or III, Full Metal Jacket, any James Bond Movie, Raging Bull, Bullitt, any Bruce Lee movie, Apocalypse Now, Goodfellas, Reservior Dogs, Fight Club, etc.

When a Retrosexual is on a crowded bus and or a commuter train, and a pregnant woman, hell, any woman gets on, that retrosexual stands up and offers his seat to that woman, then looks around at the other so-called men still in their seats with a disgusted "you punks" look on his face.

A Retrosexual knows how to say the Pledge properly, and with the correct emphasis and pronunciation. He also knows the words to the Star Spangled Banner.

A Retrosexual will have hobbies and habits his wife and mother do not understand, but that are essential to his manliness, in that they offset the acceptable manliness decline he suffers when married/engaged in a serious healthy relationship - i.e., hunting, boxing, shot putting, shooting, cigars, car maintenance.

A Retrosexual knows how to sharpen his own knives and kitchen utensils.

A Retrosexual man can drive in snow (hell, a blizzard) without sliding all over or driving under 20 mph, without anxiety, and without high-centering his ride on a plow berm.

A Retrosexual man can chop down a tree and make it land where he wants. Wherever it lands is where he damn well wanted it to land.

A Retrosexual will give up his seat on a bus to not only any women but any elderly person or person in military dress (except officers above 2nd Lt) NOTE: The person in military dress may turn down the offer but the Retrosexual man will ALWAYS make the offer to them and thank them for serving their country.

A Retrosexual man doesn't need a contract -- a handshake is good enough. He will always stand by his word even if circumstances change or the other person deceived him.

A Retrosexual man doesn't immediately look to sue someone when he does something stupid and hurts himself. We understand that sometimes in the process of doing things we get hurt and we just DEAL WITH IT!!!!

[Cap'n Crunch]

LOL... Slainte!

You got "Home to Mayo"???

[longtermmemmory]

Translation: BRAD PIT CONFESSES HE IS A METROSEXUAL and his wife is realy just for show!

This could have been a good movie. (no gods = lower special effects budget)

[Larry Lucido]

Is "ain't" a word?

Yes it is. And I'm afraid that "ain't wearing no skirt" is a double negative...

...so, will you be posting pics? :-)

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Besides, I thought Achilles was a demigod.

I am not sure, it's been a few years but I do remember that Helen was the daughter of Zeus. And how do you explain Kassandra's warnings going unheeded without the curse of Sunshine Boy (AKA Apollo)? They took prophesy very seriously back then. For them not to listen to her warnings would be culturally unthinkable.

Don't think I will be going to see this movie. But then I had marked it down as doubtful when I heard girly man was starring.

[wardaddy]

that was a late 70s and early 80s thang down south for homeys.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Is "ain't" a word?

It is in the dictionary contrary to what my mother always taught me so I guess the answer would be yes.:)

[ApplegateRanch]

Reminds me of the Apartheid Era South African production of Othello...leaving out Othello! Wouldn't do to have a black man on stage, mixing with decent white folk, dontchya know.

All Othello's lines were instead delivered in third person, as quotes, by the other characters.

BTW, I didn't see a huge upsurge of men in kilts after Braveheart; I also don't expect to see (other than the usual suspects) very many men running around in skirts.

[Mr. Mojo]

Ah, the pre rap-culture days. Didn't notice it out on the West Coast, so maybe it was exclusive to the South.

When rap first appeared in the early-mid 80's I was convinced it would be a 3-4 year passing fad. Can you believe it's lasted two decades now?

[longtermmemmory]

For your consideration. I have seen the "retrosexual" post before but the notion of Retro implies going backward. There is no backwardness about manhood. I simply substituted the word MAN because it is just the plain truth.

* ** ** ** *****

A MAN should have at least one good wound he can brag about getting.

A MAN knows how to use a basic set of tools. If you can't hammer a nail, or drill a straight hole, practice in secret until you can - or be rightfully ridiculed for the wuss you be.

A MAN knows that owning a gun is not a sign that your are riddled with fear, guns are TOOLS and are often essential to DEAL WITH IT. Plus it's just plain fun to shoot.

Crying. There are very few reason that a MAN may cry, and none of them have to do with TV commercials, movies, or soap operas. Sports teams are sometimes a reason to cry, but the preferred method of release is swearing or throwing the remote control. Some reasons a MAN can cry include (but are not limited to) death of a loved one, death of a pet (fish do NOT count as pets in this case), loss of a major body part.

A MAN's favorite movie isn't "Maid in Manhattan" (unless that refers to some foxy French maid sitting in a huge tub of brandy or whiskey), or "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood." Acceptable ones may include any of the Dirty Harry or Nameless Drifter movies (Clint in his better days), Rambo I or II, the Dirty Dozen, The Godfather trilogy, Scarface, The Road Warrior, The Die Hard series, Caddyshack, Rocky I, II, or III, Full Metal Jacket, any James Bond Movie, Raging Bull, Bullitt, any Bruce Lee movie, Apocalypse Now, Goodfellas, Reservior Dogs, Fight Club, etc.

When a MAN is on a crowded bus and or a commuter train, and a pregnant woman, hell, any woman gets on, that MAN stands up and offers his seat to that woman, then looks around at the other so-called men still in their seats with a disgusted "you punks" look on his face.

A MAN knows how to say the Pledge properly, and with the correct emphasis and pronunciation. He also knows the words to the Star Spangled Banner.

A MAN will have hobbies and habits his wife and mother do not understand, but that are essential to his manliness, in that they offset the acceptable manliness decline he suffers when married/engaged in a serious healthy relationship - i.e., hunting, boxing, shot putting, shooting, cigars, car maintenance.

A MAN knows how to sharpen his own knives and kitchen utensils.

A MAN can drive in snow (hell, a blizzard) without sliding all over or driving under 20 mph, without anxiety, and without high-centering his ride on a plow berm.

A MAN can chop down a tree and make it land where he wants. Wherever it lands is where he damn well wanted it to land.

A MAN will give up his seat on a bus to not only any women but any elderly person or person in military dress (except officers above 2nd Lt) NOTE: The person in military dress may turn down the offer but the MAN will ALWAYS make the offer to them and thank them for serving their country.

A MAN doesn't need a contract -- a handshake is good enough. He will always stand by his word even if circumstances change or the other person deceived him.

A MAN doesn't immediately look to sue someone when he does something stupid and hurts himself. We understand that sometimes in the process of doing things we get hurt and we just DEAL WITH IT!!!!

[uncbob]

I tghink they are called TUNICS and if you have a good pair of legs why not

Scotsmen and Braveheart wore em

Ain't the same style as womens

Roman legions wore them

[uncbob]

I ain't wearing no skirt and I ain't going to see this movie.

I remember back in the 50s when Bermuda Shorts first came out

Vast majority of men replied as you did

Guess what