Researcher: Men in kilts swing free, have happier sperm

[joeybee12]

You might credit the legendary Scottish male virility of past time to single malt whiskey, or the sometimes brutal weather, or the fact that haggis is the national dish, but a Dutch researcher is proposing another answer:

"Men wearing a kilt experience a strong sense of freedom and masculinity," says a researcher. Here Tim Propst, of Lincoln County, N.C., throws a hammer during the Grandfather Mountain Highland Games in Linville, N.C. in July 2012.
It was the kilts.

Kilts, worn as they were meant to be worn, without underwear, lets our laddies swing freely in the breeze, creating, according to researcher Erwin Kompanje, the “ideal physiological scrotal environment.” Exposed to the bracing Highland coolness, testicles will make robust sperm.

The modern man’s “scrotal environment” is pretty confined these days, what with underwear and pants that hold our testicles close to the body and its 98.6-degree heat, Kompanje, a senior researcher in the department of intensive care at Erasmus University in Rotterdam, told NBCNews.com. But as he pointed out in a paper published online in the Scottish Medical Journal, “adequate spermatogenesis requires a temperature about 3 degrees [Celsius] lower than normal body temperature.” (That would translate to about 93 degrees Fahrenheit, compared to the normal body temperature of 98.6 Farenheit.)

http://bodyodd.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/22/17861729-researcher-men-in-kilts-swing-free-have-happier-sperm?lite

[FarCenter]

1. So no panty hose with kilts?

[brooklynite]

2. Apparently addressing the question: "What does a Scotsman wear under his kilt?"

[AnneD]

18. "What does a Scotsman wear under his kilt?"

Lipstick.

[Animal Chin]

3. The Scotsman

A Scotsman clad in kilt left the pub one evening fair
One could tell by how he walked that he'd drank more than his share
He fumbled round until he could no longer keep his feet
And stumbled off into the grass asleep beside the street

Ring-ding-did-a-little-la-di-oh, Ring-di-diddly-eye-oh,
He stumbled off into the grass asleep beside the street

About that time two young n' lovely girls just happened by
One says 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-did-a-little-la-di-oh, Ring-di-diddly-eye-oh,
I wonder if it's true what they don't wear beneath the kilt

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

Ring-ding-did-a-little-la-di-oh, Ring-di-diddly-eye-oh,
Was nothing more than God had graced him with upon his birth

They marveled 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-did-a-little-la-di-oh, Ring-di-diddly-eye-oh,
Around the bonnie star the Scot's kilt did lift and show.

Now the Scotsman woke to nature's call and stumbled towards the trees
Behind a bush he lift 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 you've been but I see you won first prize."

Ring-ding-did-a-little-la-di-oh, Ring-di-diddly-eye-oh,
Ah, lad I don't know you've been but I see you won first prize.

[Stretch714]

13. That popped right into my mind when I read the title. nt

[Voice for Peace]

4. Donald, where's your trousers? "the ladies from hell"

[tridim]

5. Or just wear boxers.

Pants are overrated anyway.

[sofa king]

6. A friendly word of caution....

I wasn't wearing a kilt when I walked around commando all those years, but I won myself a testicular torsion for it, probably. At least the lack of support seems likely to have contributed to the incident, according to the urologist.

Guys, don't look that up if you're planning to sit comfortably and quietly. Once you read what it is, you'll be pacing the room, I can practically guarantee it.

Who knows how many Highlanders died after the battles... doubled over in previously unimaginable pain as necrosis crept over them....

[librechik]

7. They should all marry braless women

everybody swings free

[kestrel91316]

8. There IS a biological reason why humans evolved testes that "hang down".

This doesn't surprise me at all.

[FarCenter]

11. Scotland being rather cold, they may not hang down that far.

[AnneD]

19. or for that long...

but it takes a manly man to wear a kilt on a cold Scottish day.

[octothorpe]

9. I doubt any of my sperm are happy. I murdered so many of those bastards simply because I was bored.

[reflection]

15. I hear you loud and clear.

I also was my own personal Marquis De Sade for my unwitting tadpoles. Poor, poor bastards.

[Blue Owl]

10. Release the bagpipe!

[Katashi_itto]

12. I wear Hakamas due to practicing Iaido and I am very happy.

It's much more comfortable. I can see why kilts are viewed as such.

Example of a guy wearing hakama from

[xchrom]

14. Note to self: visit Scotland soonest. Nt

[joeybee12]

17. Oh my!

[AnneD]

20. XCHROM!!!!!

you cheeky little monkey you.

[panader0]

16. I don't have happy sperm

I had a vasectomy after three kids. All my tadpoles are imprisoned.
As a side note- I showed up for the procedure after my twins were born. The doctor walked in and asked "Are you feeling brave?"
"I guess so. Why?" "Because I just read in the JAMA that vasectomies may cause an increased probability of prostrate cancer."
I did it anyway. Three kids is enough, and I really haven't noticed any difference. About 18 years ago.