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Apologies if this is in the wrong category, but is sort of skirt-related.
I've been invited to take part n a big medical research project called "UK Biobank" which is to 'improve the health of future generations'.
It starts with a life-style interview where they prod and poke, and take blood samples etc. It would be good if somewhere on the record it is recorded that I 'regularly wear unbifurcated garments'.
Could it trigger a whole new area of research when they find I've outlived all the (trouser) wearing men in the project?
Charlie wrote:I've been invited to take part n a big medical research project called "UK Biobank" which is to 'improve the health of future generations'.
It starts with a life-style interview where they prod and poke, and take blood samples etc. It would be good if somewhere on the record it is recorded that I 'regularly wear unbifurcated garments'.
I attended a Biobank medical screening session about six months ago. Sadly there was nowhere to record the wearing of sensible garments, but no one at the centre that day would have been under any illusions about my preferences as I wore my long black skirt with deep front and back box pleats with a polo shirt and fleece pull over.
Have fun,
Ian.
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Man, that's a great idea ... it's common knowledge among medical folk that the male reproductive system is designed to operate at several degrees lower than body temperature. It is even common knowledge to the public that a man can increase his sperm count simply by going from briefs to boxers.
Just think about it, because of pants the vast majority of men spend their lives with their reproductive system basically having a fever throughout their waking day ... how can that NOT be unhealthy. I think it would be imperative to the validity of the study to document the difference between men in pants and men in anything else.
Well, I saw three different women at the research centre - as Ian will tell you it's a bit of a sausage machine - and two of them asked about the kilt. That's a 66% hit rate
In each case I told them it's just an alternative to trousers.
I was with my wife (she was in trousers), and we'd taken the Park & Ride into Bristol, then walked hand in hand around the shopping centre, all with no comments from anyone.
