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Mailman Wants to Wear a Kilt

Carrier advocates for the right to wear a MUG

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 21, 2008 2:35 PM CDT

(Newser) – Dean Peterson likes kilts. In fact, the 48-year-old Air Force vet and mail carrier owns 15 of them, and he's on a one-man crusade to persuade the USPS to allow carriers to wear kilts on the job, the Boston Globe reports. He’s contacted every postal union branch in the country to make the case for Male Unbifurcated Garments, or MUGs.

The uniform change will come up for a vote at the National Association of Letter Carriers convention this week. "MUGs are worn all over the world, and have been for thousands of years because they are comfortable,” Peterson wrote to his fellow carriers. "Please open your hearts—and inseams—for an option in mail carrier comfort!"

Should he be able to wear a kilt as well?
Should he be able to wear a kilt as well?   (Getty Images)
Actor George Lopez, wearing a kilt, hits from the 11th tee of the Spyglass Hill Golf Course during the second round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament in Pebble Beach, Calif., Friday, Feb. 8, 2008.
Actor George Lopez, wearing a kilt, hits from the 11th tee of the Spyglass Hill Golf Course during the second round of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am golf tournament in Pebble Beach, Calif., Friday,...   (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Espanyol soccer team supporters wearing kilts bearing their team's colors in the center of Glasgow, Scotland, Wednesday, May 16, 2007.
Espanyol soccer team supporters wearing kilts bearing their team's colors in the center of Glasgow, Scotland, Wednesday, May 16, 2007.   (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
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