Being sick on your kilt...

[Clockwork John]

Worst was about 20 years ago, a knife wound that soaked it with blood. On the upside it was Royal Stewart so it was hard to tell.

Dang, Chef. Every time I read a post from you I gain more and more respect for you.

The worst one of my kilts has been through is a full beer poured down my back. At least it was a cheap acrylic that could be machine washed.

[O'Neille]

Got one caught in a winch once. Kind of chewed it up a bit and then the chewed up bit got caught on a nice desert tree climbing out of the creek and tore it more. It's my four wheeling kilt now.

[demobud]

Arlen, that sounds like a rough trip! If it's any consolation, I had a return trip form the UK that was similar, but I didn't lose my lunch until I was on the ground in Detroit. I was th elast one off the plane and sheepishly handed the very nice stewardess a tightly closed bag.
Knock on wood, I haven't had any damage to a kilt yet, although I did flash the world climbing down a ladder from inspecting a roof (snagged on the gutter).

[Alan H]

chocolate, lots of it. And not in a good way. **grimaces**

[BEEDEE]

Arlen - get down to your local Boots and get some Sturgeron. It's primarily for sea sickness but works just as well for travel sickness. It's the only one you can take after you have been ill if necessary.

Brian

[Nighthawk]

I spilled a glass of red wine on my Davidson 16-oz. I learned that day that salt applied to a fresh red wine stain removes it magically.

That's good to know!! I could end up doing that, but I'm more of a white wine kind of guy.

[jmercier]

The worst that I've ever got on my kilt was coal smudges. How did they get there? Well, when I first had lessons in blacksmithing, the person teaching me was working a ren faire and said that if i was working with him at the faire i needed some sort of ren-type-costume, that was not synthetic fiber. Thus I wore my kilt, and a Jacobite shirt. I was good about not getting anything on it while working at the forge all day, and then just as we were breaking down to leave, i wasn't paying attention and smeared my coal dust covered hand on the apron of my kilt instead of the leather apron i had been wearing all day. *sigh* it took a long while to get rid of the spot.

[Jimmy]

Got to admit that despite being a serving foot soldier in the Tartan Army and having come through many a battle on foreign soil, I have had the good fortune never to have been sick in the kilt.

Probably the nearest I have came to disaster was in the batte against the Brazilians in Paris in 1998 when I thought that I was going to miss out due to over indulgence the day before. Fortunately, a friendly foot soldier literally dragged me to a Moroccan bar where I was given much needed medication that allowed me into the battle zone.
Mind you, Arlen, being dragged along the pavements of Paris did not do my kilt much good, it now looks like one of those battle weary regimental flags from the Napoleonic wars.

PS. footnote from foot soldier - we narrowly lost that battle but covered ourselves in dignified glory

[Jack Daw]

The worst was my birthday, pub crawling. Beer and blood. Am I upset? Not really. It gives it character.

"Beer and blood," there's not enough of this story told!

[Ian.MacAllan]

Something learned as an emergency room chaplain...where there are blood stains use hydrogen peroxide while the blood is still wet...stains are gone instantly. The key is to keep things moist to prevent drying before using the peroxide.

If you have no peroxide use plain cool water. Stir it occasionally and change it every quarter-hour or so. When fresh water acquires no color the red stain will be gone but a yellow tinge may remain; a gentle wash with a gentle soap will remove it.

The main thing is to act promptly; blood oxidizes as it dries and the dry stain is very hard to remove.

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