Coffee on the kilt

[Alan H]

I just dumped about a 1/4 of my big cup of coffee all over my keyboard and kilt. Well, the keyboard still seems to be working.

--> Instant response, after the bellowing.....dash to the mens room....soak a bunch of paper towels with a LOT of water, place on the sink counter and drop over-apron on the towels. This was followed by a lot more water, blotting, replacement of towels about 3x, and more blotting. I think it's gonna be OK, but now I'm sitting here at work with a swamp cooler air conditioning system between my knees.

At least it's my oldest and scruffiest wool kilt, but on the other hand, it's the very first handsewn kilt I ever made so I'd be bummed if it got messed up.

[Tobus]

Heh, I recently did the same thing. Kilts are great at protecting the more ...umm "delicate" regions from hot coffee spills. Much better than trousers. I'm glad I'm not the only klutz who has had to deal with coffee lap. Thankfully, I spilled it on an acrylic cheapie kilt, not one of my good wool kilts. Hope it turns out OK!

The visual of you standing in the men's room with your aprons on the counter is just too much.

[Alan H]

Three guys walked in while I was blotting. Two didn't seem to notice. One guy walked in, did a double take.....I saw his face in the mirror.....and then our eyes met. He quickly looked away, glanced at the urinal and left, in something like a hurry.

I hope he makes it to the first floor mens room in time.

[auld argonian]

....for a second there, I though that the thread's title was some old Irish tune that wasn't in the Chief O'Neill book....Whisky In The Jar/Coffee On The Kilt....

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AA

[Alan H]

....for a second there, I though that the thread's title was some old Irish tune that wasn't in the Chief O'Neill book....Whisky In The Jar/Coffee On The Kilt....

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AA

Sure, "Coffee on the Kilt"... recorded in 1949 by the O'Malley and Thaniatakis Brothers band. The recording is notable for the fact that it's played with a Greek bouzouki rather than an Irish one, and the fact that the piece gets faster and faster and faster and faster and....... Not to mention the manic laughter at the end.

[TheOfficialBren]

Ha! I feel your pain, Alan. I had a near miss once with coffee. I was walking and tripped and my coffee sloshed. Luckily I was able to manoeuvre out of the way in a split second.

I have a picture of that whole exchange in the mirror in my head...hilarious!!! It should be in a movie.

[walkerk]

What model was the keyboard? Sounds pretty robust.

Shouldn't you be using tea instead of coffee if you wanted Khaki?

[Cranky]

Three guys walked in while I was blotting. Two didn't seem to notice. One guy walked in, did a double take.....I saw his face in the mirror.....and then our eyes met. He quickly looked away, glanced at the urinal and left, in something like a hurry.

I hope he makes it to the first floor mens room in time.

That's hilarious. Wouldn't you love to know what he was thinking? "...is this what he always does in the restroom?"

Good thing you made it to the Men's Room.