On Nov 13, 1:53*pm, Andy Burns wrote:

I must have been forced to wear them once or twice too many as a
youngster, I avoid all bold coarse check patterns now!

Boil wash with a few red socks. (Why do people buy red socks?)

I've a couple of lurid black and white check shirts (Mother!), which
easily dyed down to a far more acceptable dark and darker grey check.