Smudge,
If your "Mushie" were still in the saddle when the tractor started on the hedge, then he was very lucky that it didn't rear up and flop back on him, or he'd need more than tea 'n biscuit !
That Scotch should even be contemplated for such a purpose is sacrilege enough, but Glenmorangie ! You should start with the Indian (and Japanese ?) counterfeits, then take out all our blended stuff first, before resorting to such desperate measures.
I believe that, in principle, all hydrocarbon fuels from bacon dripping upwards should serve as diesel fuel, and I suppose it makes no odds if ethyl or methyl alcohol in any of its later guises is sprayed into the flame cans, provided it will ignite. But what a lovely aroma from the jet pipe if it were a single malt !
I must now take a soothing draught of the dark waters of the Liffey to restore my mental equilibrium.
Danny.
EDIT: Gentlemen, today is the 10th.