A. Life is too short to iron clothes.- What do you think?
B. Ironing is a loving act, performed in the service of my family.
C. Ironing is a capitulation to bourgeois conformism.
D. Ironing is pointless, but so is everything else, so I may as well.
(Feel free to pick
E. None of the aboveand elaborate.)
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A, I guess.
ReplyDeleteThe only time I iron clothes is when Jeremiah and I have to go to a wedding or a funeral. And then we have to find the iron.
What is this ironing of which you speak?
ReplyDeleteMove to America! They hardly iron at all, and it makes you realise what a huge waste of time it was all along.
ReplyDeleteIn the meantime, how about
(e) if I read a few blogs, I will be mentally prepared, and my ironing will be more focused, resulting in a smoother finish.
Ironing is a soul crushing act that shortens a person's life. That is why all stores now sell "no iron" sheets. Imagine yourself ironing your bedsheets on laundry day. Now imagine your soul. Not good, is it? Save yourself and stop ironing now. Think of the children.
ReplyDeleteIf God wanted us to iron, he wouldn't have invented jumpers.
ReplyDeleteIroning prevents me from much more important things such as blogging and eating chocolate.
ReplyDeleteA.
ReplyDeleteI grudgingly iron a few of the fiance's shirts every fortnight.
Ironing is so pointless that it makes my eyes bleed. Which is why I don't know that I even OWN an iron.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely A. And Iota is right - NO ONE irons in America and it is so liberating. I have an iron (seems an obligatory item to own) but have never used it. Ever. I go by the rule that my body heat will eventually smooth out most of the creases. And the boys clothes have certainly never been ironed in their lives. Not once. Oh the invention of non-iron school trousers is a beautiful thing.
ReplyDeleteI vote F - Screw Ironing
ReplyDeleteThe only things I iron are my husband's work shirts and sometimes his t-shirts. I don't iron any of Kai or my clothes - within ten minutes their wrinkled and covered in food anyway so what's the point?
If I'm especially creased that day I'll but the shower on hot and fill the upstairs with steam. Usually does the trick...
Oh and when my mother in law is hovering and trying to be 'helpful' I always give her a pile.
Although I love the environment and all that I am DESPERATE for a tumble dryer - then my bone idle ass could really rest in peace.
A!! I loathe ironing. Hubby does all his own so I'm off the hook.
ReplyDeleteE, because I almost never have to iron my own shirts - my spectacularly awesome wife does that for me because she thinks I'm useless at it! God I love that woman.
ReplyDeleteA for me please! I very occasionally iron some work shirts which really look sh*te when not ironed but other than that? No way jose.
ReplyDeleteB! I hate to go against the grain but usually I don't mind ironing. Music on, sun coming in, wine/coffee at hand. I would iron up to 4 times a week. Ironing is my thinking time.
ReplyDeleteA! A! A!
ReplyDeleteWay too short.
And I'm lazy so if there is a chore I can get away with not doing then I will.
I'm with Erin. Weddings and funerals. And picture day and cello concerts. Sometimes. If they're lucky.
ReplyDelete@all of you lovely people - I think that was an overall resounding A (minus some dissenters) - I had not expected that response AT ALL. It felt oddly liberating, like I'd been given absolution for future not ironing. (I'm still a Catholic at heart, apparently.) I've decided to only do the strictly necessary ironing from now on. Thank you all of you!
ReplyDeleteOkay, I am going to go with a mix of A and C.
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