Extreme Ironing

[mpal2]

I hate ironing but apparently some people just want to take it with them everywhere.

http://www.gadling.com/2010/03/22/te...und-the-world/

[siouxdonym]

Ah yes I once festered bizarre ambitions of becoming an EI competitor...but is ironing really any more exciting when done next to an exploding volcano?

[nubka]

I destest ironing, and avoid it whenever humanly possible...

[KatieC]

I have fond memories of my mum doing the ironing while watching old movies after midnight. Sometimes she let me get up and watch them with her, but I didn't have to iron at the same time. Now I watch movies while ironing, but I don't do much. Except for tissue paper. (I'm cheap - why buy new, when you can just iron the crinkled stuff and reuse?)
Don't think I'd want to climb halfway up a mountain to do it though.

[Civic]

I don't mind ironing which is just as well since I wear mostly natural fibers that require it. I've even been known to use ironing as a form of procrastination. I'll earn several days of outfits for work instead of doing my income taxes or washing the car. That said, I wouldn't travel around the world to do it. My ultimate fantasy is to be able to afford the hotel's valet service when I'm travelling instead of having to iron myself.

[shan]

That article and video clips is just bizarre!

[Holley Calmes]

I destest ironing, and avoid it whenever humanly possible...

My sentiments entirely. My Mother lives to iron. She is 83 years old and can't always remember who I am when we talk. Yet she irons my Father's underwear. She irons sheets. She uses the task of ironing as a symbol of her domestic martyrdom.

I have not picked up an iron in a year I don't think. Viva la Revolution!

[Kasey]

That's just......psychotic.

[Japanfan]

Except for tissue paper. (I'm cheap - why buy new, when you can just iron the crinkled stuff and reuse?)
Don't think I'd want to climb halfway up a mountain to do it though.

Seriously - ironing tissue paper? Sounds like a lot of pointless ironing to me. And I'm wondering whether a piece of tissue paper can even survive being ironed?

[shan]

Seriously - ironing tissue paper? Sounds like a lot of pointless ironing to me. And I'm wondering whether a piece of tissue paper can even survive being ironed?

I've never thought of doing this.

I would probably set the thing on fire!!

[slicekw]

heh. Keep the iron lower than 451 F!

[oleada]

My sentiments entirely. My Mother lives to iron. She is 83 years old and can't always remember who I am when we talk. Yet she irons my Father's underwear. She irons sheets. She uses the task of ironing as a symbol of her domestic martyrdom.

I have not picked up an iron in a year I don't think. Viva la Revolution!

Yeah, same here. My mom irons sheets, too! What's the point?

My iron doesn't even work, I don't think.

[KatieC]

Seriously - ironing tissue paper? Sounds like a lot of pointless ironing to me. And I'm wondering whether a piece of tissue paper can even survive being ironed?

Sure it can survive. And people use tons of the stuff in gift bags nowadays, and I don't like using something once and throwing it out, so you just run a warm iron over it, fold it and put it in a box for next year. (Mostly do it for Christmas.) Especially if you're going to just use it to fill up the bag, or provide protection for something fragile. I reuse bows and ribbon too.

But I can iron while watching TV - doing it while boating or rock climbing just doesn't appeal.

[shan]

But I can iron while watching TV - doing it while boating or rock climbing just doesn't appeal.

I kept hoping that kayak in the video would tip over mid iron stroke!

[Japanfan]

Especially if you're going to just use it to fill up the bag, or provide protection for something fragile. I reuse bows and ribbon too.

So you iron a tissue then scrunch it up to fill up a bag?

But I can iron while watching TV - doing it while boating or rock climbing just doesn't appeal.

Maybe you should try Katie C. Given your experience with fragile materials, you're probably a much better ironer than most.

[MOIJTO]

Love to do laundry, love to fold laundry, HATE ironing!

[KatieC]

So you iron a tissue then scrunch it up to fill up a bag?



Maybe you should try Katie C. Given your experience with fragile materials, you're probably a much better ironer than most.