Doing the ironing......

not_the_dj

chillidoggy said:

What's an iron?

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Bygone_Tones

Shirts and trousers only.

CHRISB50

chillidoggy said:

What's an iron?

It depends who you ask.

underdog

I remember as a kid, on a Sunday my mother would spend the evening ironing all the clothes and then hanging them up so they were ready to put on for the week.

I iron what I need to put on when I need it, seems pointless any other way.

I try and iron kids uniforms Sunday night for the entire week as I'm simply not a morning person

Gulliver

I just put dirty clothes in a laundry bin and after a while they magically get cleaned and ironed...

BigMonka

Gulliver said:

I just put dirty clothes in a laundry bin and after a while they magically get cleaned and ironed...

starwarsnosebleed

capo4th said:

I iron my own shit then it's done properly

That sounds messy. I take it you live alone?

mellowsun

capo4th said:

I iron my own shit then it's done properly

That indeed is taking ironing everything to its limits.

Dominic

I learnt to iron in the CCF but I rarely do it.

boogieman

We take turns doing the ironing in our house, when It's my turn I have a Wheeler Dealer fest to take my mind off the misery of ironing. No way I'd do underwear or socks.  

stickyfiddle

We pay a lady to do it for us once a week. She very good. Outer clothes and bedding is a yes, underwear and towels are unnecessary.

I don't mind ironing shirts when I need to though. I even do them if I'm staying in a hotel. You can't go to a client in a crinkly shirt.

octatonic

I haven't ironed since 2004, when we first got a housekeeper.

scrumhalf

Ironing, eh?

Must take one hell of an iron to keep the earth flat.

siraxeman

Not so, since its flat to start with its at none iron FLAT EARTH. Oh yes indeedy..

siraxeman

Not so, since its flat to start with its at none iron FLAT EARTH. Oh yes indeedy..

not_the_dj

There's an echo in here. Must be that massive ice wall surrounding us. 

bingefeller

EricTheWeary said:

I know this is very mumsnet but as I do the ironing in chez Weary ... mostly shirts, often t shirts are good enough out of the tumble drier/ line. When I was a kid I used to practice ironing ( what a rebel...) by ironing handkerchiefs, can't imagine doing that now but it was quite satisfying at the time. 

Just wow'd you because you're a man and you iron, which is normally a womans job.  Talk about role reversal.  

HAL9000

Snap said:

I like ironing.

We iron everything except undies & socks.

There is a therapeutic pleasure to be had in ironing shirts. There is a way.........

Iron inside out too, so you don't get shiny marks

^This. Put movie on Tele (something that doesn't need too much attention - The Hunt for Red October is ideal ironing fare). Turn shirts and tees outside-in. Iron. 

Def agree about sheets. Crisp, uncreased, bed linen is one of life's little luxuries.

holnrew

I haven't ironed anything for years

capo4th

holnrew said:

I haven't ironed anything for years

Scruffbag