I think I may have a bamboo shirt. Lovely and soft , good drape but a bggggr to iron. Doubt anyone irons socks and underwear. ( please leave me with my illusions if you do). Anyway, the nice shirt lives at the bottom of the laundry basket. Why is it that the big greasy spot is always on the last bit of the garment you go to iron?
Like hand weeding, it's a mindless task I don't mind. You can have thoughts that seem profound - until you stop. Freud and Einstein were keen ironers. Who knows what Da Vinci could have achieved if he had taken the time to invent an iron. Unfortunately, Archimedes would probably have electrocuted himself.
Hubby used to LOVE ironing, socks, pants, face flannel ( I kid you not ) I'm not even sure where it lives, but I'll have to start ironing shirts when i go back to work next month.
Profound thoughts while doing mindless tasks... rarely including ironing here, but the twice daily 2-minute teeth cleaning (electric toothbrush times it so I don't skimp) results in all sorts of interesting observations. Such as the idea (derived from Terry Pratchett, I reckon) that I'm half an inch tall, standing inside my mouth like a cave, looking out and wielding an immense toothbrush like a road drill... yes, I know, I'm Odd. And the recognition that I spend a bit over 24 hours a year cleaning my teeth.
Sorry, off pants topic.
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
Profound thoughts while doing mindless tasks... rarely including ironing here, but the twice daily 2-minute teeth cleaning (electric toothbrush times it so I don't skimp) results in all sorts of interesting observations. Such as the idea (derived from Terry Pratchett, I reckon) that I'm half an inch tall, standing inside my mouth like a cave, looking out and wielding an immense toothbrush like a road drill... yes, I know, I'm Odd. And the recognition that I spend a bit over 24 hours a year cleaning my teeth.
Sorry, off pants topic.
Sir Tel is never off topic. 'How do they rise up'.
I can imagine the world of the mouth is a universe the microbial life in the mouth. The eyes are planets to our eye lash mites.
Electric toothbrushes are good for setting a drone note to improvise against.
Some hum in B flat. If you can match your tone exactly to the toothbrush and then bend your tone a quarter tone you can make your eyeballs rattle. The etiquette of toothbrushes certainly involves singing in my house.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Why is it that the big greasy spot is always on the last bit of the garment you go to iron?
I'm not even sure where it lives, but I'll have to start ironing shirts when i go back to work next month.
Sorry, off pants topic.
- just noticed that the quote is missing in this post. Basically, what Fire said!