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joneschick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-10 07:32 PM
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Poll question: for DU men that wear dress shirts regularly
who does the ironing?

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(be gentle, it's my first poll) :hi:
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Chan790 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-10 07:39 PM
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1. Nobody.
The first thing I do when I buy a new dress shirt is launder it until it's about as stiff as soup. I never iron or starch. My dress shirts aren't stiff enough to hold a wrinkle.
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TK421 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-10 07:45 PM
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2. When I wore dress shirts regularly, I ironed them and then I started
buying the wrinkle-free Arrows...out of the dryer, onto a hangar and thats all folks!
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foxfeet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-10 08:01 PM
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3. I do all the ironing, not that it's much of a chore these days. nt
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RagAss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-10 08:05 PM
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4. Me....since long before being married, I always pressed my shirts.
Edited on Mon Sep-20-10 08:05 PM by RagAss
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Amerigo Vespucci Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-10 08:08 PM
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5. I bought a white dress shirt at Nordstrom Rack and failed to see it needed ironing...
...so I take it to the dry cleaners...reluctantly.

I've tried using an iron. I wouldn't call it one of my greatest skills.
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triguy46 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-10 08:19 PM
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6. The nice people at the cleaners.
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-10 08:21 PM
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7. I do all the ironing at my house.
My wife, raised in a wealthy family, doesn't really iron very well. And I'm ex-military. Gotta know how to iron if you want to keep looking strack...
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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-10 08:31 PM
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8. I buy well made shirts that don't need ironing also... stop the dryer and take out the shirt.....
...,DON'T let the poor thing sit in the heat wrinkled up.
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Gidney N Cloyd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-10 08:32 PM
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9. Me. But then, I do everything. :-)
I remember my Dad would send his shirts out and they'd come back from the cleaners pressed & folded and 5 to a box. He was an Arthur Anderson accountant in the early 60's and had to dress "full arthur."
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Gidney N Cloyd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-10 08:35 PM
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10. I should add...
If you get the shirts from the dryer to the washer quick and from the dryer to the hanger quick and you don't overload, ironing is minimal.
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-10 08:50 PM
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11. I selected "you".
And you can come over and iron my shirts anytime.
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joneschick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-10 09:35 PM
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13. nuh-uh.
you would be YOU baldguy! LOL! :hi:
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-10 08:52 PM
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12. I buy "permanent-press". No need to deal with the battle to get my wife
to do the ironing. She loves ironing, but the urge to do only comes once a month or so.

:hide:

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uncommon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-10 11:31 AM
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19. There is a magical thing known as
doing it your damn self.

Just saying.
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cherokeeprogressive Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-10 10:15 PM
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14. I have always done my own ironing. Shirts and slacks. n/t
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OmahaBlueDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-20-10 10:37 PM
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15. Usually, no ironing. If needed, I pay a "cleaners"
I often do that prior to travel because, for an absurdly low fee, my cleaners will fold the shirt and wrap it in plastic, like it's coming from the store.
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dawg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-10 08:49 AM
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16. One of my top five sexual fantasies ....
a really hot woman ironing my shirt every morning. Preferably wearing short cut-off blue jean shorts and one of my t-shirts at the time.


But yeah. I'm ironing my own shirts these days.
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BillStein Donating Member (403 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-10 09:52 AM
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17. I don't really mind ironing,
but I can't do a good job of it anymore (damn arthritis. So I send my and my husband's shirts to the laundry.

I wear suit/tie most days
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Deep13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-10 09:53 AM
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18. premanent press nt
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david13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-21-10 12:25 PM
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20. I consider myself to be a somewhat stupid person, but long ago
I learned to read labels that say, on the shirt "Permanent Press", "No Ironing Needed".
dc
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