Result ! i am no longer a virgin

newlad



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Posts: 7819

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 14:42

I have been married for 26 years now and i have washed,cooked,hoovered,polished,changed dirty nappies etc but i have never,ever ironed clothing.Today that all changed and i am no longer an ironing virgin.GOD ISNT IT BORING.Me and my big mouth.Last night we where all sat round chatting about things and i happened to mention about a pile of ironing in the kitchen.And made the mistake about boasting about how quick and easily i would be able to carry out this chore.Five hours later i am not even half way through the bloody pile,

Paul.

nurseawful



Joined: 06/02/2009
Posts: 5934

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 14:44

Nice one Paul about time you learned. My hubby learned this summer after being married for 37 years though he still insists he can only iron squares!

deecyprus4


Joined: 27/07/2008
Posts: 3452

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 14:44

HA ha serves you right Paul, am sending Kev to you for lessons in ironing and all the other things you do lol

Tiggy


Joined: 25/07/2007
Posts: 1994

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 14:47

How old were we when we lost our virginities ? 16.

No1Doyen


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Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 14:52

Paul. If it's any consolation to you I've always ironed my own shirts.

Jeannie


Joined: 04/08/2009
Posts: 3283

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 15:03

Bill & Paul



Paul irons his shirts, too!



Personally, I think ironing is the most boring job in the world



J

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 15:07

I actually find it quite relaxing Jean. Plus I end up with my shirts being ironed correctly )

Jeannie


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Posts: 3283

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 15:15

Bill - I know I said Paul irons his shirts, but I didn't say he was better at ironing than me - cheek

jimmyG


Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 900

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 15:25

I'm definitely the odd one out here but give me a pile of ironing and some music to listen too and I find it very relaxing & therapeutic.

Jeannie


Joined: 04/08/2009
Posts: 3283

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 15:27

jimmyG - it's a shame that you live at the opposite end of the country to me, otherwise I'd have been straight round to yours - with a huge pile of ironing. I'd even bring some CD's for you to listen to. I can't say fairer than that

carollynne


Joined: 19/11/2009
Posts: 128

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 15:36

I hate ironing :-(

jimmyG


Joined: 14/08/2008
Posts: 900

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 15:37

That is a shame Jeannie - you could have fed my habit while I ended up ironing yours!!!

Jeannie


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Posts: 3283

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 15:42

jimmyG -

boglefan



Joined: 07/06/2009
Posts: 511

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 15:50

Congratulations Paul at least now you know how it feels. Even sipping on some white wine I still find it the most boring of household chores and admit to now and again giving up and going to an ironing service, 40 items for £23 (doesn't include bedding or curtains). everything comes back on hangers or neatly folded worth every penny. A little more practice and you could start your own little ironing service!



Irene

billyboy1


Joined: 01/06/2009
Posts: 590

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 16:33

I also find ironing relaxing. music on loud, , upstairs in spare room, no one to disturb me.....



great



i used to have a lodger that paid me to iron his shirts (business man in city)



got it down to 1 minute a shirt...and got paid £1 per shirt...and that was 15 years ago, not a bad rate i reckon

TheScarlets



Joined: 14/04/2009
Posts: 877

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 16:39

Paul



Ironing is a job for a woman!

simbas



Joined: 16/07/2007
Posts: 5943

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 16:42

My husband will quite happily do the ironing if asked . It's the only thing he has done in nearly 37yrs of marriage

I'm not complaining , Simbas

scoobydoo


Joined: 10/11/2008
Posts: 2434

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 16:43

My husband will do some ironing for me about once a month so I don't complain too much however he draws the line at items of clothing with women's shape, so I end up doing all mine .... apart from my pj's!!!

TheScarlets



Joined: 14/04/2009
Posts: 877

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 16:46

See what I mean Paul, leave the ironing to the woman, they'll have less to complain about then



Nothing we do will be good enough

newlad



Joined: 02/03/2008
Posts: 7819

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 16:53

Scarlets,

How many men does it take to mop a floor,

Paul.

newlad



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Posts: 7819

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 16:53

None coz its a womans job,lol

newlad



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Posts: 7819

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 16:55

Just finished feet up now and a nice cup of tea.Little tip for all of you,when ironing dark colours always turn them inside out,

Paul.

TheSaints



Joined: 28/01/2009
Posts: 1369

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 17:00

I went into the army straight from school at 16 years old as a boy soldier so I was exposed to ironing at an early age even now I still iron my own clothes as my mum and two wives have never been able to iron my clothes how I want them.

I find ironing relaxing stick on some music and get ironing............

dizzycows


Joined: 12/05/2009
Posts: 2736

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 17:04

Crikey you boring lot talking about ironing, thought this post was going to be interesting!!!!

Thesaints, YOU GOT two wifes?? crikey hope you gave them the same xmas present! Hasnt that got a name? two or more wives? lol x

newlad



Joined: 02/03/2008
Posts: 7819

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 17:05

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ej9MeetGJg



didnt realise someone was filming it,

Paul.

newlad



Joined: 02/03/2008
Posts: 7819

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 17:07

Dizzy,

Ironing boring,not when Leonard Cohen is blasting out,

Paul.

TheScarlets



Joined: 14/04/2009
Posts: 877

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 17:08

Paul



I'm watching tv at the moment and the wife is doing the ironing. Still waiting for my glass of red



Ian

TheSaints



Joined: 28/01/2009
Posts: 1369

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 17:09

DC



Yep it has a name "Stupidity" as I did not learn my lesson the first time, oh well.......

dizzycows


Joined: 12/05/2009
Posts: 2736

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 17:17

Newlad, you dont look quite the same as in the msg 25!!! to much Turkey me thinks,



Who is leonard Cohen??? give me TRex any day, .....

TheScarlets



Joined: 14/04/2009
Posts: 877

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 17:31

Paul



Now I know why I let the mrs do all the ironing



Ian

newlad



Joined: 02/03/2008
Posts: 7819

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 17:34

Stand by your beds.Wife home from work soon for clothing inspection,

Paul.

TheScarlets



Joined: 14/04/2009
Posts: 877

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 17:44

she'll find something to compain about

simbas



Joined: 16/07/2007
Posts: 5943

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 17:47

Not if things are done properly she wont

dizzycows


Joined: 12/05/2009
Posts: 2736

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 17:50

Well I think newlads done a wonderful job, dont know about his ironing, but to think that so many men can iron and they have 'come out' so to speak in this thread !!!!!!

clarets



Joined: 08/01/2009
Posts: 752

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 18:07

Ironing is boring ,so its better to amuse yourself with music or favourite TV programmes when doing it....makes the time go faster..........so Vicki tells me!

Tiggy


Joined: 25/07/2007
Posts: 1994

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 18:28

Yep Paul I was 16 when I was introduced to Ironing by me mum.....was told that if I wanted anything ironed then I had to do it myself. She gave me one lesson and I never forgot it.



When I retire to Cyprus, I may well take some ironing in !

smithy


Joined: 17/07/2008
Posts: 5301

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 18:43

well done Paul

But in family my Father taught us there are no jobs with labels on them so if they need doing best to get on with them, he taught us boys/girls to cook/clean/iron any job that had to be done, it was a good lesson as our Mum died when we were very young children, so well done Dad x

gooligan


Joined: 30/01/2007
Posts: 1591

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 19:04

Errr what's an iron?

I thought you played golf with them

Jeannie


Joined: 04/08/2009
Posts: 3283

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 19:26

TheScarlets - message 27



Methinks you'll have a long wait



J

Clarissa2


Joined: 12/06/2009
Posts: 1476

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 19:35

How not to waste time whilst ironing - learn a foreign language! I recommend.

Jeannie


Joined: 04/08/2009
Posts: 3283

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 19:41

Clarissa2 - great idea. However, with the trouble I've been having learning Turkish, I'd get through a hell of a lot of ironing



J

daisy dukes


Joined: 06/09/2008
Posts: 3815

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 19:45

To all you ironophobes...i am doing a great ironing service....30tl a basket....send me an email if you would like me to do yours....





DD

elko2



Joined: 24/07/2007
Posts: 4400

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 19:59

I don't know what all the fuss is about. I do my fair share of ironing and I do all the trousers myself because I am better at it. We now use one of those steam irons with a separate tank and lots of steam which does make ironing easy.

Many years ago we had a student from Turkey staying opposite us. His father was one of those despots who would not even get up and get a glass of water to drink. One day he saw me doing the ironing and he could not believe his eyes. Next day he saw me using the sewing machine and he was in real shock. Eventually he graduated and is now helping his father run their own factory manufacturing paint emulsions. We are good friends and I often tease his father about it but he has not changed one bit and his son is now treating his wife in the same manner.

ismet

Lilli



Joined: 21/07/2008
Posts: 13081

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 20:00

I hate ironing with a passion espically here when its so hot, however once I get stuck in I can iron for hours with my music and my lavender spray. nothing like the smell of freshness when puting the lot away. I do find it relaxing when Istart . Paul you can do mine anytime xxxx

Jeannie


Joined: 04/08/2009
Posts: 3283

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 20:03

Liz - like you, I detest ironing, but, when I start, I can iron for hours. I just have to be in the right mood.



Speak soon.

J

x

newlad



Joined: 02/03/2008
Posts: 7819

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 21:26

What a result indeed my ironing past the wife test and no complaints fron the kids either.



Scarlet,

Its obvious who wears the trousers in your house,

Paul.

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 21:37

Paul - message 21, that's a sexist remark. Shame on you. ))

newlad



Joined: 02/03/2008
Posts: 7819

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 21:42

Bill,

Tongue firmly in cheek matey,

Paul.

TheSaints



Joined: 28/01/2009
Posts: 1369

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 21:45

Paul



That has done it you are now doomed, you should have ironed creases into her best blouse or put an iron burn on the bum of her jeans and then she would never let you iron again now she will expect you to do it all the time........

pilgrim



Joined: 11/05/2007
Posts: 1404

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 22:08

Paul, No ironing in 26 years , lucky bugger! you've been spoilt. On my own at seventeen had to have clean shirt everyday, used to cheat sometimes though and only iron front, coller and cuffs, some in office probably wondered why I kept my jacket on.

Used to listen to Motown

kind regards

Paul

newlad



Joined: 02/03/2008
Posts: 7819

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 22:11

Everything that i am wearing tonight was ironed by my own fair hand.I feel a lovely warm glow about to come on me,

Paul.

Vidal


Joined: 14/05/2009
Posts: 867

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 22:12

Unplug the iron then!!

TheScarlets



Joined: 14/04/2009
Posts: 877

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 22:36

Jeannie, not had the one glass had a few thanx



Paul, don't know where the iron is kept

TheScarlets



Joined: 14/04/2009
Posts: 877

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 23:28

Simbas seems to be the exception to the rule, perhaps we should invite her round to show us how it's done properly

TheScarlets



Joined: 14/04/2009
Posts: 877

Message Posted:
30/12/2009 23:28

Simbas seems to be the exception to the rule, perhaps we should invite her round to show us how it's done properly

newlad



Joined: 02/03/2008
Posts: 7819

Message Posted:
31/12/2009 01:30

Scarlets,

You really are the top dog,i can just picture your partner cowering every time you open your mouth with one of your directive orders,lol

taraspring


Joined: 25/01/2009
Posts: 571

Message Posted:
31/12/2009 02:28

When my son was 18 he had a bit of a do amd many stayed over. Before they went out clubbing, one of his mates shouted down the stairs that he had left his shirt on the back of the dining room chair for me to iron.

I left it a while and shouted up to him that I had cut all the (designer) tags off the shirt before ironing it as it made it easier to iron. You have never seen a kid move so fast. When he came downstairs I showed him the iron, board and the shirt. He never forgot the lesson. LOL

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
31/12/2009 19:39

Paul

Rush to Argos, your woes are over, their 'end of catalogue' sale, STEAM IRON £2.99!



Richard

newlad



Joined: 02/03/2008
Posts: 7819

Message Posted:
31/12/2009 20:27

Cheers Brinsley that is a bargain.

Paul.