Ironing boards are a classic example of something I find horrible about modern society: the excitementation, for want of a better word, of mundane things.
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Ironing boards are a classic example of something I find horrible about modern society: the excitementation, for want of a better word, of mundane things. Funny ironing board covers - I hate them.
Ironing is a great diversion from the reality you don't want to face.
Ironing is comfort. It's control. I'm a nutty person who likes to make sure everything is in its place.
We live in a homogenized world, where it's hard to get excited when everything is slick and professional. The interesting things are the dull things.
As iron is eaten away by rust, so the envious are consumed by their own passion.
I find it soothing to take something wrinkled and make it smooth. It feels anticipatory. It's what I do before a celebration. And nobody bothers me when I'm ironing.
I still can't set up the ironing-board. A complete Luddite.
My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the top bunk bed until I faint.
I think the reason for my fascination with craft is what it represents, what it means in our culture, what it means in our history and in humanity. It was the idea that you could go to your butcher to get something, you could go to your tailor to get this, and you could go to your cobbler to get that.
You can't get spoiled if you do your own ironing.