Today I'm angry about.....

[mummywhycantieatcrayons]

2) What the feck is the point of non-iron shirts? Granted, they dry noticeably less creased, but, crucially, not crease-less enough that you can actually wear the damn things without ironing them! Provided your idea of drying things is not screwing them up into balls, or wearing them in bed, normal shirts will only take a light ironing, so what fecking use is a shirt which also only takes a light ironing even if it is slightly less creased before said ironing. In short, why am I paying a fiver more for a shirt made of a material which goes bobbly within 6 months and which still needs ironing, you lying bastards?!

Agreed. They're not so creaseless as to render ironing unecessary but you can't get a nice crease down the sleeve when you do.

[Gary the Enfield]

2) What the feck is the point of non-iron shirts? Granted, they dry noticeably less creased, but, crucially, not crease-less enough that you can actually wear the damn things without ironing them! Provided your idea of drying things is not screwing them up into balls, or wearing them in bed, normal shirts will only take a light ironing, so what fecking use is a shirt which also only takes a light ironing even if it is slightly less creased before said ironing. In short, why am I paying a fiver more for a shirt made of a material which goes bobbly within 6 months and which still needs ironing, you lying bastards?!

Agreed. They're not so creaseless as to render ironing unecessary but you can't get a nice cease down the sleever when you do.

Turn the iron up!

I always iron my non-iron shirts. I get lovely long creases down my sleeve with just a little spritz of water and full steam ahead!

Proper metrosexual me.

[Bijou Bob]

And just out of interest Pru, after 700 pages, would you still argue that you are not in anyway, an "Angry young man"??!!

[malcd1]

What is this ironing thing you are talking about?

Get yourself a magic washing basket. Throw your dirty clothes in the basket and a couple of days they are returned back to the wardrobe. Magic!

[Bruce Rioja]

I have in the past when I've been in a mad rush simply ironed the front of my shirt and kept my jacket on all day.

[malcd1]

I have in the past when I've been in a mad rush simply ironed the front of my shirt and kept my jacket on all day.

I've seen one of your shirts in a photo on here. Believe me, it wouldn't have mattered if it was ironed or not.

[TANGODANCER]

Agreed. They're not so creaseless as to render ironing unecessary but you can't get a nice crease down the sleeve when you do.

Should have stuck with Rael Brook.

[Bruce Rioja]

I have in the past when I've been in a mad rush simply ironed the front of my shirt and kept my jacket on all day.

I've seen one of your shirts in a photo on here. Believe me, it wouldn't have mattered if it was ironed or not.

Right. That's you on the list!

[Beefheart]

There are definite downsides to still living at home, having my shirts ironed for me is not one of them.

[mummywhycantieatcrayons]

I won't let my mrs anywhere near my shirts anymore. She's played a blinder there.

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

I have in the past when I've been in a mad rush simply ironed the front of my shirt and kept my jacket on all day.

I'm also guilty of this

[bobo the clown]

I have in the past when I've been in a mad rush simply ironed the front of my shirt and kept my jacket on all day.

I'm also guilty of this

How much of a rush can you be in ? That will save about 90 seconds, max.

[Abdoulaye's Twin]

I have in the past when I've been in a mad rush simply ironed the front of my shirt and kept my jacket on all day.

I'm also guilty of this

How much of a rush can you be in ? That will save about 90 seconds, max.

On a large shirt it saves a good couple of minutes... especially for clumsy oafs like me

[Harry Genshaw]

I have in the past when I've been in a mad rush simply ironed the front of my shirt and kept my jacket on all day.

I'm also guilty of this

How much of a rush can you be in ? That will save about 90 seconds, max.

Christ! It'd take me 90 seconds just to find the throttle

[Bruce Rioja]

I have in the past when I've been in a mad rush simply ironed the front of my shirt and kept my jacket on all day.

I'm also guilty of this

How much of a rush can you be in ? That will save about 90 seconds, max.

90 seconds? When the fecking Jimminy did you last Iron a shirt? Mind you, I've seen you in public.

[Montreal Wanderer]

I have to say I'm glad I was in academe where one is allowed a slightly rumpled look. I never ironed a shirt even once in the fifty years since I left home (and nor did the women I married). If, as I understand it, it takes some three minutes to iron a shirt (twice the Bobo estimate) and one wears five shirts a week, this if fifteen minutes a week ironing or one hour a month. One hour per month means one day every two years, or 25 full 24-hr days in fifty years that I have not spent ironing. I have no regrets....

[Prufrock]

It takes longer than three minutes if you want to avoid the 'dragged though a hedge backwards' look.

Also, my mum always used to use that phrase when I was younger, and I could never work out why it would make a great deal of difference in the appearance stakes if I were dragged backwards OR forwards??

[jaffka]

I have to say I'm glad I was in academe where one is allowed a slightly rumpled look. I never ironed a shirt even once in the fifty years since I left home (and nor did the women I married). If, as I understand it, it takes some three minutes to iron a shirt (twice the Bobo estimate) and one wears five shirts a week, this if fifteen minutes a week ironing or one hour a month. One hour per month means one day every two years, or 25 full 24-hr days in fifty years that I have not spent ironing. I have no regrets....

I bet you didn't use deodorant either

[Montreal Wanderer]

I have to say I'm glad I was in academe where one is allowed a slightly rumpled look. I never ironed a shirt even once in the fifty years since I left home (and nor did the women I married). If, as I understand it, it takes some three minutes to iron a shirt (twice the Bobo estimate) and one wears five shirts a week, this if fifteen minutes a week ironing or one hour a month. One hour per month means one day every two years, or 25 full 24-hr days in fifty years that I have not spent ironing. I have no regrets....

I bet you didn't use deodorant either

You'd lose that bet, jaffka. Back around 1960 when I was still in England, we did wear the same shirt for several days just changing the collar and/or cuffs. Deodorant was important then and remained so ever since. I'm glad times have changed. There is, however, a difference between a dirty shirt and one that is not ironed.

[bobo the clown]

More tickrd off.

I came down to that London yesterday. Meetings yesterday and lots today. All went well till I arrived at Euston to find NO Virgin trsins running to the North West. Not least coz they aren't heading South either
Crewe station's roof has lifted and a small fire started.

So, Nil desperandum est .... came down Southampton Row and booked a room before the hordes come to do the same. I was quoted £299 !!!! Room only. I eventually settled at £125 witj breakfast. Still not what I'd planned for. Nice room though.