x-marks tshirt warning - do not iron

**Jerry** · 24th April 06, 07:14 PM

Ironing a tee shirt seems kind of like ironing those things most don't wear under the kilts.

**Kilted KT** · 24th April 06, 08:06 PM

Originally Posted by JerMc

Ironing a tee shirt seems kind of like ironing those things most don't wear under the kilts.

While I would have said the above statement were true 10 years ago, countless episodes where my wife refused to go somewhere or let me out of the house because my t-shirt was wrinkled changed that.

**GlassMan** · 24th April 06, 08:56 PM

Ironing T-Shirts ranks up there with putting heavy starch on underpants.

**Kilted KT** · 24th April 06, 09:16 PM

Originally Posted by GlassMan

Ironing T-Shirts ranks up there with putting heavy starch on underpants.

I don't disagree...

**Hamish** · 25th April 06, 11:46 AM

I have always understood that one should never iron over the printed area on T-shirts - usually they carry a warning to that effect.

How anyone can wear any garment that has not been ironed beats me!! The only items I do not iron are my kilt hose/socks and footwear! All my bed-linen, towels, tea-towels, handkerchiefs, etc. are carefully ironed before being put away following laundry. That's the way I was brought up!!!

**Kilted KT** · 25th April 06, 11:47 AM

Originally Posted by Hamish

I have always understood that one should never iron over the printed area on T-shirts - usually they carry a warning to that effect.

How anyone can wear any garment that has not been ironed beats me!! The only items I do not iron are my kilt hose/socks and footwear! All my bed-linen, towels, tea-towels, handkerchiefs, etc. are carefully ironed before being put away following laundry. That's the way I was brought up!!!

finally...I thought I was insane.

**bubba** · 25th April 06, 12:54 PM

The only things I iron are the pleats on my kilts.

**UmAnOnion** · 25th April 06, 07:34 PM

Originally Posted by Kilted KT

finally...I thought I was insane.

**MacSimoin** · 26th April 06, 05:29 AM

Originally Posted by Hamish

How anyone can wear any garment that has not been ironed beats me!! The only items I do not iron are my kilt hose/socks and footwear! All my bed-linen, towels, tea-towels, handkerchiefs, etc. are carefully ironed before being put away following laundry. That's the way I was brought up!!

I certainly recall my mother and grandmother doing the same things and my being taught that certain articles of clothing should be pressed before folding/hanging them and putting them away. The women in my family (mom, grandmom, aunts, etc) were/are 'old school' Irish Catholics and they simply passed on what they'd been taught...nothing wrong with that, right?

Although Hamish makes a very good point (as usual) times change and the world moves at a faster pace every day (though I'm not a proponent of efficiency/progress just for the sake of it). I think the forgotten generation I'm a part of simply doesn't have the time for such domestic drudgery. But, thanks to my 'in-house training' I do own an iron (two, actually) and I will set time aside to press things that need it, excepting my t-shirts; they never really need an iron.

**GTRMAN** · 26th April 06, 05:26 AM

Originally Posted by Kilted KT

While I would have said the above statement were true 10 years ago, countless episodes where my wife refused to go somewhere or let me out of the house because my t-shirt was wrinkled changed that.

And people wonder why I've never been engaged or married....

Seriously, I HATE people telling me how to dress.. I've gotten VERY annoyed with past girlfriends for just that reason.

I just fold or hang my clothes as necessary. I never have a problem with wrinkling.