What’s Your Ironing Personality? A Quiz
Ironing is a subject that brings up an enormous split in attitudes. Some folks achieve a Zen-like state of tranquility at the ironing board steaming their wrinkles away. Others would rather crouch on hands and knees scrubbing the bathroom floor with a toothbrush. How do you relate to this household
Posted — UpdatedA) I press neckties, underwear and microfiber cleaning cloths.
B) I give a quick touch-up to cotton or linen outfits once in a while.
C) What's an iron?
A) Of course. Fresh pressed sheets feel so deliciously crisp.
B) I'll try it one day … after retirement, maybe.
C) What are bed sheets?
B) A corner of the kitchen table, as long as it's not too sticky from breakfast spills.
A) Set aside a half hour, put on some lively music and get right to it.
B) Dry clothes on the permapress setting and hang as soon as they're done.
C) Let the dog sleep on it a few weeks till it flattens to half its previous size.
A) … two business shirts, an antique tablecloth and a few hand-embroidered hankies, but it will be emptied by tonight.
B) … that rayon blouse I washed three weeks ago. Pretty, but not pretty enough to iron.
C) … a stray sweat sock and my kids' pet rat.
A) An uncouth lack of appreciation for the finer things in life.
B) Too much housework, too little time.
A) Family members are planning an intervention for my addiction to the stuff.
B) I use it now and then, to help smooth really wrinkled fabrics.
A) Bring along a travel iron with dual voltage, variable temperature control and one-touch steam.
B) Use the "roll, don't fold" packing life hack and end up wearing semi-wrinkled duds for 2 weeks.
C) Stay only at hotels that offer full valet service.
A) I regularly rub it with iron cleaning spray and a clean, soft cloth, plus cotton swabs for the steam holes.
B) I dab at it with a paper towel when it gets really gunky, and hope for the best.
B) Yes, when I was short of time and a quick mirror check seemed to be OK.
C) What's a ... oh, never mind.
