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It's sport, it's extreme, it's... ironing!
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Posted on 08/07/2002 7:42:26 PM PDT by Rodney King
It's sport, it's extreme, it's... ironing!
Possibly the most bizarre extreme sport on Earth celebrates its first ever world championships next month.
Extreme Ironing devotees like nothing more than removing creases from their clothes halfway up cliffs, on top of mountains or in busy city streets.
In fact, the only place they don't seem to do ironing is in the comfort of their own homes.
Its creator Phil Shaw, of Leicester, says it "combines the thrill of an extreme sport with the satisfaction of a well-pressed shirt."
Extreme Ironing leaves you feeling on top of the world
It's also fun for both man and beast - but the iron is not switched on.
Cliffs are obvious locations for a spot of ironing....
As are busy city streets
A spot of ironing can only enhance works of art
But getting your clothes wet kind of defeats the object
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: fags; ironing; sports
This does not appear to be a joke.
To: Rodney King
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posted on
08/07/2002 7:47:56 PM PDT
by
mikeb704
To: Rodney King
I think this woman's got everybody beat.
To: Rodney King
Last time I asked my wife to iron my shirts, she got extreme.
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posted on
08/07/2002 7:51:22 PM PDT
by
JZoback
To: Rodney King
Men, never iron while naked. Trust me, it was'nt pretty.
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posted on
08/07/2002 7:51:58 PM PDT
by
Rebelbase
To: Rodney King
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posted on
08/07/2002 7:55:44 PM PDT
by
GeneD
To: SamAdams76
Extreme Ironee
To: Rebelbase
Now you tell me . . .
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posted on
08/07/2002 7:56:43 PM PDT
by
mikeb704
To: DainBramage
Don't get steamed up!
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posted on
08/07/2002 7:57:32 PM PDT
by
mikeb704
To: SamAdams76
Is that extension cord conformed to OSHA standards?
I thought not!!!
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posted on
08/07/2002 7:58:48 PM PDT
by
JZoback
To: Rodney King
Monthy Python lives!
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posted on
08/07/2002 8:00:11 PM PDT
by
Publius
To: Rodney King
Now I know why that pile of clothes to be ironed has been sitting in the corner for two weeks: my fear of heights, cows, and water.
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posted on
08/07/2002 8:03:05 PM PDT
by
Samwise
To: JZoback
I don't think OSHA has jurisdiction in outer space. But I may be wrong.
To: SamAdams76
I don't think OSHA has jurisdiction in outer space. But I may be wrong.Give them time, just a little bit of time.
I bet you dollars to donuts when the first working civilian lab is up and running in outer space there will be a OSHA manual on the wall.
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posted on
08/07/2002 8:19:20 PM PDT
by
JZoback
To: Samwise
*LOL*
To: Rodney King
Perhaps women gave these guys directions on where to iron?
"What'd you do to your hair?"
"I had it ironed."
-- Robert Redford and Barbra Streisand in the last great
film either one has made, "The Way We Were" (1973)
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posted on
08/07/2002 9:09:56 PM PDT
by
Greybird
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