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VILLA RICA, Ga. — Authorities have charged a 29-year-old man with aggravated assault and false imprisonment after they allege he held his mother hostage for failing to iron his clothes. Carroll County Sheriff's Office Sgt. Marc Griffith said the man remained in jail Wednesday without bond. The unidentified woman was not harmed in the June 30 incident. Griffith said the man, who lives with his parents, wanted his mother to do some ironing because it was "woman's work." When she refused, authorities allege he pulled out a gun, and took his 51-year-old mother's keys and cellphones and refused to let...

A 29-year-old Villa Rica man apparently expected his mother to iron his clothes for him. And when she wouldn't, he pulled a gun and held her hostage for several hours, police said. Robert Edward Tyrrell Jr. remained in jail Wednesday without bond, Sgt. Marc Griffith with the Carroll County Sheriff's Office told the AJC. Tyrell faces aggravated assault and false imprisonment following the June 30 incident, Griffith said. "He wanted her to do some ironing, and when she said ‘no,' they got into an argument," Griffith said. "He told her ‘ironing is woman's work.' " Tyrell, who lives with his...

Those who consider ironing sissy stuff should think again. Or try EI -- Extreme Ironing -- a danger sport. EI combines the daredevil stunts of an outdoor athlete with the domestically mundane chore. Extreme Ironing founder Phil "Steam" Shaw, a 31-year-old IT consultant in the U.K., says it should be an Olympic sport: "If you can have synchronised swimming then why not extreme ironing." Shaw invented the sport in the summer of 1997 when he needed to get his ironing done but wanted to go rock climbing instead, so he combined the two. Already there is a global army of...

VIKINGS RAPED, PILLAGED THEN DID IRONING May 5 2003 VIKINGS were responsible for introducing ironing to Scotland. The pillaging Scandinavians were surprisingly conscious of their appearance and regularly smoothed their clothes. Excavations across Scotland have revealed evidence that the Nordic warriors used ironing boards and smoothing stones to make the job easier. Dr Euan MacKie, of Glasgow University, said he found out about the ironing culture by chance 10 years ago, when his colleague's child found a piece of a whalebone on the Hebridean island of North Uist. He said: "It is probably right to say Vikings introduced ironing to...

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...