Extreme Ironing

Post by usrusr » Tue, Aug 31, 2021, 12:30 PM UTC

Crono wrote: post #7

sneak wrote: post #2

Funny that the 1st Extreme Ironing World Championships were held in a country (Germany) where the native language has no word for the concept of “silly”. :D

Doch! Of course we have a - or actually some - words for that. The above-mentioned, but what could also fit is "absurd". Most of the time we have even multiple words with slightly different meanings - it's why I like our language :D

Post by elliekelly » Tue, Aug 31, 2021, 12:33 PM UTC

tyingq wrote: post #5

toxodont wrote: post #3

How do they power their irons?

I found this: "We took our own iron. It's not battery powered so it doesn't iron that well, but the quality of the ironing is not the point - it's where you do it." [1] So it sounds like they just run a not-plugged-in regular iron over some fabric and call it ironing? [1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/apr/25/everest.nepal

Post by Applejinx » Tue, Aug 31, 2021, 12:34 PM UTC

rnd420_69 wrote: post #9

For some reason I read it as extreme ignoring and now wonder what that sport would look like

Post by Matheo05 » Tue, Aug 31, 2021, 12:36 PM UTC

Post by tyingq » Tue, Aug 31, 2021, 12:42 PM UTC

elliekelly wrote: post #14

tyingq wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I found this: "We took our own iron. It's not battery powered so it doesn't iron that well, but the quality of the ironing is not the point - it's where you do it." [1] So it sounds like they just run a not-plugged-in regular iron over some fabric and call it ironing? [1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/apr/25/everest.nepal

I mean if this is true it really just calls the validity of the whole sport into question. You obviously can’t iron without heat.