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Re: Extreme Ironing

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Post by tokai »

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.

Ofc you can, with pressure.

Re: Extreme Ironing

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Post by b112 »

zufallsheld wrote: post #6
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

Albern, Dumm, Lächerlich? German has words for silly and the concept of silly.

No, parent is right. There is no word for silly in german.

Instead, all german words pertaining to silly, also have an untranslatable connotation, a flavour to them, such as "silly, but with a deep undertone of contemplative thought as to how I ended up in this predicament", and so forth.

Re: Extreme Ironing

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Post by ballenf »

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.

Conversely, I would question whether you can iron without a mountain backdrop. Really calls into question whether those crisp lines on your clothing are the result of true ironing or just pressing something hot against them.

Re: Extreme Ironing

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Post by luguenth »

toxodont wrote: post #3

How do they power their irons?

From the German Wiki (roughly translated):

> Commercially available irons are used for ironing. In places where no electrical power supply is available or cannot be used due to humidity, the heating plate is heated by auxiliary constructions (mostly gas cookers). For the World Cup, for example, a process was developed in which the iron is heated inside by an exothermic reaction, generated by mixing a hygroscopic chemical pressed into granules with water.

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremb%C3%BCgeln

Re: Extreme Ironing

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Post by marcellus23 »

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.

Uh, do you think the point of the sport is to de wrinkle clothes?

Re: Extreme Ironing

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Post by anemic »

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

Extreme ironing used to be fun sport but when Rowenta started sponsoring the UK team in the championships it's now only "commercial sponsorship and exploitation"

http://www.ntk.net/2002/09/13/?l=92#l

Re: Extreme Ironing

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Post by bserge »

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

Pfft, not even a coal fired iron? Extreme my arse
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