So...

[rikibeth]

am I being sensible and tidy, or a complete freak, by ironing the bandanas I use to keep my hair covered at work?

Comments

Dork...

[angeldess.livejournal.com]

O.K. now that's going a little to far. ::laugh::

Re: Dork...

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

But they come out of the dryer with their edges all crumpled, and they don't tie right that way!

[shadowflyer.livejournal.com]

Freak. Freak freak freak. Freak time.

In conclusion: Freak.

[tikvah.livejournal.com]

Freaky, yes. Then again, that's part of what makes you so lovable...

[florahart]

Sorry. I'm going with freak.

Course, you may with to take this with a fairly sizable block of salt, as I have no idea where my iron is, and the ironing board itself would require excavation, should I need it. Um, and the last time I used my iron it was to do some sort of craft task involving wax paper.

[la-directora.livejournal.com]

Definitely freak. Cute and adorable freak. But freak.

(For the record: I use bandanas as head covering on a semi-regular basis, and would have never even considered the possibility that one could iron such a thing.)

Freak. :)

[zdashamber.livejournal.com]

Well, ironing is fun. And bandanas would be very satisfying to iron, since they can be made absolutely flat.

[wyomingnot.livejournal.com]

I'd say a sensible and tidy freak.

Really.

Granted, I didn't own an iron for about a year. Bought one about a month ago. It's still in the box. Which is now in storage.

Ironing board? What's that? Oh yeah, that thing I dig out when I quilt. Which I haven't done in years. And the last ironing board was left behind in Panama City and has yet to be replaced.

:)

But if the edges of your bandannas curl up, then hell yeah you should iron those puppies into submission. But in the future get ones that don't misbehave after washing.

[djinnthespazz.livejournal.com]

Agreed.
*smiling*

[djinnthespazz.livejournal.com]

Ironing is fun.
Ooookay.
You win 'freak of the week.'

[neilfein.livejournal.com]

I love wrinkle-free shirts. They're not really wrinkle-free, but enough that a good hanging gets the rest of the wrinkles out. The only thing I iron these days is cloth napkins.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

OK, my world just got smaller. I gotta ask - neilfein, how do you know rikibeth?

Oh, and for the record, I don't think you're a freak, rikibeth. Ironing things so they'll fold right makes perfect sense to me.

[neilfein.livejournal.com]

I met her at a breakfast-thing Martha held. (Who's not on LJ... yet.) Also, I guess, through tikvah and la_directora. You?

[zdashamber.livejournal.com]

It is! You should understand, it's bringing Order out of Chaos! It's like you're Dworkin, and the iron is your Unicorn!

Hee hee hee. Ok, so I'm a freak.

But the iron makes neat noises (Foosht-heeeeee) and warm cloth smells really nice.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

Right...now I'm remembering that Martha knows her (and got to see me boggle in my kitchen when she mentioned that in passing).

As for me, I've known rikibeth since sometime 'round 1975 or so. We went to the same shul as kids.

[ap-aelfwine.livejournal.com]

Just a little bit eccentric, I think. After all, looking nice in the kitchen is good :-)

Now, if I ironed my bandanas (considering that when I wear them it's in circumstances where I look a complete itinerant spailpín anyhow, and when I don't wear them I'm carrying them as handkerchiefs), that would be freakish :-)

[greeneyes-rpi.livejournal.com]

I'd like to point out that there is a middle ground between "sensible and tidy" and "a complete freak."

That being said...um...freak!
(but smashingly good looking in your freakishness!)

Is she a complete freak? A sensible person? She's BOTH!

[eirehound.livejournal.com]

You are not only a complete freak, you are The Compleat Freak. But you are a sensible and tidy one, and delightful and harmless, and a number of other almost entirely positive adjectives that escape me at the moment, and so you place not your trust in wards and spells but save it all for a good heavy iron.

The only dangerous thing in ironing bandanas is that one might start to look like a refugee from the early 1980's, and not in that good sense either. But I think there's little danger of that in you. ;-)

Re: Dork...

[angeldess.livejournal.com]

Your so cute when your anal, I mean, ummm...

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

I have a foldout one attached to the wall in the laundry room, and the iron's right there on the table below it.

And my computer is in the laundry room, too. The laundry room is right off the kitchen, it used to be a butler's pantry.

So I was right there...

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

Don't the edges of your bandanas get all crumply and hard to tie?

Of course, with you, it probably doesn't matter if some hair sticks out on the sides. I really try to keep mine COVERED covered. So it won't get in the food.

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

Yes! Absolutely flat! That's the fun part!

See, I knew SOMEONE would understand.

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

I think it's the nature of any 100% cotton bandanda to get crumpled edges in the wash.

I could look for ones that don't, but I seriously doubt I would find them at the dollar store.

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

Note to self: buy one of those sprinkler top bottles from Vermont Country Store, and add some oil of clary sage to the water. Everyone does lavender water for chi-chi scented linens, but clary sage is lovely lovely stuff that has mood lifting properties.

Second note to self: bath time...

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

Cloth napkins. Bandanas. Anyone else see the similarity?

Re: Is she a complete freak? A sensible person? She's BOTH!

[rikibeth.livejournal.com]

Please to elaborate on this refugee look. I fold not the bandanas into headbands tied around my forehead, still less do I wrap said headband with narrow gold braid. I fold them into triangles, and yea verily do I use them in the venerable kerchief style, now enjoying a fashion resurgence, if the several girls I saw sporting the same at laser tag were anything to judge by.

It keeps the hair out of the food.