have you heard of extreme ironing?

United States
January 23, 2009 11:02am CST
ironing underwater in chepstow wales. it is a competition and to win you must iron a few laundry items for at least 10 minutes. http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/article.html?Extreme_ironers_break_record_in_underwater_feat&in_article_id=471187&in_page+id=2
4 responses
ElicBxn
@ElicBxn (63643)
• United States
24 Jan 09
Yeah, I've also seen guys on surf boards, ironing. I think our friend p1kefish did a discussion on that last year some time.
ElicBxn
@ElicBxn (63643)
• United States
24 Jan 09
I don't do much of anything extreme.
greenglitterturtle
@greenglitterturtle (2750)
• United States
24 Jan 09
hi ElicBxn...that's really something alright on a surfboard. and the time came again for their sport competition. it's nice to watch but i'll let them do the participating.
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athruz
@athruz (5)
• United States
23 Jan 09
I dont even Iron as a landlubber !!!! Wouldn't you get shocked ????
greenglitterturtle
@greenglitterturtle (2750)
• United States
23 Jan 09
LOLI'm right behind you on that. that is taking it to another extreme hehe. but hey if you can live without ironing more time for everything else. happy not ironing.
explorations
@explorations (1712)
• United States
23 Jan 09
I heard about this a couple of weeks ago when I was watching a channel called Reality TV. It looked really weird to me, but I could think of about five people in my family that would love competing in a competition like that. hehe Yeah, my family is a little strange.
greenglitterturtle
@greenglitterturtle (2750)
• United States
23 Jan 09
hi explorations...hey strange people do make life interesting hehe. and doing anything underwater is a sport then add a household chore and it's more of a challenge. so it'a all good and entertaining for spectators. i saw a bunch of them in the competition on tv as well. it is very interesting viewing. too bad your 5 fam members couldn't be a part of it. they'd love it.
Wolfechu
@Wolfechu (1193)
• United States
23 Jan 09
Not just underwater, but on tops of mountains or while snowboarding or indeed any dangerous situation. I love the idea. It nicely carries on a tradition of British eccentricity while quietly subverting and taking the piss out of extreme sports.
greenglitterturtle
@greenglitterturtle (2750)
• United States
23 Jan 09
hi wolfechu...well put LOL. even snowboarding whew! now that's extreme. thank you for your additional information.