{"id":168,"date":"2005-09-19T10:38:26","date_gmt":"2005-09-19T14:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/snarl\/2005\/09\/19\/keep-that-racket-down-im-trying-to-iron"},"modified":"2005-09-19T10:38:26","modified_gmt":"2005-09-19T14:38:26","slug":"keep-that-racket-down-im-trying-to-iron-in-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/snarl\/2005\/09\/19\/keep-that-racket-down-im-trying-to-iron-in-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep That Racket Down – I’m Trying To Iron In Here."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Most people probably won’t get that quote, but it was uttered by Divine in the movie “Hairspray”. My friend, Ruthie, and I used to say that every time we wanted somebody to shut up. For some reason, we thought it was hilarious that Divine needed such concentration (and silence) to iron.<\/P>
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But I bring it up today because I read an interesting snippet of news in the Metro newspaper this morning. Apparently, 75% of Boston residents iron their jeans. Even worse, 49% enjoy doing it. What’s up with that? I haven’t used an iron in probably a decade. I know somebody (in Chicago) who irons his pillow cases and sheets. Most likely, he irons his jeans, too. I always thought that he was a rare breed. Apparently not. But it should also be noted that this “study” was done by an iron manufacturer.<\/P>
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On a related note, I had to go shopping over the weekend for dress shoes and a dress shirt for my niece’s funeral. I’ve decided to wear my circa 1996 suit since, well, that’s all I have and I don’t think I have enough time to be fitted for a new suit (and have it tailored). Besides, I probably won’t wear a suit for another 8 years so why spend the money?<\/P>
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Rich and I headed to Downtown Crossing to shop and I was measured for a dress shirt at 16 (neck) and 32\/33 (arm). That sounds easy enough. We searched the shelves and found two shirts with those measurements: one blue, one white. I figured I could wear one to the funderal and one to the memorial a week later.<\/P>
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When I got home last night I decided to take the shirts out of the package, try them on and then iron them (see how this relates to the first paragraph about ironing?).<\/P>
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The collar fit beautifully, the arms fit beautifully, the rest of the shirt was fitted for Dom Delouise. I swear, it went practically down to my knees and you could have fit two of me in the stomach\/chest area. I then tried on the other shirt and had the same problem. Confused, since the collar tags indicated the correct measurements, I checked the package the dress shirt came in. Lo and behold, it had the correct measurements, but underneath were the words “large”. OH – here’s something I didn’t know, dress shirts apparently come in the measurements you need for arms and neck, but also come in different sizes on top of that. D’oh.<\/P>
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Did everybody else know that? Or was this incident just proof that I come from a long line of white trash?<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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