Friday, January 04, 2008
Wrinkles and All
I was shopping for a new dress shirt for work the other day and I came away astounded. Several years ago shirt manufacturers came up with some way (don't ask me how it works) to make their shirts wrinkle-free. No more ironing! Just pop the shirt out of the dryer and it's good to go! It was and continues to be the most important development in men's dress shirts since they realized that they could sew the little plastic pointy thingies that make the collar stiff right into the collar so they don't keep falling out in the wash.
Yet, amazingly, shirt manufacturers continue to manufacture non-wrinkle-free shirts. Why do they do this? I refuse to buy such shirts, as does any normal man. I mean, given a choice between a car that starts by turning a key when you're sitting in the driver's seat and a car that starts when you turn a crank on the front fender, which are you going to buy? The one that makes you work less. It's the same deal with wrinkle-free shirts.
My hope is that, within my lifetime, irons will become extinct because there will no longer exist any textile of any kind that isn't wrinkle-free. Can we all come together and make this happen, please?
Yet, amazingly, shirt manufacturers continue to manufacture non-wrinkle-free shirts. Why do they do this? I refuse to buy such shirts, as does any normal man. I mean, given a choice between a car that starts by turning a key when you're sitting in the driver's seat and a car that starts when you turn a crank on the front fender, which are you going to buy? The one that makes you work less. It's the same deal with wrinkle-free shirts.
My hope is that, within my lifetime, irons will become extinct because there will no longer exist any textile of any kind that isn't wrinkle-free. Can we all come together and make this happen, please?
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