Ironing as Sport: The Agony and the Ecstasy

Ironing: the only sport where you can be a professional, have a beer, and still manage to get your pants wrinkled.

Rules

1. The ironing board is the playing field.

2. The steamer is the opponent.

3. The goal is to get the shirt out without getting steamrolled.

Techniques

1. Sweating it out: the art of ironing while silently screaming.

2. Splatter method: the technique of ironing while completely disregarding the fabric.

3. Ironic reversal: the technique where you iron the wrong side of the shirt and call it a design statement.

4. Steam wars: the ancient art of ironing with an old, creaky steam iron.