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One of Those Days

by John Cole|  September 23, 200512:23 pm| 37 Comments

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Decided I would get some ironing done so I would be ready for next week, so I set up the ironing-board, grabbed the iron, and grabbed the spray starch and ironed up five shirts.

Except it turns out I wasn’t using Faultlesss Spray Starch.

I was using Pledge, which has a refreshing lemon scent, too.

Damnit to hell. I hope these shirts aren’t ruined. Guess I will soak them for a while.

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  1. 1.

    jg

    September 23, 2005 at 12:27 pm

    A friend of mine once accidentally grabbed his sisters hairspray instead of his spray deodorant. LOL Shellacked his pits.

  2. 2.

    Krista

    September 23, 2005 at 12:30 pm

    Ingredients from MSDS/Label
    Chemical CAS No / Unique ID Percent
    Water 007732-18-5 60-100
    Mineral oil, white 008042-47-5 1-5
    Polydimethylsiloxanes (Silicon oil) 063148-62-9 1-5
    Naphtha, petroleum, hydrotreated heavy 064742-48-9 0.5-1.5

    The mineral oil might be the tricky bit. Try soaking the shirt in hot water mixed with Dawn and a bit of vinegar.

  3. 3.

    Nathan Lanier

    September 23, 2005 at 12:34 pm

    I washed my hair with liquid soap by accident the other day. I think it worked better than shampoo.

  4. 4.

    Stormy70

    September 23, 2005 at 12:45 pm

    Dry Cleaning is your friend.

  5. 5.

    Emma Zahn

    September 23, 2005 at 12:45 pm

    Would say use washing soda but it might be too harsh for the fabric in your shirts. Try baking soda and/or borax solution to absorb the oil.

    …

  6. 6.

    Mike S

    September 23, 2005 at 1:01 pm

    Oh my. Do you have a stuffy nose or something? Pledge is such a distinctive smell that I can’t imagine spraying more than the left sleeve before I realised what I’d done.

  7. 7.

    Krista

    September 23, 2005 at 1:06 pm

    was using Pledge, which has a refreshing lemon scent, too

    It’s the fault of the Faultless! Damn it to hell for smellng like lemons!

    They should make spray starch that smells like Fahrenheit…mmmm….not only would you not accidentally confuse it with Pledge, but you’d have women crawling all over you.

  8. 8.

    tBone

    September 23, 2005 at 1:06 pm

    Today just isn’t your day. First you accidentally iron with Pledge, then you accidentally hit the “Publish” button instead of “Delete” and share your shame with the world. :)

  9. 9.

    ImJohnGalt

    September 23, 2005 at 1:09 pm

    Fahrenheit? I wore that 18 years ago when I was in college. I’ve always thought of it like “Polo”, or uh…more “Polo”. Which is to say, old and busted.

    New hotness: Zegna.

  10. 10.

    Andrei

    September 23, 2005 at 1:11 pm

    Karma, buddy. Karma.

  11. 11.

    Krista

    September 23, 2005 at 1:18 pm

    The problem with Polo wasn’t that it smelled bad, but that most guys I knew practically bathed in the stuff. Any scent can be gross if overused.

    Have you smelled the new cK scent? I think it’s called cK Summer, and it smells excellent.

    Mind you, I still think the best everyday scent on a man is plain old soap and water. Why gild the lily?

  12. 12.

    John Cole

    September 23, 2005 at 1:23 pm

    I was in the middle of cleaning the whole place, had all sorts of scents going on- I had spray freshener and carpet deodorizer working against me.

    As for what I wear as cologone, I alternate- Kenneth Cole ‘Black’, Laduer’s ‘Intuition’ for men, and Acqua Di Gio by Giorgio Armani.

    I think I had Fahrenheit once, and I used to wear polo when I was 12.

  13. 13.

    Mike S

    September 23, 2005 at 1:26 pm

    I was in the middle of cleaning the whole place, had all sorts of scents going on- I had spray freshener and carpet deodorizer working against me.

    I haven’t taken on that much cleaning at once since my cocaine days.

  14. 14.

    Krista

    September 23, 2005 at 1:28 pm

    Acqua Di Gio is lovely. Nice and clean-smelling.

    John, you’re going to give yourself environmental sensitivities if you keep that up.

    So now I’m curious, and will ask the men: what scent do you like on a woman? (No x-rated contributions, please and thank you.)

  15. 15.

    Mike S

    September 23, 2005 at 1:31 pm

    Jasmine.

  16. 16.

    John Cole

    September 23, 2005 at 1:32 pm

    Honeysuckle. Or green scents- clean. I hate perfumy things. They make me sneeze. I don’t like make-up on women, either.

  17. 17.

    Mike S

    September 23, 2005 at 1:42 pm

    Or green scents-

    Is that like the little tree car fresheners?

  18. 18.

    John Cole

    September 23, 2005 at 1:44 pm

    Green scents decribed here.

  19. 19.

    Mike S

    September 23, 2005 at 1:48 pm

    That’s just wierd.

    Green:
    This group characterizes typical botanical fragrance notes, like those of leaves, stalks or freshly mown grass, as well as cucumbery-violet-like green. Vertocitral is reminiscent of leafy green, cishexenol of green grass, while nonadienol tends to be reminiscent of violet and cucumber.

    Of course it may help get the wife o do yard work so I guess there is that.

  20. 20.

    tzs

    September 23, 2005 at 2:27 pm

    Not totally OT, but why do so many women’s perfumes, ahem, stink? Sweet, decaying…overwhelming…and like the Energizer bunny, never stop.

    My own preference has been for things like CK, Hermes’ Eau de Orange Vert, or Eau de Rochas (try even finding the last two in the US, sheesh.)

  21. 21.

    TallDave

    September 23, 2005 at 2:32 pm

    Dude, you still iron your shirts? That’s so 20th Century.

    Hit the Men’s Wearhouse, they have a shirt that comes out of the dryer totally wrinkle-less. Had mine a year, they’cve never touched an iron.

    Some kind of nanotech thingy supposedly.

  22. 22.

    danelectro

    September 23, 2005 at 2:59 pm

    john, did they send over to the girl’s room that day in junior high instead of having the coach give you ‘the talk?’ it’s probably too late, but let me help you out.

    catastropic laundry accidents need to be done with the spouse’s clothes. preferably something expensive and that was just purchased. the sooner into the relationship you establish your destructive incompetence in this area, the sooner you will find it gets done.

  23. 23.

    tBone

    September 23, 2005 at 3:01 pm

    Some kind of nanotech thingy supposedly.

    Heresy. It’s actually faith-based ironing.

  24. 24.

    Lines

    September 23, 2005 at 3:39 pm

    vanilla, vanilla, vanilla.

    Every scent any woman wears should have a touch of vanilla.

  25. 25.

    Krista

    September 23, 2005 at 3:48 pm

    Mike S — you win the cookie. (Or else, you’ve been in my bathroom) “Faded Jasmine” from GapScents is my current choice. And yeah, a lot of women’s perfumes are very…perfumey. Yucky. My mom wears Opium, and it grosses me out.

    I see your point about the vanilla…a lot of men go kookoo over the vanilla, it seems. Do you want we should all bake for you, or something?

  26. 26.

    Lines

    September 23, 2005 at 4:02 pm

    Scientific studies have proven that the most attractive scent to men is vanilla.

    Myself, I still wear Farenheit now and then

  27. 27.

    RSA

    September 23, 2005 at 4:05 pm

    John, I presume the ironed shirts are for standing in front of a class at WVU? I think it was George Will who said not to trust a professor who didn’t wear a coat and tie.

  28. 28.

    ImJohnGalt

    September 23, 2005 at 4:09 pm

    On a woman: Issy Miyake.
    Or a good healthy sweat from a day of rollerblading.

  29. 29.

    John Cole

    September 23, 2005 at 4:15 pm

    RSA- I don’t wear a coat and tie unless it is something major.

    Just trousers, shined shoes, and a shirt.

  30. 30.

    sean

    September 23, 2005 at 4:48 pm

    shined shoes, John? make sure you don’t mix up your moisturizer with your Kiwi. could make for some awkward moments in class

  31. 31.

    RSA

    September 23, 2005 at 5:07 pm

    Just trousers, shined shoes, and a shirt.

    Good choice. People who wear bow ties (e.g. Will) should avoid giving sartorial advice, I think.

  32. 32.

    jg

    September 23, 2005 at 6:33 pm

    vanilla, vanilla, vanilla.

    Every scent any woman wears should have a touch of vanilla.

    AMEN!

  33. 33.

    Mike S

    September 23, 2005 at 6:37 pm

    Krista. It’s what my wife wears, and my last three girlfriends iirc.

  34. 34.

    stickler

    September 23, 2005 at 6:52 pm

    Regarding the shirts, use a bunch of OxyClean. It seems to destroy all kinds of stains. Or good ol’ bleach: that will at least destroy the lemon-fresh scent.

    I hear you on the shirt-ironing, by the way. I do my own, and every time I finish a shirt, I think to myself, “I’m saving a dollar!”

    Regarding Krista’s question:

    So now I’m curious, and will ask the men: what scent do you like on a woman?

    The answer is obvious and universal:

    Hops.

  35. 35.

    jobiuspublius

    September 23, 2005 at 9:45 pm

    How did you survive military inspections?

  36. 36.

    Scott Chaffin

    September 23, 2005 at 10:28 pm

    Dude, the cans don’t even look the same. Or they didn’t the last time I bothered looking.

  37. 37.

    Lakeesha Sampson

    September 24, 2005 at 7:03 pm

    John:

    Might as well dust some of the furniture before you redo the shirts–talk about making lemonade from lemons.

    If you need to wear one of those shirts before you can do the wash/dry cycle again and the odor is what’s most annoying, try a Febreze (http://www.febreze.com) spritzer. It should get rid of the annoying odor.

    Your story reminds me of the time I mistook a poorly labeled castor oil for olive oil. My poor ass still clenches up when I think about it.

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