Sunday, February 19, 2012

Why Sven Calls Himself the Ironman

Men don’t always like to assume housework duties. I’m fortunate that Sven is not adverse to cleaning and regularly does dishes. He raised two boys by himself in Sweden in the 1970s, which may explain this propensity for what is usually deemed women’s work. He even knows how to use a sewing machine. But his favorite household chore must be ironing.

“Thanks for being my laundry man,” I said as he opened the ironing board.

Indignant, he exclaimed, “I’m not a laundry man. I’m … I’m the ironman.” And, all afternoon he was singing “I am the ironman, I am the ironman …” to the tune of “I’m Popeye The Sailor Man.”

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HA HA....I loved your ending to this post. He can come and be my "Ironman" any day- ironing is definitely NOT one of my favorite things to do....although, we have to bear our crosses, don't we? :)

p.s. praying for your daughter and hoping she is recovering
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Good for Sven. My husband is great about housework, too. Matter of fact he has taken over cleaning the kitchen dishes in the evenings, and gets quite uppity about anybody else trying to do it.
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So funny. My dad LOVES to iron. He says it relaxes him.
Go Sven! I try never to have to iron, but when I do, it's usually on a towel on the floor!
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alisa bowman · 677 weeks ago

He is just the sweetest!
Sven reminds me of my childhood crush on Mr. Clean. Go, Ironman!
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Ha - the Ironman! Love it. My Tim keeps things humming around here while I sit at this computer day in and day out. We do hire a cleaner in once a month or so, but he's a whiz with daily laundry, dishes and keeping us well fed. We have nothing that needs ironing, thank goodness.
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Living Large · 676 weeks ago

That's funny, Ironman! My husband just washed off the dishes and will be cooking tonight, I wonder what name we could come up with for him!?
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Lucky you to have a live-in ironman. Nice for someone else to do that chore, I say!
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Go Sven. I'll have to share this with my husband who happens to be an Ironman too.

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