Oh The Ironing! (1950)

added May 26, 2009 at 03:05PM UTC

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Origin: As irony comes up in much of our every day lives, so does the ironing for many a house wife out there. So when something ironic happens to you… Dont think of your circumstances…. Think of the women ironing…

Variations: Ironing, time for some ironing, oh the ironing

Why is it notable: because when applied, it is in itself ironic (a double irony) where ironing does not apply to the topic in question, the response “ironing” is not an expected reply etc and is in many cases to the definition of irony.

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Jamie Dubs
May 27, 2009 at 09:23PM UTC , Jamie Dubs wrote:

Can we get some images and/or videos up in this beezy? It’s clever, but is it a meme?

Max Gladding
May 28, 2009 at 06:30AM UTC , Max Gladding wrote:

I know there are things along this line that could be grouped together (eg: “oh the huge manatee”), but oh the ironing I hear more often from people who aren’t even aware of what a modem is.

Chris Menning
May 28, 2009 at 08:34AM UTC , Chris Menning wrote:

I agree with Max.
1950? I know this phrase can be found on the internet, but if it came from that long ago, I’d say it’s not much of an internet meme, and probably too IRL.

I’m open to keeping this in submissions for now if there’s any way to improve on it.

Jamie Dubs
May 29, 2009 at 12:56AM UTC , Jamie Dubs wrote:

I’m gonna throw a -1 on it unless we can show internets relevance

Captain Blubber
May 31, 2009 at 01:22PM UTC , Captain Blubber wrote:

It seems this clever phrase is often attributed to Homer Simpson. Though no one ever gives the episode from whence it came.

Pedobear
May 31, 2009 at 05:34PM UTC , Pedobear wrote:

This is from the simpsons episode “grift of the magi” dialogue follows:
% Lisa is made to stay after school to do the ol’ blackboard punishment. This
% time it’s “I will not do math in class”. Bart shows up at the classroom
% door.

Bart: [chuckles] Lisa’s in trouble. Ha! The ironing is delicious.
Lisa: The word is “irony”.
Bart: Huh?
Lisa: Don’t you think there’s something weird going on here? We spent all day
selecting fabric swatches, and then our guest speaker was Phil from
marketing.
Bart: All’s I know is I’m getting straight A’s, and that ain’t not bad!

Captain Blubber
May 31, 2009 at 05:43PM UTC , Captain Blubber wrote:

Chris Menning
Jun 03, 2009 at 05:16AM UTC , Chris Menning wrote:

I’m gonna throw a -1 on this too.
If something is popularized from the Simpsons that kind of makes it insta-famous at birth, and is probably not something that needed the internet to spread.

Max Gladding
Jun 03, 2009 at 07:04AM UTC , Max Gladding wrote:

It wasn’t straight from the simpsons, as it was originally just a common error. They just used it for a joke they wanted.

Steven R.
Jan 19, 2010 at 03:41AM UTC , Steven R. wrote:

I still remember how stupid this was.

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