12.06.2008

Stating the Obvious

Ever since I was a missionary, I have found it really funny when things that needn't be stated apparently need to be stated. Missionary rule example:
Missionaries are to sleep in the same room, but not in the same bed."
They make me laugh because I can only assume that somewhere, at some time, it was not quite obvious enough to someone, and so the powers that be had to go and state the obvious.

Yesterday I was changing the sheets and decided to cut off the labels from my pillow (because I really don't like extraneous tags). Here I found a suggestion for pillow care that I had never stumbled across before. Something that I never would have assumed needed stating: Do Not Iron.

Please tell me that none of us have ironed pillows tucked away in our pillow cases. I for one will never make fun of someone else's wrinkly pillows again; really, they are only following the rules.

Sidenote: Getting a scan of this pillow tag is a good example of why I believe it is essential for every home to have a scanner.

3 Comments:

Brittany Anne said...

it may not be obvious to some people... people like me. though, i've never ironed a pillow, one time i was running late for school and i had a shirt on that was too wrinkly. i didn't want to waste the time taking it off, so i just ironed it while i was in it! because i had a couple layers on, i knew i would be fine... but i ironed too low on one side of my stomach and OUCH! i burned myself.

not everyone has your intelligence.



leslie s said...

I was just thinking about this very topic the other day when I was using my hair straightener. I looked at the tag attached to the cord near the plug in end...It said :(and I quote) If not work plug in! Talk about stating the obvious. I had to laugh.



Stacey said...

Hilarious! Thanks for the laugh. By the way, I'm Dave Buck's oldest sister.