# Extreme Ironing

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-ironing/626963>\
**Category:** The Game Room\
**Created:** [July 2, 2012, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-ironing/626963 "2012-07-02T02:55:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![L.mo5rg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f475e1/32.png) [@L.mo5rg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/L.mo5rg)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2012, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-ironing/626963/1 "2012-07-02T02:55:19Z")

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Yes that is a sport, I didn’t make it up, it’s an actual activity. I thought maybe there would be extreme vacuuming or extreme cooking too, but that seems to be the only household chore that has been sportified.

Apparently it “combines the thrills of an extreme outdoor activity with the satisfaction of a well pressed shirt”.

[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njHE4S-HD3I)

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2012, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-ironing/626963/2 "2012-07-02T13:14:59Z")

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Yup - ESPN has been including Extreme Ironing clips every couple weeks on SportsCenter for about 15 years now.

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**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-ironing/626963/3 "2012-07-03T02:31:39Z")

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And they even have a website, which has changed since last I saw it (many years ago).

[http://www.extremeironing.com/](http://www.extremeironing.com/)

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**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2012, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/extreme-ironing/626963/4 "2012-07-03T14:03:09Z")

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> [@L.mo5rg](#):
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> Yes that is a sport, I didn’t make it up, it’s an actual activity. I thought maybe there would be extreme vacuuming or extreme cooking too, but that seems to be the only household chore that has been sportified.
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> Apparently it “combines the thrills of an extreme outdoor activity with the satisfaction of a well pressed shirt”.
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> [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njHE4S-HD3I](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njHE4S-HD3I)

Up the road from me is a place called “Extreme Welding”. I’ve always wanted to ask the guy who owns it if he’s ever welded on top of Mount Everest or at the bottom of the Marianas trench.