# There's a reason they don't make romantic movies about dry cleaners **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 1, 2013, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-reason-they-dont-make-romantic-movies-about-dry-cleaners/651741 "2013-03-01T17:21:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-reason-they-dont-make-romantic-movies-about-dry-cleaners/651741/21 "2013-03-01T21:02:56Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > Is she hot? Do you like spinach? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-reason-they-dont-make-romantic-movies-about-dry-cleaners/651741/22 "2013-03-01T21:20:29Z")
I like hot spinach. ---
**Author:** ![Srsly\_Dad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@Srsly\_Dad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Srsly_Dad)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-reason-they-dont-make-romantic-movies-about-dry-cleaners/651741/23 "2013-03-01T21:29:10Z")
> [@Sauron](#): > > I can’t decide if I’m flattered or insulted by this. I would assume that Happy Lendervedder was thinking of Will Ferrell in Stranger than Fiction (which was a very good movie IMHO) and not Anchorman or any of his other sophomoric comedies. Thinking along these lines you can go with flattered. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2013, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-reason-they-dont-make-romantic-movies-about-dry-cleaners/651741/24 "2013-03-01T23:17:44Z")
Me rikey your posts rong time. ---
**Author:** ![Aries28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Aries28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aries28)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-reason-they-dont-make-romantic-movies-about-dry-cleaners/651741/25 "2013-03-02T00:33:18Z")
It was cute until she started asking you for dating advice then would ask coyly, as she twirled her hair, “You would not do me that way, would you Meestuh Sauron? Right? You be good to me?” I guess I could always learn to iron. ---
**Author:** ![dexter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dc4da7/32.png) [@dexter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dexter)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-reason-they-dont-make-romantic-movies-about-dry-cleaners/651741/26 "2013-03-02T04:12:13Z")
> [@Aries28](#): > > It was cute until she started asking you for dating advice then would ask coyly, as she twirled her hair, “You would not do me that way, would you Meestuh Sauron? Right? You be good to me?” > > I guess I could always learn to iron. That, or look up the contact info for Pat. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-reason-they-dont-make-romantic-movies-about-dry-cleaners/651741/27 "2013-03-02T16:31:52Z")
Why am I suddenly reminded of the song, [“Leader of the Laundromat”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qi5yDBvYUcE) by the Detergents? ---
**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-reason-they-dont-make-romantic-movies-about-dry-cleaners/651741/28 "2013-03-03T08:06:14Z")
I very seldom wear a hat, but if I were wearing one now I would take it off for you. A splendid story, sir. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-reason-they-dont-make-romantic-movies-about-dry-cleaners/651741/29 "2013-03-03T09:15:18Z")
> [@](#): > > She beamed. “And now they close down! Ominous, indeed. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-reason-they-dont-make-romantic-movies-about-dry-cleaners/651741/30 "2013-03-03T14:06:20Z")
> [@Sauron](#): > > Apparently women don’t typically develop crushes on middle-aged, slightly overweight guys. Which is a flaw in the way the universe is designed, if you ask me. You realize that she’s not the only one, right? She’s the most enthusiastic, so you noticed, but there are a probably a few others around. In high school, a wordly-wise friend advised me that “no matter who you are, what you’re like, someone out there wants to fuck you.” After all these years, he’s not been wrong. People often don’t notice, but there’s always someone out there. And if you hung around enough, you’d get dirty looks from some guy or gal who’s crushing hard on the cleaning lady, while she distractedly preps for your arrival. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-reason-they-dont-make-romantic-movies-about-dry-cleaners/651741/31 "2013-03-03T15:20:13Z")
I may have to start taking my shirts to that cleaner. I _like_\* plump middle-aged Asian women. 🙂 [sub]\*This is not to say that I like _only_ plump middle-aged Asian women…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![DiggitCamara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@DiggitCamara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DiggitCamara)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-reason-they-dont-make-romantic-movies-about-dry-cleaners/651741/32 "2013-03-04T13:56:52Z")
> [@digs](#): > > When did Sauron enroll in Sedaris ‘N’ Sampiro’s School of Sardonic Satire? > > And can I get a scholarship? I think he’s a tenured professor over there. And they have to publish their papers in this publication or lose tenureship (sp?) ---
**Author:** ![Sauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Sauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sauron)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-reason-they-dont-make-romantic-movies-about-dry-cleaners/651741/33 "2013-03-04T16:52:36Z")
> [@Merneith](#): > > Ominous, indeed. “It so sad about highly suspicious fire!” ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-reason-they-dont-make-romantic-movies-about-dry-cleaners/651741/34 "2013-03-04T18:31:43Z")
> [@Aries28](#): > > I guess I could always learn to iron. A woman ironing is _very_ sexy, IMHO. Anyway, if I were you, I’d tell myself that the dry cleaning lady has been inhaling too many caustic fumes from those dry cleaning chemicals she works with. Yeah, that must be it. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2013, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-reason-they-dont-make-romantic-movies-about-dry-cleaners/651741/35 "2013-03-04T18:41:17Z")
**Sauron** , she give you very best tuck. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theres-a-reason-they-dont-make-romantic-movies-about-dry-cleaners/651741.md?page=1)