Shirt Puzzle
@pgiblett (6524)
Canada
January 5, 2016 10:44am CST
I was ironing some shirts this morning, as is my habit. 
In doing so I ironed two shirts, both bought the same day from the same store, one yellow striped, the other green striped, same maker, same style, just different colours. Both shirts profess to be easy-iron shirts 
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Whenever I iron the green shirt there are creases everywhere, particularly where the buttons are, it also wrinkles across the button holes and the collar is a mess 
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The other shirt (yellow) I quickly iron taking out a couple of minor wrinkles and hang it up on the rack.
I have always been curious why two seemingly identical shirts act so differently when washed. Life, as they say, is a curious thing.
In doing so I ironed two shirts, both bought the same day from the same store, one yellow striped, the other green striped, same maker, same style, just different colours. Both shirts profess to be easy-iron shirts .
Whenever I iron the green shirt there are creases everywhere, particularly where the buttons are, it also wrinkles across the button holes and the collar is a mess .
The other shirt (yellow) I quickly iron taking out a couple of minor wrinkles and hang it up on the rack.
I have always been curious why two seemingly identical shirts act so differently when washed. Life, as they say, is a curious thing.15 people like this
16 responses
@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
6 Jan 16
Very interesting, you might want to write to the company and they might give you another - for free. Just asking the question could be fun. I have no idea why the Ironing would be different on two that appear to be the same.
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@pgiblett (6524)
• Canada
7 Jan 16
@PainsOnSlate Nothing wrong with an old story.
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@PainsOnSlate (21854)
• Canada
7 Jan 16
@pgiblett oh I get it, old story but an interesting one so kudos on that.
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@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
5 Jan 16
That is exactly like when you buy two of the same brand of jeans and one you try on and it fits perfectly so you think why try on the other but when you get home the second pair is either to small or to big. How can this be same as with your shirts.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
8 Jan 16
I wonder if it has anything to do with each color, I doubt it, but I wonder if it affects the material differently.
Good you iron your shirts.
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@pgiblett (6524)
• Canada
9 Jan 16
@TiarasOceanView I can's say I enjoy it, but it is a necessary chore if you don't wish to look like a vagabond.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
8 Jan 16
@pgiblett It is an excellent habit. I enjoy ironing. Welcome
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
5 Jan 16
Do they feel the same to the touch? Its possible they aren't really identical in all regards.
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@pgiblett (6524)
• Canada
5 Jan 16
@AbbyGreenhill I think the easy-iron component is added to the mix when the cloth is formed.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
5 Jan 16
@pgiblett I guess things like that do happen.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
27 Jan 16
I was thinking of an actual shirt puzzle that I saw once. It had several equations on it. After looking at it for a moment I got it and started laughing. This is what it said: E/c^2, sqrt of -1, PV/nR (answers: m, i, T) It was a shirt for MIT.
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@pgiblett (6524)
• Canada
27 Jan 16
@OneOfMany But your concept of shirt puzzle has sent me thinking in a new direction.
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@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
27 Jan 16
@pgiblett I was laughing because I was thinking how so many people would be clueless to those equations. Certainly Einstein's energy equation should be fairly common. And the imaginary number is simple high school stuff, along with the pressure and temperature equation.
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@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
7 Jan 16
Creases everywhere will make me so impatient. I will definitely return that item and state specifically the reason why.
@infatuatedbby (94921)
• United States
7 Jan 16
Maybe they were made in different countries? Or perhaps different material also!
@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
6 Jan 16
I never iron clothes - tee shirts don't need it. If I need a suit pressing I'll send it out
@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
6 Jan 16
@pgiblett I need ironing, let alone my shirts
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@TheHorse (206374)
• Walnut Creek, California
7 Jan 16
This is the kind of question I like to ponder. Same shirt. Different color. They should respond to the iron similarly. I believe this is the kind of thing that makes people stop being empiricists and give themselves over to God.
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@pgiblett (6524)
• Canada
7 Jan 16
I don't think it is a question for God or any other supreme being, the anser to me is entirely in the human realm. I appreciate you humour.
@Missmwngi (12926)
• Nairobi, Kenya
10 Jan 16
Ha haa maybe materials are not exactly the same
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
6 Jan 16
It is also a curiosity that you are ironing shirts in 2016. I don't know anyone who does anymore. They come out of the dryer crisp and ready to wear.
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
6 Jan 16
@pgiblett Probably. Maybe it is what you buy. Some shirts need an ironing, most do not.
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@JudyEv (326092)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Jan 16
Do they have the same composition? Maybe one has more polyester or whatever.
@Marilynda1225 (79963)
• United States
5 Jan 16
It's weird how similar clothes can be do different. I have two pairs of pants that are exactly the same (one black, the other navy) and both fit differently.
