Ironing. We all have to do it if we are poor. It’s one of those immortal tasks that basically take up time, only to drag our evolved selves away from pursuits of grandeur such as writing an award-winning novel, creating a portrait of a loved pet, or picking your ears clean with a pair of cooking tongs.

It never ends too, we go through clothing like no tomorrow. And all the time we are doing it, we have either walls to stare at or a television telling us how either we can become successful parents, laugh at other people’s misery when they find out they’ve been having an affair with a midget or just one more episode of Pokemon simply to make sure that last brain cell dies screaming with agony.

What if you could make the chore just a little bit more interesting? Perhaps someone could help you out with the work or indeed just talk to you while you battle through yet another crease that just won’t die. Perhaps a change of location is in order?

Here are three examples of ways you too can make this household bore slightly more interesting. There are other examples out there but none as practical or realistic as these three:

Yes, it’s true. You’re not seeing things, those pictures are real, and before anyone asks, it was either that or watch reruns of Colombo. What would you do? Besides it may not be as extreme as some cases you have seen, perhaps the better way to look upon them as more conservative “British” methods of the sport.