The Silver Screen Oasis

Then you are an unusual man, Chris and blouses, they are the worst to iron. I feel very uncomfortable when I see my hubby iron, it's the last job I'd let him turn his hand too just as he won't let me loose with the lawnmower.

In the school I was raised in, uniforms were part of the discipline: learning to look sharp. ( Which I try to do anyway, but I resented having to. ) Of course, if you came 'round sometime after the dot of 3:30pm, you'd see shirt tails relievedly un-tucked, ties dangling from pockets rather than necks... We girls of then-Elementary age had it really rough though: a jumper, plaid, with straps that were always catching on door handles, offering no chance for after-school cool beyond the unbuttoning of a collar button.

You should see Joe at 3.15, he certainly doesn't look like he did when I sent him in but then again as a little lad it's a good sign of him enjoying himself.

A friend of mine said, "Give me a job where I can wear jeans and T-shirts, I'll work there for the rest of my life!"

He'd be a joy to iron for

Most of our clothes are wash and wear, Andrew doesn't even have to wear a tie or anything. Alice's school is all t-shirts and jeans. There are privately funded schools where a uniform is required.

I've had jobs where a uniform is provided. That's nice too. Wear whatever you want. Change when you get to work!

All schools here have a 'proper' uniform, shirt, tie, sweater or pullover, trousers for boys, skirt or pinafore for girls. It started (supposedly) so that kids wouldn't get called names if they didn't have labels but what actually happens is that you are tied to getting uniform from one place only and it costs more and it needs ironing.

I think the children look so cute in their school uniforms.