tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269219202790509435.post8248089209373425810..comments2023-06-28T20:33:55.060+05:30Comments on Chronicles of an Unknown Indian: THE IRON MAN AND HIS GENESMeera Sundararajanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15584671517551652378noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269219202790509435.post-65412885137615699092014-05-13T18:01:43.877+05:302014-05-13T18:01:43.877+05:30hehehehe :D I died of laughter :D "every item...hehehehe :D I died of laughter :D "every item and its place" is every dad's motto :) And my appa also reads the newspaper just this way. Once when we were giving away the old newspapers, the buyer was like, " ungaathule paper padichamathiriye illai" :D<br />Sreeja Praveenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09880818733065823251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269219202790509435.post-84996363569247268792014-05-11T22:20:18.208+05:302014-05-11T22:20:18.208+05:30@Cloud Nine and Subu.ps it looks like a lot of dad...@Cloud Nine and Subu.ps it looks like a lot of dads have this ironing fetish !!!<br /><br />@ Divya yes, ironing has its therapeutic value!!! I supposed all those roadside "Istri wallahs" must be the calmest guys around !!Meera Sundararajanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15584671517551652378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269219202790509435.post-45168731893497259272014-05-11T11:50:48.243+05:302014-05-11T11:50:48.243+05:30I could relate many events u narrated with my fami...I could relate many events u narrated with my family too.. made me think about my childhood days !!subu.pshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01703049026825718744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269219202790509435.post-45349155938093051092014-05-08T20:45:54.086+05:302014-05-08T20:45:54.086+05:30Ahhh...all dads are iron men i suppose;) Mine is t...Ahhh...all dads are iron men i suppose;) Mine is the same 'every item in its place and place for every item' guy. Ironing 5 rs note? Wow! I've seen my pops do that too! May be the obsession with order and cleanliness makes them do so. Thank God, he hasn't touched my handbag ever. God knows what might befall him :PCloud Ninehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02382499546129406231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269219202790509435.post-49458718439839672082014-05-06T19:56:35.878+05:302014-05-06T19:56:35.878+05:30I am not too particular about ironing clothes or f...I am not too particular about ironing clothes or for most household chores for that matter but whenever I feel that my life is a complete mess, I angrily pull out a bunch of clothes from my closet and....start ironing them. Its unbelievable how therapeutic ironing out the creases of your clothes can be, especially when you have neither the energy nor the will power to straighten the creases in your life.Divyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07478829599969479017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269219202790509435.post-73228008992504267172014-05-03T14:53:02.453+05:302014-05-03T14:53:02.453+05:30I wish I was that organised ... I have so much to ...I wish I was that organised ... I have so much to learn from your dad and Red handed's Dad ... maybe I am a bad MAN :( <br /><br /><a href="http://mannbikram.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow"> Bikram</a>Bikramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17320753339263375295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269219202790509435.post-58528030305411415492014-05-02T14:30:34.059+05:302014-05-02T14:30:34.059+05:30@ Red handed, I wonder what is about women's h...@ Red handed, I wonder what is about women's handbags that makes men want to clean them out?<br /><br />@ Kalpana, same here I crush and crumple the paper by the time I complete reading it. There is a saying in Tamil " Padichi Kizhichi podatruthu" - meaning reading and tearing something. I guess I follow it literally!Meera Sundararajanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15584671517551652378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269219202790509435.post-21274500219784544382014-05-02T14:29:18.789+05:302014-05-02T14:29:18.789+05:30I also took delight in ironing uniforms of my daug...I also took delight in ironing uniforms of my daughters when young and even grand kids.But I dare not open wife's handbag.It is strictly out of bounds!!!.I have also a fetish like your dad to keep newspapers folded in proper order and kept date wise but not always possible.KParthasarathihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02189924874350906456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269219202790509435.post-54900496879690158712014-05-02T14:28:58.989+05:302014-05-02T14:28:58.989+05:30@SG I wish my mother would understand Appa's O...@SG I wish my mother would understand Appa's OCT in that way..!! Most often she is complaining about it !Meera Sundararajanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15584671517551652378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269219202790509435.post-61830107355762957172014-05-02T14:28:14.097+05:302014-05-02T14:28:14.097+05:30@ Mahabore, interesting that so many dads have thi...@ Mahabore, interesting that so many dads have this habit!! About origins, we are from the Cauvery Delta area- pure bred Tam Brahms :) .( So obviously it is not a regional trait!)Meera Sundararajanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15584671517551652378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269219202790509435.post-4662088834967116652014-05-02T05:16:46.854+05:302014-05-02T05:16:46.854+05:30Really nice post and could relate to it at so many...Really nice post and could relate to it at so many levels given that my dad is quite the Iron Man of my family and is also the cleanliness freak when it comes to newspapers, clothes, books and almost all the other things that you mention in this post, sans the underwear. <br /><br />Oh, and just so you know, we are also Palakkad Pattars :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269219202790509435.post-61526172811184027792014-05-02T01:42:18.825+05:302014-05-02T01:42:18.825+05:30Hmm. OCT (Obsessive Compulsive Tidying). Your amma...Hmm. OCT (Obsessive Compulsive Tidying). Your amma is lucky to have such a husband.SGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05790347071764332430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269219202790509435.post-6906352197770251922014-05-02T01:04:18.821+05:302014-05-02T01:04:18.821+05:30When the newspaper is crumbled , my hubby knows th...When the newspaper is crumbled , my hubby knows that i have read the newspaper. kalpana solsihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05459797629127380780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269219202790509435.post-15628417636415429932014-05-01T21:47:54.414+05:302014-05-01T21:47:54.414+05:30hehehehe My papa cleans my moms handbag too..heheh...hehehehe My papa cleans my moms handbag too..hehehe!! nd the Ceiling fan cleaning....hahaha.!!Red Handedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17062645716811851771noreply@blogger.com