"Take in ironing??"

[GreenPartyVoter]

[my2sense]

1. Yes, for pay

My mother and aunt had to do this for a living back in the day.

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. This makes sense. For some reason, I thought she was gonna apply the iron to Romney and Ryan. LOL

[my2sense]

7. LOL

[gateley]

2. Meaning she'd need the extra income.

[Cleita]

3. I did miss something.

Had to read the other posts to get it.

[WinkyDink]

4. What's your question?

[GreenPartyVoter]

8. The last speaker I saw on MSNBC said this, but I misunderstood it. All set now. :^)

[charlyvi]

6. That's what poor women used to do to put food on the table

back when everything was mostly cotton. It was very prevalent down South.

[GreenPartyVoter]

12. Sewing too, I believe.

[Stinky The Clown]

9. The line was hilarious.

Smart, to the point, and very funny.

Just like her mother!

[Lone_Star_Dem]

10. My great grandmother did that.

It's how she fed the horde when her husband passed.

[progressivebydesign]

11. Yikes. Have americans grown too pampered?

People actually iron clothes. Yes, women take in ironing to make ends meet. I can't believe that people in America don't know what that is. lol.

[Cleita]

13. I haven't ironed in years.

I have one somewhere, but forget where.

[GreenPartyVoter]

14. LOL I know what it means, but when I heard her say it, I thought she was building up

to something more like, "Pow, right to the moon" for some reason.

[Brigid]

15. I did some ironing the other day.

Of course, it was my own. That was a funny -- and pointed -- line.

[flamingdem]

16. I guess I'm old school, I heard that term growing up nt

[Brigid]

17. I did too.

I got the joke right away.