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AIBU?

To think that white shirts are an utterly stupid idea for school uniform?

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MrsJangleBalls · 06/12/2011 22:46

Dd has now managed to spoil the third and last long sleeved shirt that she possesses. She will be attending the rest of the winter term with short sleeves under her jumper. She manages to get each one daubed in paint, and wtf do they put in kids paint these days? It doesn't come out after pretreatment and boil wash! [wail]

Why can't they wear an old tshirt if they have to muck about with paint? Not a white bloody shirt?!

Funnily enough the short sleeved shirts look fine. Perhaps she saves the paint for the days when her clothing covers her up a little more.

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PomBearAtTheGatesOfDoom · 06/12/2011 22:48

Can I just be utterly smug and say that my DCs wear red ones Xmas Grin
(Of course they still ruin them and paint themselves and all the rest of it, I just wanted to feel a little teeny bit superior for a nanosecond before reality bit...)

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scotlass · 06/12/2011 22:50

I agree

But my reason is cos I can't be bothered to get off mumsnet to put the ironing board up to iron one for DD tomorrow. Think I got spoiled shaking the polo shirt out after a tumble dry for 7yrs at primary school. DH scrumples the shirt up into the laundry needing ironed basket.

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DeWe · 06/12/2011 22:51

We used to have coloured shirts... at 2 for about £15!!! State primary school too. Even with ruined ones it still works out much cheaper in the end.
Both my dd's choose to wear short sleeve ones all year anyway.

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Nanny0gg · 06/12/2011 22:52

Boiling will set the stains.
A cooler wash works better after treating.
And then there's always bleach...

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MrsJangleBalls · 06/12/2011 22:54

Feel as smug as you like PomBear I don't mind. Xmas Grin

And scotlass my despair was brought on by finally giving in to the angry looks the ironing pile was giving me brought on by the fact that dd is fresh out of school shirts, to find all three nice shirts bloody ruined.

And I still ironed them. They might be fucked but they're not creased!

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PomBearAtTheGatesOfDoom · 06/12/2011 22:56

Surely a DC in senior school is old enough to iron their own shirt?
(She says blithely, having Just Said No in 1989 and not even owned an iron since then...)

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MrsJangleBalls · 06/12/2011 22:56

NannyOgg I didn't think of bleach.

You really are the best witch.

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IneedAChristmasNickname · 06/12/2011 22:58

I've tried bleach, the fuckers are still stained Angry

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Bellie · 06/12/2011 22:58

YANBU!
DD's best was the day when we had shirt number 3 on before we had even walked out of the door... Sigh.....

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VirtuallyHere · 06/12/2011 22:58

I bought 4 for my boy and he's only ruined one. But don't get me started on his school shoes - they will need replacing at Xmas as his dedication in scuffing them has resulted in a hole worn through the leather on the toe.

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scotlass · 06/12/2011 23:06

pombear she probably should do it herself but the length of time it takes her to do a 2 second task it would maybe done for next term Grin. What is it with 12yr olds being so god damn slooooooow at everything. To be honest DS needs jeans for tomorrow and he's only 2yrs so ironing is down to me.

jangle my mum swears by vanish bar - tbh it never works for me so I stock pile cheap pack of 2 shirts from george at Asda

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Cherriesarelovely · 06/12/2011 23:06

They are actually that is a a good point!

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IneedAChristmasNickname · 06/12/2011 23:08

I used to use the vanish bars, they were good! but I haven't seen them anywhere for ages :(

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