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Old 07-09-2010, 02:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Maksi
If you are worried that one strip may shrimp more than the other you can also iron them as hot as they can handle, maybe with some steam. That will get the shrimp out. ( is the word shrimp of shrink, because at first I used the word shrink everywere but it didn't sound right to me....)
"shrink" is correct, but i absolutely loved your substitution of "shrimp" instead.

in American slang, "shrimp" is often used as a reference to [small] size. so the mental image of fabric "shrimping" was perfect. ;-)
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