Man burns his head after mistaking iron for phone

[Hum]

Tomasz Paczkowski from the northern Polish town of Elblag now sports bandages around his head after a request from his wife to help with the housework while he enjoyed a few days off work backfired.

?My wife had gone to work and asked me to help with the housework,? the 32-year old told the Polish newspaper Fakt. ?After breakfast I started to work. I turned on the boxing channel on the TV, opened a beer and started ironing.

?I was really getting involved in the boxing and was not really thinking about what I was doing,? he continued. ?Suddenly the phone rang and I mucked things up: instead of grabbing the receiver I picked up the iron and put it to my ear.? :|

Mr Paczkowski said a burning sensation on his ear soon made him realise his mistake. To compound his misfortune a dash to the bathroom to cool his burn with water resulted in his head hitting a door frame, causing an injury just above the left eye.

As a result of his accident he said he would give up watching boxing on the television but would continue to iron.

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[shakey]

First think I thought when I read the title.... This is in some old ass town :p

[Hum]

Phone musta been a Blackberry ...

[Growled Member]

...opened a beer and started ironing.

How many beers did he have? Sounds like too many.

[Raa]

This is why men shouldn't do the housework! :p Kidding.

[Detection]

I think you would be able to tell the difference in weight and shape between an Iron and a Phone no matter how involved in the TV you were

Also the running into the door-frame bit sounds like they're trying to invent a comedy sketch story

[Kriz]

This story just cheered me right up, i woke up in a foul mood this morning :laugh:

[Mystic Mungis]

[Farstrider]

This is why men shouldn't do the housework! :p Kidding.

Why are you kidding?

[garwin]

Blond joke became true :(

[MikeChipshop Member]

Finished breakfast and then opened a beer. I'm seeing the reason why he mistook an iron for a phone now.

[duddit2]

This should be used as a cautionary tale the world over about the real reasons us Men leave the housework to the much more capable women, its not laziness its H&S dear ladies - safety first and all that jazz :)

[Mohitster]

Phone musta been a Blackberry ...

Could have been a telephone! :p

[seta-san]

reminds me of the blind joke where the blind person answers the iron.

[Crisp]

With the screen size increase of some of the newer smart phones, an iron can become of a simular size :p

[mps69]

And the Darwin award goes to........Tomasz Paczkowski

[*RedBull*]

I thought there would be Polish jokes. Cause who the hell mistakes an iron for a phone? Unless on Poland phones are shaped like irons...

[Hum]

Hey -- it could happen ...

[+Warwagon MVC]

Wasn't that gag on like the 3 stooges or something. I know i've seen that somewhere before.

[Arachno 1D]

Sounds like an excuse to cover husband battering to me

[DocM]

10:1 he had more than one beer.

What an idiot.

[Detection]

Maybe it was one of Apples women only devices

The iRon

[Hum]

:p

[Hardcore Til I Die]

Anyone else think he actually said no to his wife and this is the result? :laugh:

[Arachno 1D]

Ergo he should pay more attention when doing the curtain pleats