# I've hurt my wrist by ironing. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 20, 2013, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-hurt-my-wrist-by-ironing/664063 "2013-07-20T20:52:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2013, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-hurt-my-wrist-by-ironing/664063/1 "2013-07-20T20:52:05Z")
And boy is it painful when I move it! I only did 10 shirts, too. So I consoled myself with some ice cream. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2013, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-hurt-my-wrist-by-ironing/664063/2 "2013-07-20T20:58:18Z")
Further explanation might make this a more interesting thread. At the moment, based on the minimal information, I would have to assume you began to iron your shirt before removing it from your body. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2013, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-hurt-my-wrist-by-ironing/664063/3 "2013-07-20T21:19:03Z")
I wasn’t wearing 10 shirts! I started with a stack of unironed washing and an iron; I finished with 10 ironed shirts, a diminished stack of unironed washing, an iron, and a wrist that still hurts. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2013, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-hurt-my-wrist-by-ironing/664063/4 "2013-07-20T23:16:45Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > …and a wrist that still hurts. Well, then, you need more ice cream, don’t you! ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2013, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-hurt-my-wrist-by-ironing/664063/5 "2013-07-20T23:24:43Z")
try a mangle. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-hurt-my-wrist-by-ironing/664063/6 "2013-07-21T00:47:21Z")
> [@Quartz](#): > > I’ve hurt my wrist by ironing. That’s ironic. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-hurt-my-wrist-by-ironing/664063/7 "2013-07-21T01:43:39Z")
This! This is why I don’t use the iron; I could hurt myself. ---
**Author:** ![Tikkimouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@Tikkimouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikkimouse)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-hurt-my-wrist-by-ironing/664063/8 "2013-07-21T02:11:15Z")
Could be worse. I know someone who broke her leg ironing. I’m eating Private Selection (Kroger) Sea Salt Caramel ice cream right now. Since I discovered it, I can’t get enough. Yum, yum, yum! ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-hurt-my-wrist-by-ironing/664063/9 "2013-07-21T02:18:31Z")
You know, sometimes you need to get right back on the horse, so to speak. Shirts may require more fine hand motion than is safe, but I have some slacks that you could borrow… ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-hurt-my-wrist-by-ironing/664063/10 "2013-07-21T04:37:26Z")
It’s better than hurting someone else’s wrist by ironing. Well, better for them, at least. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-hurt-my-wrist-by-ironing/664063/11 "2013-07-21T07:21:16Z")
My mother used to say, when I was bitching about something that this was God’s way of telling me \. So I say, this is God’s way of telling you that you shouldn’t iron. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2013, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-hurt-my-wrist-by-ironing/664063/12 "2013-07-21T08:01:46Z")
> [@Tikkimouse](#): > > Could be worse. I know someone who broke her leg ironing. Is this a story you can be persuaded to share? ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-hurt-my-wrist-by-ironing/664063/13 "2013-07-23T07:07:23Z")
You’re doing it all wrong. First, you are supposed to claim that you hurt your wrist by doing something totally cool like skydiving or surfing. Only later do you admit it was ironing. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-hurt-my-wrist-by-ironing/664063/14 "2013-07-23T10:31:38Z")
Well, at least no one phoned you while you were ironing. Could have been worse. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2013, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-hurt-my-wrist-by-ironing/664063/15 "2013-07-23T21:26:29Z")
Free advice (and worth every penny): Hot side down. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2013, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-hurt-my-wrist-by-ironing/664063/16 "2013-07-24T06:10:48Z")
> [@Ximenean](#): > > Well, at least no one phoned you while you were ironing. Could have been worse. I met a woman several years ago that burned her face in a strange iron/phone incident.