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15 People Who Found Out the Hard Way That Irons Run Hot

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Perhaps one of the most difficult tasks we've faced as we move through the course of adulthood is learning how to iron our clothes, a vital part of looking presentable to the outside world. Unfortunately, when an inexperienced person gets their hands on these super hot household appliances, disaster can strike in any number of ways. If you're lucky, your shirt is ruined. If you're unlucky, you may find an iron-shaped hole in various parts of your home! Just take a look at these sad souls who completely failed at ironing.

1. Making an ornament out of your iron

Hilarious ironing fails and mistakes made with hot clothes iron, Iron with piece of bamboo carpet stuck to its flat end

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2. When you discover too late that you left the iron on

Hilarious ironing fails and mistakes made with hot clothes iron, Iron-shaped hole in washing machine

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3. Three minutes before you leave for an interview, and the panic begins to set in.

Hilarious ironing fails and mistakes made with hot clothes iron, Chunk of red shirt stuck on iron

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4. Carpets are not meant to be ironed

Hilarious ironing fails and mistakes made with hot clothes iron, Iron-shaped mark in carpet

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5. 1 minute before you leave for the interview. And now you’re in tears.

Hilarious ironing fails and mistakes made with hot clothes iron, Chunk of tie on iron next to torn tie on table

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6. I see the ghost of JAWS!

Hilarious ironing fails and mistakes made with hot clothes iron, Imprint of iron on an ironing board

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7. This probably wasn’t the best table to do your ironing on

Hilarious ironing fails and mistakes made with hot clothes iron, Wooden table with mark of iron on it

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8. This is what happens when a steam iron gets too many calcium deposits.

Hilarious ironing fails and mistakes made with hot clothes iron, Iron with white liquid calcium deposits leaking out of holes

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9. Do NOT use an iron to grill your dry-rub steaks

Hilarious ironing fails and mistakes made with hot clothes iron, Red spices stuck to flat side of iron

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10. Or to make S’mores

Hilarious ironing fails and mistakes made with hot clothes iron, Iron stuck to melted marshmallows

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11. My poor beautiful dress!

Hilarious ironing fails and mistakes made with hot clothes iron, Green dress with imprint of iron in the fabric

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12. What happens when you iron a mask

Hilarious ironing fails and mistakes made with hot clothes iron, Melted mask after being ironed

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13. When a plastic table battles a hot iron

Hilarious ironing fails and mistakes made with hot clothes iron, Semi melted hole made by iron in a plastic table

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14. The iron is clearly the indisputable champion in any scenario

Hilarious ironing fails and mistakes made with hot clothes iron, Plastic table with clean iron-shaped hole in it

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15. For the last time, a laptop is not the place to keep the iron!!

Hilarious ironing fails and mistakes made with hot clothes iron, Laptop with cover melted in the shape of an iron

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