Quote Originally Posted by DrNomis_44 View Post
Been there and almost done it too, fortunately I didn't get badly burnt.
Murphy's 1st law of soldering irons
If you drop a soldering iron you will always catch the wrong end.

Many years ago I stood on a hot soldering iron wearing black nylon socks, the result was a groove in the sole of my foot sealed by a melted and dried black dressing