So, apparently, when the iron has been plugged in for 15 minutes, the bottom of it is hot, and you shouldn't wrap two fingers around the front of it while you hold it to put water into it through the funnel that doesn't fit anyway and dribbles as much water onto the counter as goes into the iron itself.

I learned this today. But, apparently, I shouldn't have been using the iron anyway because I was, it appears, the only person in the civilized world who can pick an iron out of a lineup who did not know that you should not use tap water in the iron.

I also learned that after the tortellini have been cooking in the boiling water for five minutes, you shouldn't pick one up with your fingers to eat it, even when it's sitting patiently in the drainer, because it still has hot, boiling water on it.

So, to review ��Hot=OUCH. Stay away.