Man ironed face when phone rang Orange News (December 12th, 2012)

Pre Questions
Why / How do you think someone would iron their face?
The Original Article
A Polish man is regretting trying to impress his wife by doing the housework - after ironing his face when the phone rang.
Tomas Paczkowski, 32, from Elbag, was determined to show wife Lila that he was just as good around the home as she is.
"I decided to do the ironing while she was out at work, just to prove a point," he explained.
"Women are always going on about multi-tasking, so I set up the iron, opened a beer and put the boxing on the telly.
"Trouble was, I got so involved in the boxing that I wasn't really thinking about what I was doing.
"So when the phone rang I picked up the iron by mistake and pressed it to my ear. The pain was incredible."
And Mr Paczkowski added insult to injury when he sprinted to put cold water on the burn - and ran straight into the bathroom door.
"That gave me a black eye so now I look more like I've been in a boxing match instead of just watching one," he added.
Medics say he will make a full recovery from the burns - but Mr Paczkowski says he's off housework for good.
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Easy Version
A polish man wanted to help his wife with the ironing. At the same time, he was drinking a beer and watching a boxing match on the TV. The phone rang. He was absorbed in the boxing and accidentally picked up the iron. He put it against his ear instead of the phone. It hurt a lot. He ran quickly to the bathroom to put cold water on the burn. The door was closed and he ran into it. So he got a black eye too.
Conversation Starter Questions
  • Do you mind doing the ironing? Are you good at it?
  • What things do you regret (trying to do)?
  • Have you ever tried to impress someone?
  • Do you help your wife / husband? In what ways?
  • Are there any household jobs that men shouldn't do? How about women?
  • Do you think guys should help with housework? How much? Which jobs? What family circumstances?
  • According to a Scandinavian survey, couples that share housework 50:50 are more likely to divorce.
  • Do you like boxing or other fighting sports?
  • Have you ever learned a fighting sport (martial art)?
  • Do you multi-task much?
  • What things do you get absorbed in?
  • Do you do anything automatically without thinking? eg. Lock doors.
  • What have you done by mistake?
  • Have you ever done something stupid, injuring yourself?
  • Have you felt incredible pain before? (Physical or mental) 
  • Have you ever burned yourself before. What did you do?
  • What should you do if you get burned?
  • Have you heard of any strange methods to treat burns? eg. Put butter on it.
  • Have you run / walked into anything before? (while using a cell phone etc)
  • Have you ever had a black eye, been punched etc?
Practice making sentences using the following pattern                                  examples
  • think about what
  • think about where
  • think about who
  • think about when
  • think about how
  • think about why
  • think about which
  • think about whether
  • I can't stop thinking about what went wrong.
  • I need to think about where to go on my next holiday.
  • We are thinking about who to invite to our wedding.
  • I don't like to think about when I will be able to retire.
  • Japan has to think about how to reduce it's debt.
  • People should think about why the Earth is dying.
  • I'm thinking about which political party to vote for tomorrow.
  • I often think about whether or not to get a pet dog.
Further Practice
  • regret trying to
  • be determined to show sb st
  • decided to
  • press to
  • sprint to

  • after
  • when
  • while

  • impress sb by Ving
  • put st on the telly
  • be involved in (engrossed in, absorbed in)
  • look more like ~ instead of ~.

  • the trouble is
  • so (adjective) 
  • by mistake (accidentally)

  • prove a point
  • add insult to injury
  • make a full recovery
Irish Joke
How did the Irishman fall out the window?
He was ironing his curtains.