In article <bf3151a4-cede-48d2-816a-35b665493633@w56g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
"artyw2@yahoo.com" <artyw2@yahoo.com> said:

> There was recently a contest for absurd warning stickers. Among
> them was a T-shirt with the warning "Do not iron while wearing".

I seem to recall hearing, a few years ago, about a major league
pitcher getting himself put on the Disabled List after he burned
himself while doing exactly that. (Caveat: he may have "merely"
been using the iron's 'steam' function.)

Also, somewhere on the net I once found a photo of a metal sign
that said, in black lettering on a yellow background:

CAUTION:
THIS SIGN HAS
SHARP EDGES

It looked real but of course it could have been a Photoshop job.

--
William December Starr <wdstarr@panix.com>

"William December Starr" <wdstarr@panix.com> wrote in message
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> In article
> <bf3151a4-cede-48d2-816a-35b665493633@w56g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
> "artyw2@yahoo.com" <artyw2@yahoo.com> said:
>
>> There was recently a contest for absurd warning stickers. Among
>> them was a T-shirt with the warning "Do not iron while wearing".
>
> I seem to recall hearing, a few years ago, about a major league
> pitcher getting himself put on the Disabled List after he burned
> himself while doing exactly that. (Caveat: he may have "merely"
> been using the iron's 'steam' function.)

John Smoltz, no less.

Mike Schilling <mscottschilling@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> "William December Starr" <wdstarr@panix.com> wrote in message
> news:fkad07$ntp$1@panix2.panix.com...
>> In article
>> <bf3151a4-cede-48d2-816a-35b665493633@w56g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
>> "artyw2@yahoo.com" <artyw2@yahoo.com> said:
>>
>>> There was recently a contest for absurd warning stickers. Among
>>> them was a T-shirt with the warning "Do not iron while wearing".
>>
>> I seem to recall hearing, a few years ago, about a major league
>> pitcher getting himself put on the Disabled List after he burned
>> himself while doing exactly that. (Caveat: he may have "merely"
>> been using the iron's 'steam' function.)
>
> John Smoltz, no less.
>

Calls to mind Vince Colmean vs The Man Eating Tarp.

I'm guessing there's a good long list of strange injuries
which have waylaid athletes.

Tony

On Dec 19, 9:45 am, na...@math.ohio-state.edu (Anthony Nance) wrote:
> Mike Schilling <mscottschill...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > "William December Starr" <wdst...@panix.com> wrote in message
> >news:fkad07$ntp$1@panix2.panix.com...
> >> In article
> >> <bf3151a4-cede-48d2-816a-35b665493...@w56g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
> >> "art...@yahoo.com" <art...@yahoo.com> said:
>
> >>> There was recently a contest for absurd warning stickers. Among
> >>> them was a T-shirt with the warning "Do not iron while wearing".
>
> >> I seem to recall hearing, a few years ago, about a major league
> >> pitcher getting himself put on the Disabled List after he burned
> >> himself while doing exactly that. (Caveat: he may have "merely"
> >> been using the iron's 'steam' function.)
>
> > John Smoltz, no less.
>
> Calls to mind Vince Colmean vs The Man Eating Tarp.

Nah, Coleman simply wasn't paying attention and got caught from
behind.

Some of the later injuries that damaged Cardinals post season chances
required more active involvement, like Jack Clark trying slide into
first base, or Mike Matheny slicing his hand open. Others have called
it the Curse of Keith Hernandez:

http://www.fantasybaseballcafe.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=240073

Now that the Cardinals have won in 2006, I can take it more
philosophically.

Mike Schilling wrote:

>
> "William December Starr" <wdstarr@panix.com> wrote in message
> news:fkad07$ntp$1@panix2.panix.com...
> > In article
> > <bf3151a4-cede-48d2-816a-35b665493633@w56g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
> >"artyw2@yahoo.com" <artyw2@yahoo.com> said:
> >
> > > There was recently a contest for absurd warning stickers. Among
> > > them was a T-shirt with the warning "Do not iron while wearing".
> >
> > I seem to recall hearing, a few years ago, about a major league
> > pitcher getting himself put on the Disabled List after he burned
> > himself while doing exactly that. (Caveat: he may have "merely"
> > been using the iron's 'steam' function.)
>
> John Smoltz, no less.

Or maybe less:

<http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1208/is_n25_v220/ai_18395243>




Brian

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"Default User" <defaultuserbr@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Mike Schilling wrote:
>
>>
>> "William December Starr" <wdstarr@panix.com> wrote in message
>> news:fkad07$ntp$1@panix2.panix.com...
>> > In article
>> > <bf3151a4-cede-48d2-816a-35b665493633@w56g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
>> >"artyw2@yahoo.com" <artyw2@yahoo.com> said:
>> >
>> > > There was recently a contest for absurd warning stickers. Among
>> > > them was a T-shirt with the warning "Do not iron while
>> > > wearing".
>> >
>> > I seem to recall hearing, a few years ago, about a major league
>> > pitcher getting himself put on the Disabled List after he burned
>> > himself while doing exactly that. (Caveat: he may have "merely"
>> > been using the iron's 'steam' function.)
>>
>> John Smoltz, no less.
>
> Or maybe less:
>
> <http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1208/is_n25_v220/ai_18395243>

He doesn't say what really happened. Maybe he was trying to wash his
truck while it was running.