In the absence of househelp tried to iron (Fe) a shirt. The iron wouldn't glisse (Fr), like it had a flat. Chaps said look under: The iron had tell-tale marks of having burnt a synthetic fabric. Chaps said use Panadol. Sent one over to bring some. Fellow applied it to the iron's surface and, tada, within five minutes cleared off the smudge. The iron began to glide again. Swallowed one Panadol to cure the post-traumatic headache (PTH).
P>S> The reason the househelp absented himself was, it emerges, because he burnt a pair of trousers and feared reprisals. Trousers = US$20; iron = US$ 70.
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Synthetic trousers? Well, the label said Wool. Wool would just burn; synthets melt.
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