@ Kenny, sounds like you`re almost upto my standards :-o
I bought a nice new shiney soldering iron a couple of weeks back, to replace the massive thing I normally use.. and for 3 days I forgot I had left it powered up !!! Didn`t burn anything luckily, but I knackered the tip..
A few years back I learned the hard way not to try and catch a soldering iron if you drop it...well, it was more a case of learning which end to catch :-x