talking to someone else that wanted to know and besides the fact... why would I be scared of a curling iron even or speaking of that? could be useful for certain things. as long as you don't stick any of the metal in a metal cup (in the liquid or get it wet) and create a safe extension you could probably make a warm cup of coffee with one easily. use a curling iron to heat up coffee to 120F-150F degrees just fine if it gets up to 200F-300F degrees. no reason to be afraid of them might save my ass one day if I needed a warm cup of coffee in some situation where all I have is a curling iron and a wall outlet. as long as it doesn't touch the liquor and only the metal cup with my own modified extension. I do not recommend this at home and this is just some fictional situation. curling iron might be useful in some situation where heat goes out alone or something like that. that's just a start to. --- that's not my story this one below. someone else told me this story. tampons (pads - new out of package obviously) are great for absorbing blood alone if you get cut and need something to stop the bleeding (forget the word) - block the bleeding, but don't have a shirt and/or towel that's easily accessible right away.