# Cross-Eyed

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cross-eyed/9033>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 23, 2000, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cross-eyed/9033 "2000-03-23T00:40:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Zeus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zeus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeus)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cross-eyed/9033/1 "2000-03-23T00:40:00Z")

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I don’t know if this has been discussed before, since I am relatively new to this site.  
Today, I was talking with my friends, and an old topic came up:if someone hits you in the back when you have your eyes crossed, do you stay like that? No one seemed to have a definite answer.

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**Author:** ![TheUnforgiven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TheUnforgiven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheUnforgiven)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2000, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cross-eyed/9033/2 "2000-03-23T01:59:00Z")

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Ummm…why would they?

Oh, wait, is this question like the one where if you make a face too long your face will stay like that?