# Did you hear the one about the rapper who gouged his eye out?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 4, 2005, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-rapper-who-gouged-his-eye-out/288350 "2005-02-04T11:43:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Wolfian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/7ea924/32.png) [@Wolfian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfian)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2005, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-rapper-who-gouged-his-eye-out/288350/21 "2005-02-05T13:30:39Z")

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So did Odin give him wisdom or what?

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**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2005, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-rapper-who-gouged-his-eye-out/288350/22 "2005-02-05T17:55:52Z")

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If he did, I’ll bet his first words were, “Gee, that was stupid.”

Nitpick: Mimir, guardian of the Well of Wisdom, gave Odin wisdom in exchange for his eye. I’d tell you how I knew that, but I’m trying to find my eyepatch…

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**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2005, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-rapper-who-gouged-his-eye-out/288350/23 "2005-02-05T21:29:39Z")

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Could be that he has unresolved issues with his mother.

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**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2005, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-rapper-who-gouged-his-eye-out/288350/24 "2005-02-05T21:51:01Z")

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Houston, he has a problem.

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**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2005, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-rapper-who-gouged-his-eye-out/288350/25 "2005-02-05T22:14:34Z")

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Whoda thunk he meant it literally when he said “I’ll keep an eye out for ya!”

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**Author:** ![Etherman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/958977/32.png) [@Etherman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Etherman)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2005, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-rapper-who-gouged-his-eye-out/288350/26 "2005-02-06T02:12:42Z")

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Hope he sees the folly of his ways, and gets some help.

Seriously, mental illness+ drug abuse = not good things. Hope he can straighten his life out.

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**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2005, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-hear-the-one-about-the-rapper-who-gouged-his-eye-out/288350/27 "2005-02-06T04:08:04Z")

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> [@Biggirl](#):
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> Whoda thunk he meant it literally when he said “I’ll keep an eye out for ya!”

I’m waiting for the jokes based on his one hit… “Eye Like That”?

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