# "Eye" didn't see this **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 7, 2013, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-didnt-see-this/649554 "2013-02-07T04:25:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-didnt-see-this/649554/21 "2013-02-08T22:10:03Z")
See, this is why you go with an eyepatch. I mean, c’mon. You lose an eye, you have a choice: You can look like Peter Falk, or you can look like a pirate. And while I do love me some Peter Falk, the man is no pirate (not even a Dread Pirate Roberts). ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2013, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-didnt-see-this/649554/22 "2013-02-08T22:45:24Z")
So when the mistrial was declared did the Bailiff shout, “Aye, aye, your Honor!”? ---
**Author:** ![RedMud636](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c0e974/32.png) [@RedMud636](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RedMud636)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2013, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-didnt-see-this/649554/23 "2013-02-09T13:54:46Z")
When I was in HS a classmate had a glass eye (playing with explosives is bad idea). Well his eye used to fall out fairly regularily on the basketball court, in which case we also declared a mistrial and had a tip-off. ---
**Author:** ![kirk1168](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@kirk1168](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kirk1168)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2013, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-didnt-see-this/649554/24 "2013-02-09T15:42:50Z")
When I was in 4th grade (about 35 years ago) my friend Eddie’s glass eye fell out while we were doing calisthenics. As his friends, we were nonplussed. “Oh well, Eddie’s eye fell out again.” As he was showing the teacher, one girl looked into his hand, saw the eye, and fainted. I’ll never forget that. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-didnt-see-this/649554/25 "2013-03-07T18:41:38Z")
Update: [eyeless retrial](http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20130307_Victim __sans_eyeball__ testifies_in_retrial.html) > [@](#): > > This time, John Huttick left the eyeball at home. ---
**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-didnt-see-this/649554/26 "2013-03-07T20:24:31Z")
Iris my case!?! Perhaps the the lawyers will find a better pupil for their client next time. Not an open and shut case. The witness was unblinking in his testimony. I wish my jokes were cornea. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-didnt-see-this/649554/27 "2013-03-07T21:09:34Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > [eyeless retrial](http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20130307_Victim __sans_eyeball__ testifies_in_retrial.html) Good idea, since justice is blind. ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-didnt-see-this/649554/28 "2013-03-07T21:28:08Z")
> [@Balance](#): > > Without digging into court documents, I don’t necessarily know the judge’s reasoning, but I imagine it involved the possibility that the rather vivid demonstration of the injury might bias the jury in the defendant’s favor. I think you mean in the People’s favor. The guy whose eye fell out was the alleged victim. Hopefully the judge has a clearer vision of how to run this new trial more smoothly. ---
**Author:** ![AtomicDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@AtomicDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AtomicDog)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2013, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-didnt-see-this/649554/29 "2013-03-07T22:50:07Z")
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