# eye drops

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-drops/159267>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 5, 2003, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-drops/159267 "2003-03-05T16:28:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-drops/159267/1 "2003-03-05T16:28:17Z")

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I was just applying eye drops (pollen allergies:( ) and started to wonder: why doesn’t it flow into my nose? I thought that’s where excess tears went. We often blow our noses when we cry, so why not after applying eye drops?

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**Author:** ![scr4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-drops/159267/2 "2003-03-05T16:30:08Z")

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Yikes, wrong forum. Sorry! Could a moderator move it to GQ?

Maybe I need sleep after all, not eye drops…

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**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-drops/159267/3 "2003-03-05T17:13:01Z")

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There you go.

I must admit that I was disappointed that you simply misforumed; I was dying to see how you were going to develop a Great Debate over eye drops.

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**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-drops/159267/4 "2003-03-05T17:25:46Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Ukulele Ike \*  
> \*\*There you go.
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> I must admit that I was disappointed that you simply misforumed; I was dying to see how you were going to develop a Great Debate over eye drops. \*\*

**VISINE!!!**

**NO, YOU IDIOT, CLEAR EYES!!!**

**YOU’RE BOTH WRONG, REFRESH!!!**

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**Author:** ![Floater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/dc4da7/32.png) [@Floater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Floater)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-drops/159267/5 "2003-03-05T18:22:44Z")

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My experience is that it does.

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**Author:** ![Kalt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Kalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalt)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eye-drops/159267/6 "2003-03-05T19:37:40Z")

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same with me. usually always blow my nose after putting in the drops.