# Eyeball Jewelry??

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyeball-jewelry/238934>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 8, 2004, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyeball-jewelry/238934 "2004-04-08T12:35:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyeball-jewelry/238934/1 "2004-04-08T12:35:25Z")

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[http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=857&u=/nm/20040407/od\_uk\_nm/oukoe\_odd\_eye\_1&printer=1](http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=857&u=/nm/20040407/od_uk_nm/oukoe_odd_eye_1&printer=1)

Sorry, you couldn’t PAY me to get this done. Ick ick ick ick.

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [April 8, 2004, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eyeball-jewelry/238934/2 "2004-04-08T13:14:16Z")

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There’s already a thread on this:

> **[I understand piercing, but come on!](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=249632)**
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> Piercings I understand - tattoos can be really cool. I have a friend with a stretched ear lobe. All fine with me - no problem. But this? Eye Jewels? In the eye? \<\> My mom had corneal replacement surgery and her stitches just wigged me...

I agree about the heavy “ick” factor, as do others. But you can see that there are a few proponents.