# Hot Coffee/Eye Pain

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-coffee-eye-pain/753553>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 30, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-coffee-eye-pain/753553 "2016-04-30T23:14:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-coffee-eye-pain/753553/1 "2016-04-30T23:14:16Z")

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What should you do if you get pain in your eyes, after drinking a cup of hot coffee with cream & sugar?

Take out the spoon.

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**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2016, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-coffee-eye-pain/753553/2 "2016-04-30T23:46:00Z")

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I was going to post a smart-ass reply, but as I have done that on more than one occasion I will retreat to my corner.

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**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-coffee-eye-pain/753553/3 "2016-05-01T05:13:54Z")

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I love that joke! I think it’s because it’s one of the first jokes I remember being told when I was little. Probably my grandfather told me.

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-coffee-eye-pain/753553/4 "2016-05-01T07:19:07Z")

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Without looking at the OP’s answer: I think

You should take the teaspoon out of the cup before you lift the cup to your faceAmirite?

ETA: You wanna know where I first saw that joke?

It was a little story I read in a teach-yourself Hebrew book!