# I just got a paper-cut on my eye-ball... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 20, 2002, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-paper-cut-on-my-eye-ball/124789 "2002-08-20T21:13:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-paper-cut-on-my-eye-ball/124789/1 "2002-08-20T21:13:03Z")
actually, that’s about it. It really smarts, and my eye is watering like crazy. Ouch. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-paper-cut-on-my-eye-ball/124789/2 "2002-08-20T21:26:50Z")
let me be the first to say: OWWWWWW ow ow ow ow OWWWWW. ---
**Author:** ![stofsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@stofsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stofsky)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-paper-cut-on-my-eye-ball/124789/3 "2002-08-20T21:38:07Z")
Mi feeoncay deaded becayse of a bunjy cord cut on her yeyball. It happened 17 secons…no 18 sedons…no 19 secons… ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-paper-cut-on-my-eye-ball/124789/4 "2002-08-20T21:38:31Z")
Yeesh, it makes _my_ eyes water just reading about it! Poor **alice**! ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-paper-cut-on-my-eye-ball/124789/5 "2002-08-20T21:42:34Z")
AAAAIIIEEEEEE… \\ \ ---
**Author:** ![LolaCocaCola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@LolaCocaCola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaCocaCola)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-paper-cut-on-my-eye-ball/124789/6 "2002-08-20T21:44:16Z")
I got a freaking paper cut on my nipple once. I was testing one of those magazine perfume samples by rubbing the page on my chest after I got out of the shower. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-paper-cut-on-my-eye-ball/124789/7 "2002-08-20T22:01:18Z")
AYEEEEEE… \ ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-paper-cut-on-my-eye-ball/124789/8 "2002-08-20T22:34:50Z")
What exactly did you have to look at _that_ closely??? ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-paper-cut-on-my-eye-ball/124789/9 "2002-08-20T22:36:10Z")
**Ouch!** My eyes are tearing up right now. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-paper-cut-on-my-eye-ball/124789/10 "2002-08-20T22:45:16Z")
My worst freakin nightmare. Followed closely by **Lola’s** horrific experience. And I’d have to say getting me bits caught in me zipper would have to be up there with the unimaginable horrors, too. Happy, unimaginably horrified ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-paper-cut-on-my-eye-ball/124789/11 "2002-08-20T22:54:26Z")
My teeth are on edge now and my face is all scrunched around! WHY DID I READ THIS!?! My cat once ran across me while I was sitting on the couch and punctured my nipple with her claw. ---
**Author:** ![RadioWave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/91b2a8/32.png) [@RadioWave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadioWave)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-paper-cut-on-my-eye-ball/124789/12 "2002-08-20T23:02:22Z")
Was this some sort of do-it-yourself radial keratotomy kit or were you just getting a really good look at Mr. October? Either way, you have my cringing, whimpering sympathy. ---
**Author:** ![widdershins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@widdershins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/widdershins)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2002, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-paper-cut-on-my-eye-ball/124789/13 "2002-08-20T23:12:02Z")
Get that thing checked out, **Alice**. I got a splinter in my eyeball once when I was 7. It watered like crazy and when my parents finally figured out what was wrong (I though I just had something in it, not stuck in it), they rushed me to the emergency room. Removed the splinter and found out I had two small cuts on the surface of my eyeball. Came out okay, but I had to go to the eye doctor the next day, he gave me some eye drops and I had to wear an eye patch for a couple of days to rest my eye. One of those medical patches that looks like a big band-aid, not a cool black eyepatch like Rooster Cogburn, a pirate, or Moshe Dyan. I would have gladly worn one of those. Hope your glassie is okay. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-paper-cut-on-my-eye-ball/124789/14 "2002-08-21T00:13:01Z")
I once had an eyelash that became ingrown and then wound up growing backwards into my eye. Luckily, it didn’t actually cut the surface of my eye; it just scraped it up a lot. The hair had to be cut out though, so I did have a tiny cut on the edge of my eyelid. ---
**Author:** ![Hodge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Hodge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hodge)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-paper-cut-on-my-eye-ball/124789/15 "2002-08-21T00:15:05Z")
My buddy’s cat once clawed him in the eyeball. He had to wear an eyepatch for several days and take a week off work. Man, I’d hate to call into work with _that_ excuse. ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-paper-cut-on-my-eye-ball/124789/16 "2002-08-21T00:55:17Z")
I started reading the boards this afternoon and instantly one of my eyes started to water. Now, 7 hours later, I know why. Which eye, **alice**? I might be having sympathy pains, so to speak:) ---
**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-paper-cut-on-my-eye-ball/124789/17 "2002-08-21T01:07:16Z")
This sounds about as bad as the time my friend’s cat got her claws caught on the inside of his eyelid. _Owwwwie!!!_ ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-paper-cut-on-my-eye-ball/124789/18 "2002-08-21T01:19:05Z")
I once had an eyelash that became ingrown and then wound up growing backwards into my eye. Luckily, it didn’t actually cut the surface of my eye; it just scraped it up a lot. The hair had to be cut out though, so I did have a tiny cut on the edge of my eyelid. ---
**Author:** ![robinc308](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@robinc308](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robinc308)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-paper-cut-on-my-eye-ball/124789/19 "2002-08-21T01:31:40Z")
My brother once punctured his cornea with a sewing needle and his eye went flat. It earned him a week in the Eye and Ear Hospital. He had to have two operations and stitches (in his eyeball) to fix it. ---
**Author:** ![False\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee7513/32.png) [@False\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/False_God)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2002, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-paper-cut-on-my-eye-ball/124789/20 "2002-08-21T02:20:58Z")
SWEET FAIRY MOSES! Outside of drowning and sliding down a bannister that turns into a razor blade, I \* think \* that’s the worst injury I can safely think of. Cuddle the boys for all of us and have a better day. I’m off to have some of Pappy’s forgettin’ medicine now to get the image out of my mind. Can I pour you one? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-just-got-a-paper-cut-on-my-eye-ball/124789.md?page=2)