You know, I knew better than to open this thread. I mean, the title says it all, really. And papercuts (not to mention eyeball papercuts :eek: ) are one of my personal heebie-jeebie-makers. But I did it anyway. I’m such a :wally
And I’ve got to second Max here, alice: What exactly were you doing???
Oh, and robin?
Eeeeewwwwwww!!!
What did you ever do to get a paper cut on your eye?
Oh, and to comiserate with the nipple stories…When we first got my dog, I was sitting on my bed getting dressed, my dog saw my nipple and apparently thought it was her mother’s teat…She jumped up and bit it! OWWWW!
Ouch! What the heck were you reading?? Now I’m glad I wear glasses so most things can’t get in contact with my eyeballs.
Ick ick ick.
I had something in my eye the other day while putting on my makeup, and since I have no problems touching my eyeball I was trying to get the offending bit of dirt to stick to my fingertip and not my eye. When that didn’t work, I tried to pinch it off with my fingernails. Which actually resulted in me pinching my eyeball, and since my nose was almost touching the mirror I could see it quite well. It looked like when you pinch skin on your arm and felt like rubber! My eye watered some, but it was still one of the coolest things I’ve ever seen. I didn’t even know it would do that!
Now I’m wondering how someone goes about getting a papercut on their eye…
Well, see here’s the thing.
I was looking at a recipie for Krebs while talking. When I talk, I have a habit of waiving my hands about. With the recipie in one of them. Which then sliced my right eye-ball. Ow.
It’s all nasty and weird now - aching kind of. I’m going to bed and gonna see what it feels like in the AM. I may have to get some drops or something from my Dr. I hope I don’t have to wear a patch - I have a job interview tomorrow evening, and I’m not sure I could find a patch to match my suit. Mind you, if I’m sitting there doing this: :rolleyes:, that might not be much better.
BAH!
Just say, “Yarrrrr” and “Shiver me timbers!” a lot during the interview, you should be fine!
Darkrabbit
Ow -GODDAMNED- OWWWW, I’ve caught hell w/ my eyes and I know what works. Put a tiny dab of Oragel on the spot w/ a q-tip. It’ll burn like hell for a second or two but then it will numb out. If you can go to sleep your eye will heal itself overnight, unless there’s something in it.
Don’t worry I’m not jackin w/ ya this really works and is safe. I’ve had to do this several times as have others I’ve told about this.
If it’s really bad it will at least get you to a doctor, info. for others that may get into a bind. I got a piece of steel in my eye and couldn’t get to a doctor till the next day. This saved my ass. Numb it out put a soft gauze and tape it up. Sleep if possible.
How about sliding down a bannister that turns into a razor blade and then landing in a tub filled with alcohol? (I heard that as a teen when a group of us were trying to freak each other out–this one worked on me!!)
All I can add is my own sympathetic YEOWWCH!!! to the rest and hope that the eye mends quickly!
I shall remember you everytime I watch Young Frankenstien:
“It’s pronounced Eye-Gore”
Then there’s the Red Dwarf quote (more or less):
“Sharper than a parchment full of Oscar Wilde witticisms rolled into a point, dipped into lemon juice, and jabbed into your eye!”
If your mouth is so dry you can’t seal any more envelopes, please don’t use your eye.
I was planning on taking my Mom to the sweet corn festival in West Point a few weekends ago, but she scratched her eye the night before somehow and couldn’t see. She’s one of the few who still wear hard contacts, which might have had something to do with it.
Yeah, I live in Iowa and a sweet corn festival would have made for an entertaining weekend. Cope.
Well, it seems ok this morning.
It’s still a tad sore, but I can see ok. Not too bad at all. See if I ever review a Krebs recipie for my beau again…
Look at the bright side, Alice. If they ever do the remake of Un chien andalou, you’re a cinch for the female lead!
AAAAAAAGH! Why was the paper that close to your eye?
I do know how much it can hurt though. When I was in college I tried hard contact lenses for a little while. One of them evidently got damaged because it abraided my cornea. That hurt like hell. It’s been 18 years and I’m still not willing to risk contacts again, even if they’re soft.
I’d suggest you protect that thing for a day or two from any further injury. Eye patches are hard to find and you could make yourself a better one before your interview.
Get a yellow tennis ball and cut it in half. Put two small holes next to the lip straight across from each other. Tie knots in two rubber bands and run them thru the holes and then loop 'em over your ears.
There, doesn’t that look better?
I’m actually wearing my glasses today, so nothing is coming near my eyes.
I did shove my mascara wand in the other eye this morning, but that’s actually a fairly common occurance (I’m a little dozey in the AM), so my eyes are used to it.
How’d the interview go?
StG
For those wondering, it was my right eye.
All I’m gonna say is alice, you owe me some sympathy pains;)
I can’t read this thread.
Someone email me when the thread title is off the front page of MPSIMS. :shudder: