# Not your normal poke in the eye.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-your-normal-poke-in-the-eye/506010>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 11, 2009, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-your-normal-poke-in-the-eye/506010 "2009-08-11T00:51:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2009, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/not-your-normal-poke-in-the-eye/506010/21 "2009-08-14T02:24:16Z")

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> [@Colophon](#):
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> My sister managed to get a sliver of glass from some lab equipment embedded in her eyeball. Apparently she had to keep her eye open and veeeerrrry still while the doctor tweezered it out. :o

May I repeat something I said a little earlier: _ **GHAAAAAAA TMI TMI TMI** _

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