# Things to keep out of your eye **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 7, 2014, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-keep-out-of-your-eye/690268 "2014-06-07T13:22:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-keep-out-of-your-eye/690268/41 "2014-06-11T15:18:10Z")
> [@PurpleClogs](#): > > Aaaaahhhh… Like a paper cut to the eyeball! Per a former coworker who had one, those aren’t pleasant either. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-keep-out-of-your-eye/690268/42 "2014-06-11T16:21:38Z")
> [@Dangerosa](#): > > Last year I refinished our coffee table - polyurathane in the eyes is not good - but I have very shiny eyes now. > > (It isn’t bad either - the doctor was "well, if it was this or the stripper, you are way better off with this). Yeah, if it had gone in the stripper’s eyes you’d be in all kinds of trouble. 🙂 > [@kayT](#): > > Thanks for the tip, but my solution is to let my husband chop the jalapenos; he doesn’t wear contacts. Possibly not such a great solution depending on what you want to do with your husband after the meal. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-keep-out-of-your-eye/690268/43 "2014-06-11T17:53:08Z")
Having just finished up watching season 7 of Buffy, I can say that Nathan Fillion’s thumb is something for this list. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-keep-out-of-your-eye/690268/44 "2014-06-11T19:36:02Z")
I should add - tear gas. All of those macho movies I watched as a child showing the hero boldly holding off the affects of tear gas through willpower…BULLSHIT! Also, from my friend, that weirdly volunteered to be a guinea pig for both pepper spray and a taser (although not at the same time), - pepper spray. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-keep-out-of-your-eye/690268/45 "2014-06-11T19:38:52Z")
Is it okay to get the moon in your eye…like a big pizza pie? ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-keep-out-of-your-eye/690268/46 "2014-06-11T21:06:57Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Is it okay to get the moon in your eye…like a big pizza pie? That’s a moray, therefore eel-advised. ---
**Author:** ![cococ173](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ab097/32.png) [@cococ173](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cococ173)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-keep-out-of-your-eye/690268/47 "2014-06-11T21:24:44Z")
I once put the lit end of a cigarette in my eye. Emergency room followed. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-keep-out-of-your-eye/690268/48 "2014-06-11T22:05:51Z")
Let that be a lesson in planning: next time, go to the emergency room _first_. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-keep-out-of-your-eye/690268/49 "2014-06-11T23:32:48Z")
> [@Doctor\_Jackson](#): > > That’s a moray, therefore eel-advised. We need to bring back the wet trout slapping. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2014, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-keep-out-of-your-eye/690268/50 "2014-06-11T23:57:34Z")
When you spread red pepper flakes on hot pizza, be careful of blow-back when you blow on it to cool it down. Also, when you go open a bottle of champagne on your honeymoon, be sure to point the cork away from your face when you take off the wire. Yeah, good times. Good times. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![rsa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@rsa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rsa)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-keep-out-of-your-eye/690268/51 "2014-06-12T01:40:31Z")
> [@Poysyn](#): > > I should add - tear gas. All of those macho movies I watched as a child showing the hero boldly holding off the affects of tear gas through willpower…BULLSHIT! > > Also, from my friend, that weirdly volunteered to be a guinea pig for both pepper spray and a taser (although not at the same time), - pepper spray. Your friend thought pepper spray was worse than a taser in the eye? 😕 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-keep-out-of-your-eye/690268/52 "2014-06-12T01:52:22Z")
Scotch bonnet pepper. Had nitrile gloves on, made an excellent escaveitch snapper dinner, and more or less forgot about it, until bedtime when I was taking out contacts. Make that one contact. I thought someone shoved a burning poker in my eye. Holy shit that hurt! I also make a point of not handling my junk after dealing with hot peppers, even with gloves and washing. Nothing wrong with sitting down to pee for the remainder of the day until you are certain the capsaicin has worn off (and the milk rinsing of hands). The alternative is fairly miserable! ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyMensch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@MonkeyMensch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyMensch)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2014, 10:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-keep-out-of-your-eye/690268/53 "2014-06-12T10:06:39Z")
> [@Napier](#): > > Metal fragments. Getting an MRI is a huge hassle for the rest of eternity. Oh, yeah. One metal chip per customer per lifetime. And it does no good to wash that little fucker out at the eyewash station because all the demons of Hell have come along for the ride and you’re screwed anyway because now your cornea is scratched and you’re not going to be able to sleep or think or move your eyeball or blink for a day or two and who knew that any of us had that many tears to spare and boy dontcha think I’d have had safety glasses on but no and you bet your ass I’ve had them on ever since and will for the rest of my life. Yep. Exactly one per lifetime. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-to-keep-out-of-your-eye/690268.md?page=2)