# You lose an eye. Eye patch? Glass eye? Other? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 8, 2010, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lose-an-eye-eye-patch-glass-eye-other/556517 "2010-10-08T17:17:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lose-an-eye-eye-patch-glass-eye-other/556517/1 "2010-10-08T17:17:03Z")
This was brought to mind by this comment in the [military trivia](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=13003825#post13003825) thread: > [@Wanted - Obscure Military Trivia!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanted-obscure-military-trivia/556467/10): > > Most people assume Israeli general Moshe Dayan lost his eye fighting Arabs; in fact, it was shot out by a \*French \*sniper during the Allied invasion of Lebanon in 1941. It looks [badass](http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40677000/jpg/_40677560_moshe_dayan_getty203.jpg)on the guy. So do you think you could get away with the classic black eye patch look? Would you opt for a realistic glass eye? Something else? ---
**Author:** ![limegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/82dd89/32.png) [@limegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/limegreen)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lose-an-eye-eye-patch-glass-eye-other/556517/2 "2010-10-08T17:20:21Z")
Forget realistic glass eye. I’d get one that was a cat pupil, or flames, or something awesome. My students would never act up again. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lose-an-eye-eye-patch-glass-eye-other/556517/3 "2010-10-08T17:20:56Z")
I never pass up an opportunity to look like a pirate. ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lose-an-eye-eye-patch-glass-eye-other/556517/4 "2010-10-08T17:23:48Z")
> [@limegreen](#): > > Forget realistic glass eye. I’d get one that was a cat pupil, or flames, or something awesome. My students would never act up again. 🙂 Seconded, maybe something with crosshairs. ---
**Author:** ![ThePylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@ThePylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThePylon)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lose-an-eye-eye-patch-glass-eye-other/556517/5 "2010-10-08T17:26:00Z")
I’d have a patch like that Chang dude in Star Trek IV, but with permanently embedded snaps instead of (what I assume) are rivets. I may have put more thought than necessary into this. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lose-an-eye-eye-patch-glass-eye-other/556517/6 "2010-10-08T17:26:57Z")
A Magic 8-Ball might be nice. Cut down on the chit chat. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lose-an-eye-eye-patch-glass-eye-other/556517/7 "2010-10-08T17:30:49Z")
I have a question. What’s up with those opaque-colored eyes that some people get? Like [here](http://www.guitarsolos.com/videos-keep-an-eye-out-%5B3XShxoxlwUE%5D.cfm). That is guaranteed to get a double take. Go with the patch, it’s much more mysterious. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lose-an-eye-eye-patch-glass-eye-other/556517/8 "2010-10-08T17:31:05Z")
Eyepatch with half a nail sticking out. I’d tell people that the doctors said that if I remove the nail I’d have a seizure and die instantly. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lose-an-eye-eye-patch-glass-eye-other/556517/9 "2010-10-08T17:34:27Z")
Good place for a sea monkey aquarium too. ---
**Author:** ![davidm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidm/32/225_2.png) [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lose-an-eye-eye-patch-glass-eye-other/556517/10 "2010-10-08T17:39:19Z")
> [@limegreen](#): > > Forget realistic glass eye. I’d get one that was a cat pupil, or flames, or something awesome. My students would never act up again. 🙂 How about _real_ flames! It has a burner inside that runs off of lighter fluid or something. Okay, I know that probably isn’t doable. Maybe a video of a flame. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lose-an-eye-eye-patch-glass-eye-other/556517/11 "2010-10-08T17:49:43Z")
A glass eye, just so I can tap it with a pencil in meetings. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lose-an-eye-eye-patch-glass-eye-other/556517/12 "2010-10-08T17:54:01Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > How about _real_ flames! It has a burner inside that runs off of lighter fluid or something. > > Okay, I know that probably isn’t doable. Maybe a video of a flame. How about something functional? Maybe a laser pointer or poison gas dispenser. Or maybe it could be an MP3 player. The phones socket could be the pupil. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lose-an-eye-eye-patch-glass-eye-other/556517/13 "2010-10-08T17:55:02Z")
Think big. I would go for a glass eye that integrates a digital video recorder. Then by wireless or by projecting the recording back from the same eye I can show the recording to others. I could be the perfect spy… or teacher. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lose-an-eye-eye-patch-glass-eye-other/556517/14 "2010-10-08T17:59:28Z")
Eyepatches are an automatic +50 badass. It’s one of those things where no matter what you look like, it makes you look more awesome. Might as well get something out of losing an eye. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lose-an-eye-eye-patch-glass-eye-other/556517/15 "2010-10-08T17:59:57Z")
Dark glasses. Dark glasses are just cool, anyways, if one has a legit reason to be wearing them. Missing eye? I’d say that’s legit. ---
**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:** [October 8, 2010, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lose-an-eye-eye-patch-glass-eye-other/556517/16 "2010-10-08T18:05:31Z")
> [@GIGObuster](#): > > Think big. > > I would go for a glass eye that integrates a digital video recorder. > > Then by wireless or by projecting the recording back from the same eye I can show the recording to others. > > I could be the perfect spy… or teacher. 🙂 I’m sure I read something recently that this had actually been done. Can’t find it now, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lose-an-eye-eye-patch-glass-eye-other/556517/17 "2010-10-08T18:11:47Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > Dark glasses. Dark glasses are just cool, anyways, if one has a legit reason to be wearing them. Missing eye? I’d say that’s legit. I’d go one better than that, and rock my eyeglasses [_Airwolf_ style.](http://wafl.desruelle.be/joomla/images/stories/airwolf.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lose-an-eye-eye-patch-glass-eye-other/556517/18 "2010-10-08T18:17:02Z")
> [@ultrafilter](#): > > A glass eye, just so I can tap it with a pencil in meetings. Or even better yet, a glass eye with a pencil sharpener in it! ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lose-an-eye-eye-patch-glass-eye-other/556517/19 "2010-10-08T20:19:41Z")
Personally I’d go with the eyepatch, I just think it looks cool although not everyone is cut out to be Nick Fury. A cousin of mine is an artist and he has a glass eye (lost an eye when he was a toddler). His big break came when he painted a new eye for himself (he has made some very tiny, intricate paintings that you have to zoom in on to see all the details) and printed up some very large prints of his face so you could see the “installation”. It was pretty cool. He doesn’t wear an eyepatch and if you met him it’d take you a little while to realize that he doesn’t have the standard set of two eyeballs. ---
**Author:** ![J\_Cubed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@J\_Cubed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/J_Cubed)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2010, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lose-an-eye-eye-patch-glass-eye-other/556517/20 "2010-10-08T21:20:02Z")
Umm, clearly a whirling Mad-Eye Moody number. But a solid black glass eye for formal occasions. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-lose-an-eye-eye-patch-glass-eye-other/556517.md?page=2)