Comments on: Bwah!

By: tony

tony — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:47:46 +0000

I personally subscribe to Adrianne’s preferred method. It also has the added bonus of reminding me of the movie Airplane and thus keeping my mind off the searing pain of pepper-in-eye.

By: Jurvis

Jurvis — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 15:26:17 +0000

My grandfather maintained that he went blind in one eye because he left the juice of a chili pepper that squirted in his eye there all day while he was picking them in the field.

Consulting with my mother just now, we’re going to file this story in the tall tale bin.

Hopefully I’ll never have to flush your eye the proper way, but for google’s sake: lean the hysterical person over the tub with their head turned to the side so the affected eye is on top. Hold the eye lids open with clean fingers and pour milk into the corner of the eye so that it runs across the entire eye and out the other side and careens off their nose and into the tub. Rinse the face with water and repeat as needed.

By: Adrianne

Adrianne — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 02:06:16 +0000

Oh — according to Jurvis I flush my eyes wrong. By “flush” I mean “I take two cupped hands full of liquid and throw it at my face while trying to keep my eyes open.” I like this method, it is full of whimsy and chance.

By: Maria

Maria — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 01:59:22 +0000

I found when I’ve had to flush my eye with water it feels like I’m drowning. You totally water boarded yourself with milk.

By: Adrianne

Adrianne — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 01:10:55 +0000

Also, none of these sources are suggesting flushing the eye with milk, which is what totally worked.

By: Adrianne

Adrianne — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 01:09:28 +0000

Hmm, I'm not seeing any other report of it online, but this site does claim capsaicin can actually cause burns, and Wikipedia makes it sound like a freaking poison.

By: Rob Carlson

Rob Carlson — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 00:12:52 +0000

Can that actually happen?