anyone got spare eyeball?

[ginger ninger]

Owch..Did you swear, I bet the air was blue.. I did and it was, I got chili in my eye, and yes the milk works, takes forever to get the feeling of fat out of your eye though. I'd also washed my hands several time's but that chili juice takes some shifting. My advice is the same as Alice.."ware latex gloves", I won't prepare a chili now with out them.

[bobleponge]

Iranian reds??? Ouch.
I know just how hot they are, and as I dont like hot food I cant believe I grew them. What WAS I thinking?

Hope you can now see properly FF.

[FROSTYFRECKLE]

I can see clearly now the tears have gone (okay I had to change two words but you can still sing along) I'm going to invest in latex gloves cause I'm not going through that pain again. At least I'm not the only one

[HotStuff]

Glad you're feeling better. Can I be cheeky and ask, did you keep the seeds?

[organic]

Just in case you ro anyone who may prep the chilis for you is allergic to latex, you could also consider nitrile gloves.


On the milk front... if ever you get really sore eyes after swimming in a chlorinated pool (even though I'd rather a lake or the sea any day of the year) an eye-bath of milk can work wonders.

On a related note, in WWII my Grandad served with a guy who when carrying a battery from a jeep (or some such), dropped it and got battery acid in his eyes.
His first reaction was to grab the pint of milk sitting on the commanding officer's doorstep and wash his eyes out with it.
Saved his sight.

Magic stuff, milk!

[FROSTYFRECKLE]

Hotstuff, I did keep the seeds. Why are you on the mooch? PM me if you are the mooch with your details and I'll pop some in the post and no moaning if you have any "accidents"

[HeyWayne]

I did something similar recently.

I'd been chopping chillis whilst wearing my glasses - it was early and I was making myself a kind of frittata for breakfast with some added zing.

I then had a cup of tea and went upstairs to put my contact lenses in and get started on the decorating.

First contact lense went in - slight pause, firey sensation. Fuggit!

Now, the trouble then is you have to either:

a) walk round like Cap'n Birdseye all day with one lense in, one out.
b) take the lense out and revert to the glasses for the day, knowing it will hurt again.
3) suck it up and put the other lense in, knowing it will hurt again.

[FROSTYFRECKLE]

How on earth could you put in contacts when your eyeball is on fire? You are either very brave or very mad