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I didn't know that your eyes could fall out of their sockets. Oh god, that would suck.

http://www.slate.com/id/2137959/

I think I'd prefer to have a pencil jammed in my ear.

this is the true hell on earth. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell%2C_Norway)

:eek: :( That would suck, indeed.

the "what should you do if this happens to you?" section was too painful to read. now my eyes hurt. :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: ...:eek:

I didn't know that your eyes could fall out of their sockets. Oh god, that would suck.

http://www.slate.com/id/2137959/

That made me squeal quite girlishly in the office.

this is the true hell on earth. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell%2C_Norway)

there's apperently more than one of them...I saw the road sign for this one with icicles all over it...made me happy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell%2C_Michigan)

now my eyes wont stop watering. thanks:(

there's apperently more than one of them...I saw the road sign for this one with icicles all over it...made me happy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell%2C_Michigan)

:D :D

Only in Michigan could hell freeze over...

I've always had a nagging fear about that whole eyballs falling out of your sockets thing ever since someone told me it could happen if you sneeze too hard with your eyes open.

I think I'd prefer to have a pencil jammed in my ear.

that doesn't heal as easily though.

Can't look at it.

This makes my eyes sad.

:D :D

Only in Michigan could hell freeze over...

dunno. norway is also quite cold.

:D :D

Only in Michigan could hell freeze over...

dunno. norway is also quite cold.

yeah, seconded, I think norweigan winters may be rather harsher than michigan winters. and now that I think on it, it's very appropriate that there is a hell in both scandinavia and the american midwest.

I've always had a nagging fear about that whole eyballs falling out of your sockets thing ever since someone told me it could happen if you sneeze too hard with your eyes open.

Can't happen. There's a refles making that impossible. Unless you tape your eyelids to the wall and sniff pepper or something.

It's almost impossible, just to tell everyone.

Am I the only one who read this article while giggling? For some reason the idea of an eyeball falling out is hilarious.

You will grow up and become a serial killer.

I didn't know that your eyes could fall out of their sockets. Oh god, that would suck.

http://www.slate.com/id/2137959/

Just be careful when you sneeze.

Although I couldn't find an instance of an eye knocked out while its owner was playing football, accidents of this sort do happen, sometimes due to surprisingly little force. In Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine (1897), George Gould and Walter Pyle report several cases of what they call exophthalmos, protrusion of the eye from the orbit, or socket:

* One man, upon getting up in the morning, blew his nose so violently that "to his horror his left eye extruded from the orbit. With the assistance of his wife it was immediately replaced and a bandage placed over it." Afterward the eyelid was swollen but apparently there was no permanent damage.

* In some other cases, eyes popped out following vomiting or excessive coughing.

* One fellow, "during a fire, was struck in the right eye by a stream of water from a hose, violently thrusting the eye backward. Contracting under the double influence of shock and cold, the surrounding tissues forced the eyeball from the orbit, and an hour later [the doctor] saw the patient with the eye hanging by the optic nerve and muscles. Its reduction was easy, and after some minor treatment vision was perfectly restored in the injured organ. Thirty months after the accident the patient had perfect vision, and the eye had never in the slightest way discommoded him."

http://www.straightdope.com/columns/050415.html

I knew a guy who claimed his cousin could do it voluntarily. don't know even now if that was true (I know it's possible, just very rare.

Can't happen. There's a refles making that impossible. Unless you tape your eyelids to the wall and sniff pepper or something.

Yes, it can happen. Check the Straight Dope article above for more examples. Or google up "traumatic globe luxation". Your eye can even pop out naturally - an actual medical case study: Spontaneous Globe Luxation Associated With Floppy Eyelid Syndrome and Shallow Orbits (http://archopht.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/extract/117/1/138) - the guy's eye simply popped out in his sleep. Of course having just the right (wrong?) medical conditions are needed for that.

It's almost impossible, just to tell everyone.

Very rare indeed.


(Oh, and don't do what I just did and google up the medical terms unless you have a strong stomach. ;))

this is the true hell on earth. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell%2C_Norway)

So if I tell any of our resident Scandinavian types (Fass comes to mind...) to go to hell.... ;)

there's apperently more than one of them...I saw the road sign for this one with icicles all over it...made me happy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell%2C_Michigan)

But Hell for Certain is in Kentucky! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell_for_Certain%2C_Kentucky)

Am I the only one who read this article while giggling? For some reason the idea of an eyeball falling out is hilarious.

lol. I laughed, although that was also due to the reactions from people. :p

lol. I laughed, although that was also due to the reactions from people. :p
i laughed because it'd be rather entertaining to see. if it wasn't for the fact that it can damage all sorts of things around the eye, i'm sure it'd be quite useful having it out of it's socket. though methinks that's going too far.

Now my head and eyes are starting to feel weird... :(

I really could have gone without knowing this.

i laughed because it'd be rather entertaining to see. if it wasn't for the fact that it can damage all sorts of things around the eye, i'm sure it'd be quite useful having it out of it's socket. though methinks that's going too far.

Hahaha. The next evolution of humanity will hopefully make the optic nerve connected to an organic spool of some sort and allow us to remove the eye at will.

"hey, where does this weird cable thing go...EWW" "I see you...."

Hahaha. The next evolution of humanity will hopefully make the optic nerve connected to an organic spool of some sort and allow us to remove the eye at will.

"hey, where does this weird cable thing go...EWW" "I see you...."
the only problem with that as far as i can see is accidentally dropping your eye in dust when trying to see something in a small space, lke inside your pc, or behind/underneath a cupboard
wash that off before you put it back

the only problem with that as far as i can see is accidentally dropping your eye in dust when trying to see something in a small space, lke inside your pc, or behind/underneath a cupboard

Yeah. Our eyes are way too sensitive, soft, spongy and squishable to do many cool things with them. If you catch someone else's eye on the wall, though, you could have a lot of fun. :)

I hunted down the video of the incident the article referred to.

It fucking rocked.

i heard about it before but then i just passed it off as being an urban myth. it looks like it has just been proven

I hunted down the video of the incident the article referred to.

It fucking rocked.
The people demand a link. :D

The people demand a link. :D

The first one I found had links to porn videos as well, so I found another:

http://www.hiphopmusic.com/best_of_youtube/2006/03/allan_ray_villanova_getting_po.html

It isn't a good video but it clears up at the right time.

A paper cut to the head of one's penis would be worse, imo.

there are many bad things that can be done to the penis and scrotum. it's going to take far less time to list the things that are pleasant that can be done to them.

there are many bad things that can be done to the penis and scrotum. it's going to take far less time to list the things that are pleasant that can be done to them.
okkkaaayyyy....
I see what you like to do in your spare time.

okkkaaayyyy....
I see what you like to do in your spare time.
yes, it normally consists of having pleasurable things done to those areas, rather than unpleasant

yes, it normally consists of having pleasurable things done to those areas, rather than unpleasant
hmmm...I notice the caveat there, "normally".

Those long winter evenings must just fly.

hmmm...I notice the caveat there, "normally".

Those long winter evenings must just fly.
there are people who seem to believe that the way to have a good time is to do unpleasant things to me

there are people who seem to believe that the way to have a good time is to do unpleasant things to me
To you, or to your reproductive organs?

LG seems to have this same problem