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Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :

I'm admitting, any other time I have to cut up jalapenos, I will have to wear gloves.

You see, I thought last time was some sort of freak accident. I washed my hands plenty of times. Was careful not to touch my face for hours. Still ended up with jalapeno oil in my eye. Many tears, mucus and much pain later, I recovered.

This time, I was even more meticulous.

And somehow, somehow the oil got into my left eye.

Odd, I'm right handed.

This morning, I put in fresh contacts. This is after I've washed my hands many, many more times.

My left contact nearly burned my eye. Felt like it , anyway.

Then I realized. The oil must've gotten into the calluses of my left fingertips.

[Mad]

Stupid guitar.

Stupid jalapenos.

[Mad]

Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :

LOL

Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :

>>Stupid jalapenos.

Be grateful they weren't habaneros.

See? Cloud, silver lining. . . not that you can see either, but I assure you, they're there.

Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :

It was close. At the supermarket, Nathan saw habaneros and wanted to put those in along with the jalapenos.

I said no.

*whew*

Posted by Derrell (Member # 6062) on :

I've got the perfect solution. Make Nathan chop up the jalepenos. [Big Grin]

Posted by Miro (Member # 1178) on :

I did that once. I didn't even know I had to be careful. I was at the 7-Eleven to get chips to go with my guacamole when I absent-mindedly rubbed my eyes. I spent a good 5+ minutes bawling in the back of the store. Tears were still streaming down my face when I went to check out.

The oil lasted on my hands for 2 or 3 days. I kept tasting them to check, and they were spicy!

Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :

You know, it's odd, or rather, I'm odd. Jalapenos and habaneros and Thai chiles and such aren't hot to my taste buds, nor do they bother my stomach on the way through or anything like that, and when I chop them up, I don't wear gloves, nor am I particularly careful. The oils don't hurt my skin or I presume my eyes - I've never been careful to not touch my eyes, but I've never had a problem.

But then other people stand in the same room with me when I'm chopping them, five feet away, and can feel the burning in their nostrils.

Bizarre? Yeah, I think so.

Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :

Yes. But it doesn't hurt my skin or anything while in the room. Only direct oil to eye membrane contact makes them hurt. And I think a part of THAT is that I wear contacts.

>_<

Derrell, brilliant!