Not me but...
a colleague treated a chap who had a papercut..






To his eyeball.
(Pugwash, Wed 4 Aug 2010, 2:06, 7 replies)

oh dear god

(augsav forgot about B3ta, Wed 4 Aug 2010, 2:33, closed)

Would that actually hurt, though?
I mean, the eyeball has no actual pain receptors.

*cough*
(Scritty Bakerman., Wed 4 Aug 2010, 4:50, closed)

Right
a friend of mine did this by turning the page of a newspaper too enthusiastically. He said it was more uncomfortable than painful, and he looked like a pirate for a week or so.
(Smale is stuffed, Wed 4 Aug 2010, 8:46, closed)

This is at least the 2nd time this has come up this week
Ubran legend type thing, I'm starting to think.
(TheManWithThePlan cussed your mum on, Wed 4 Aug 2010, 9:01, closed)

nope
see above - I know someone who did it
(Smale is stuffed, Wed 4 Aug 2010, 10:26, closed)

my wife did this!!
i had to take her to A&E - basically was fluffing up the paper before going into the copier, it fanned forwards and a sheet stuck out as she moved the 500 sheets across her eye line.

the dr thought it was ace and showed me the orange/blue tracer liquid and there was a 15mm long cut on the white. the doc was well happy for 2 reasons - 1. Normally they see nothing, sluish it out and send it home with some drops. I.e. boring. 2. The other option is they don't need to do this as it is so bad you can see with the naked eye and you go straight to the hospital.

So is not just an urban myth, if you want to do a freedom of information request on cases at Poole Hospital, seek and you shall find!
( bazza van der trance , ooh baby baby, baby baby. Get up on this., Wed 4 Aug 2010, 15:52, closed)

This is probably the most painful eye condition I've ever seen

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arc_eye
(Pugwash, Thu 5 Aug 2010, 13:30, closed)