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Wed, July 5
Why You Should Always Bring Your Own
This weekend I was hanging out at Rockaway in what we call "The MTV Beach House" i.e. J's cousin's place right by the beach. I had just come out of the shower, and my contacts were feeling dry. "Ah! A bottle of Renu saline." I said to myself. "Oh, not much left. I should probably use the bigger bottle of saline right next to it." I tilted my head back and unleashed what was supposed to be a refreshing stream of solution.
HOLY MOTHER OF #$*&@)!">?. It burns! It burns!
With one eye open and the other eye dripping with acid, I turned the bottle around. Can you guess what was hand written along the side of the bottle in fading black marker?
"Rubbing Alcohol."
I washed my eye out with water for ten minutes and screamed for J to pick me up some emergency eye wash. I walked around with a very red eye, that had swollen halfway shut for the rest of the night.
For the rest of the weekend I endured cheap jokes involving my new "lazy eye." Like when I'd be talking to someone, they'd deadpan: "Hey Alexis! I'm over here!"
Why the rubbing alcohol was kept in a squeeze bottle container that is shaped exactly like a saline container beats me. But I am the only person so far who has made that mistake, so shame on me.
Eye is better now. Cornea is healing.
Posted by lexzog at July 5, 2006 12:00 AM
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