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22 May 03 - 07:22 PM (#957948) Subject: BS: A Bit Of an Eye Popper Here From: GUEST AP • Reuters • Photos Man Forces Eyes From Sockets As Protest Email this Story May 20, 11:40 AM (ET) ATHENS, Greece (AP) - A 30-year-old man forced his eyes out their sockets to protest his arrest at Athens International Airport, authorities said Tuesday. Remi Tsolakis was taken to a hospital and received surgery to try and restore his eyesight, doctors said. Tsolakis was arrested late Monday after flying to Athens from the island of Rhodes. Airport authorities discovered he had an outstanding three-month jail sentence for a minor offence. He told police he did not have enough money to pay a fine in lieu of the sentence and would have to go to jail. Police gave no details of the offence. |
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22 May 03 - 07:31 PM (#957951) Subject: RE: BS: A Bit Of an Eye Popper Here From: GUEST Damn. That is brutal. I have a friend near Waco whose great great grandaddy back there somewhere was hung by Yankee soldiers plundering the area during the Civil War. His eyes popped out of the sockets but he survived to live decades more. He used to curse Yankees by saying 'Damn their eyes!' Or so I was told. |
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22 May 03 - 08:45 PM (#957971) Subject: RE: BS: A Bit Of an Eye Popper Here From: Giac Marty Feldman's comeback was: "Too late!" |
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23 May 03 - 09:00 AM (#958158) Subject: RE: BS: A Bit Of an Eye Popper Here From: Rapparee Enucleation (I know some big words!) can often be reversed if the optic nerves, blood vessels, and so on are intact. A classmate in high school was hit in the face by a basketball and his right eye popped out of the socket. A trip to the emergency room, a spell in surgery, and he was back in business (well, there was a spell of recovery too). He said later that it was strange, seeing the floor with one eye and the crowd with the other. What exactly was this Greek fella protesting, anyway? |
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23 May 03 - 10:33 AM (#958207) Subject: RE: BS: A Bit Of an Eye Popper Here From: GUEST,Al Maybe he was tired of being a straight shooter. Al |
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23 May 03 - 10:47 AM (#958213) Subject: RE: BS: A Bit Of an Eye Popper Here From: Bill D gives new meaning to "I'll keep an eye out for you." |
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23 May 03 - 01:21 PM (#958288) Subject: RE: BS: A Bit Of an Eye Popper Here From: Kim C My daddy liked to tell the story of having shrapnel removed from his eyeball. (He was in the Army in the Korean War.) He said they had to take his eyeball out. I said, no way! He said, sure, they can take your eye out and put it back in, as long as the optic nerve isn't damaged. He did get a Purple Heart for his trouble. |
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23 May 03 - 02:59 PM (#958338) Subject: RE: BS: A Bit Of an Eye Popper Here From: Liz the Squeak My great grandmother used to take her eye out regularly, but then, it was a glass one... she kept it with her false teeth overnight in the glass by the bed..... LTS |
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23 May 03 - 03:03 PM (#958341) Subject: RE: BS: A Bit Of an Eye Popper Here From: Kim C Haven't you ever wanted to be able to take your eyeballs out and put them in a glass of cool water? Sounds refreshing, doesn't it? |
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23 May 03 - 05:55 PM (#958423) Subject: RE: BS: A Bit Of an Eye Popper Here From: gnu I've had some early mornings that would have gone much better if I could have washed the fog off them. |
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23 May 03 - 08:33 PM (#958493) Subject: RE: BS: A Bit Of an Eye Popper Here From: Rapparee There was a fella back home who had a glass eye -- a very, very good one. If the service in a restaurant was too slow, he'd peruse his menu while scratching his (glass) eye with a fork. Service improved almost at once, as other diners rather hurriedly left. |
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23 May 03 - 09:16 PM (#958509) Subject: RE: BS: A Bit Of an Eye Popper Here From: Metchosin A friend of ours had a teacher with a glass eye. On formal occasions at the school he would remove his regular eye and pop in one with a Union Jack on it instead. |
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24 May 03 - 10:04 AM (#958634) Subject: RE: BS: A Bit Of an Eye Popper Here From: Rapparee Did that mean that patriotism was in the eye of the holder? |