OT: Activities that make you go blind!

[BradyLady12]

(or at least shortsighted)

• Sleeping face down
• Wearing swimming goggles
• Playing the trumpet may raise the pressure in your eyes enough to damage your sight


Says Charles McMonnies, an eye expert at New South Wales University, Australia. He compared various activities for his report in Optometry and Vision Science and concludes that the most harmful thing you can do is to rub your eyes hard (which you'll want to do after reading the study).

Discuss...




http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article5055240.ece

 

[PatsFanLisa]

That should make all the guys around here happy. ROFL

 

[sir_drinkalot]

I can think of at least one more..off hand.

 

[groganfan]

good! i don't see the big on the list! means they were lying all these years!

 

[JD10367]

I can think of at least one more..off hand.

I think I can get a grip on what you're saying.

 

[Claremonster]

(or at least shortsighted)

• Sleeping face down
• Wearing swimming goggles
• Playing the trumpet may raise the pressure in your eyes enough to damage your sight


Says Charles McMonnies, an eye expert at New South Wales University, Australia. He compared various activities for his report in Optometry and Vision Science and concludes that the most harmful thing you can do is to rub your eyes hard (which you'll want to do after reading the study).

Discuss...




http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article5055240.ece

I dont' do any of those things, so I'm good.

 

[mikiemo83]

I can think of at least one more..off hand.

I think I can get a grip on what you're saying.

beats me what you two are tugging at....is this another "he is coming" thread

 

[Grumpy_Bottom]

(or at least shortsighted)

• Sleeping face down
• Wearing swimming goggles
• Playing the trumpet may raise the pressure in your eyes enough to damage your sight

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article5055240.ece

Not a big fan of reading long sories on teh internetz, as I hear it nesses up your eyes, do they say anything about beer goggles?

 

[JD10367]

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[Claremonster]

Not a big fan of reading long sories on teh internetz, as I hear it nesses up your eyes, do they say anything about beer goggles?

Beer Goggles makes it hurt when you pee.

 

[JD10367]

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[Claremonster]

This thread is starting to rub me the wrong way...







Edit: Nevermind. That was me.

 

[JD10367]

Can't find a YouTube of Cyndi Lauper's "She Bop" that doesn't have embedding disabled. :shrug:

 

[Claremonster]

Can't find a YouTube of Cyndi Lauper's "She Bop" that doesn't have embedding disabled. :shrug:

And that's bad, why exactly?

 

[Claremonster]

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[mikiemo83]

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is that by1401

 

[BradyLady12]

I can think of at least one more..off hand.

Was that the pun intended?

 

[Grumpy_Bottom]

Beer Goggles makes it hurt when you pee.

You could say that about anything!

 

[king of kings]

Can't find a YouTube of Cyndi Lauper's "She Bop" that doesn't have embedding disabled. :shrug:

best i could found for you
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[WisColtFan7]

What is staring directly at the sun during a solar eclipse Alex?