If you've got an itch ...

... particularly around your eye ... DON'T scratch it.

Not if you have been chopping chillies, anyway.

Lunch will be late - I can't stop crying.

(Though that might be more to do with Hotel Chocolat lying about my 'special' status - refused my personal chocolate-fest password, they did!)

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- kevinwilson ^Pro
- 07/10/2009 @ 12:39:54
ouch! sounds nasty ... shame about your eye, too! x
- - EllieGant
  - 08/10/2009 @ 11:18:36
  One circumstance was definitely a bigger tragedy than t'other!
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- banana ^Pro
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- 07/10/2009 @ 12:46:33
Try bathing your eye with milk
- - EllieGant
  - 08/10/2009 @ 11:19:30
  Thanks - I will next time. Water just seemed to make it stingier.
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- xmillyxxx ^Pro
- 07/10/2009 @ 13:36:06
That is the reason I no longer use fresh chillies

I also suggest a nice milk bath on some cotton wool..Hope it soothes soon hun xx
- - EllieGant
  - 08/10/2009 @ 11:20:31
  I usually used dried - but I grew these, about the only thing that did grow this year! Even accidents won't stop me ...
  
  Thanks, I will try the milk tip next time.
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- Shipscook
- 07/10/2009 @ 13:41:24
Also note for fellas after chopping chilis be careful when you go for a wee
- - EllieGant
  - 08/10/2009 @ 11:21:08
  *shudders*
  
  Now that really doesn't bear thinking about!
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- jenray ^Pro
- http://www.jenniferhunter.co.uk
- 07/10/2009 @ 14:43:47
should have spotted GoingSomewhere's warning too about not being touched in your private parts after your partner's handled chillies... They're really dangerous little perishers...hope your eye feels better soon...GBHs...XXX
- - EllieGant
  - 08/10/2009 @ 11:22:19
  Gulp - I don't know GoingSomewhere - but Shipscook made a similar warning. I'll be more careful next time - luckily, these weren't the hottest variety. x
  - - jenray ^Pro
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    - 08/10/2009 @ 12:35:35
    I've got a silver metal oval thingy that removes smells and things like chillies from your hands...got it from Lakeland I think...does work... GBHs...XXX
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- malakeas ^Pro
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- 07/10/2009 @ 14:49:53
Yowsers! That hurts and I find that your eye keeps weeping at the shock of the chili. Hope your eye feels better soon. X
- - EllieGant
  - 08/10/2009 @ 11:23:24
  I was crying like a baby all afternoon - though that might have been the effect of my soup. It was also very hot! Better today though. x
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- pompeycaulkhead
- 07/10/2009 @ 17:09:06
Thats painful. Hope it feels better now x
- - EllieGant
  - 08/10/2009 @ 11:23:52
  Yes, a lot better now thanks. I'll be more careful next time. x
  - - pompeycaulkhead
    - 09/10/2009 @ 13:13:55
    Amazing how much grief a 'harmless' little vegetable can do aint it!!!!
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- brokendownangel ^Pro
- 07/10/2009 @ 18:08:57
Ooh poor you, and for the chocolate thing - their loss x
- - EllieGant
  - 08/10/2009 @ 11:24:47
  Thanks. Yes, I thought that yesterday about the chocs. Now I'm getting obsessed with the idea ....
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- lilian1
- 07/10/2009 @ 18:14:17
Oh that that sounds really painful Ellie ! have another choc at least that will make you feel better! x
- - EllieGant
  - 08/10/2009 @ 11:26:00
  Not recommended, that's for sure. But better now, thanks Lilian. How's the puppy getting on - Have you any garden left?
  - - Ann Franceschelli (Visitor)
    - 08/10/2009 @ 11:55:28
    Glad you are feeling better Ellie puppy is a sweetie even though he likes to "rearrange the garden" ! found out he also hates rainy weather!! refuses to go out when its wet!! x
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