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Abbot glues eyes shut
Asia News Network/The Nation ^
| 2005-02-21
Posted on 02/22/2005 11:56:56 AM PST by nickcarraway
An elderly abbot last week mistakenly put super glue into his eyes to soothe an irritation, sealing the eyelids shut.
Speaking from his Angthong Hospital bed, Phra Kru Prapatworakhun, 81, abbot of Wat Mathuros in Muang Angthong district, said he had a severe itch in his eyes on February 17.
He looked in the wat’s drug cabinet for eye drops, but mistakenly took out a tube of super glue.
“I squeezed several drops on the floor and saw a clear liquid, so I put four drops into each eye. In about a minute, my eyes felt cold and then sealed closed,” said the monk.
Another monk suggested he apply thinner to get rid of the glue. The abbot did so resulting in searing pain to his eyes.
“I feel better now but I still cannot see because the glue is still there,” the abbot said.
An eye specialist at Angthong Hospital said the abbot was currently having treatment to remove the glue. Once his eyes reopened, he would be examined to see the extent of the damage, the doctor said.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: buddhism; thailand
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To: nickcarraway
Suhweeeeeeeeeeeet, can we pass this stuff out to libs and tell them it's lip balm??? heeheeeeeee!
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posted on
02/22/2005 11:57:59 AM PST
by
rockabyebaby
(What goes around, comes around!)
To: nickcarraway
He he he... sounds like one of the other monks might have been having a little fun on him. ;)
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posted on
02/22/2005 11:58:32 AM PST
by
explodingspleen
(http://mish-mash.info/)
To: nickcarraway
What idiot puts Super Glue in his medicine cabinet?
4
posted on
02/22/2005 11:58:36 AM PST
by
My2Cents
("Friends stab you from the front." -- Oscar Wilde)
To: nickcarraway; mikrofon; Tijeras_Slim; Charles Henrickson
I'll be the first to say it:
PHRA KRU!
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
02/22/2005 11:59:09 AM PST
by
evets
(God bless president George W. Bush)
To: nickcarraway
He looked in the wat’s drug cabinet for eye drops, but mistakenly took out a tube of super glue.
Super Glue in the medicine cabinet?
It’s good for closing small cuts – but I still wouldn’t keep it with the medicines.
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posted on
02/22/2005 11:59:35 AM PST
by
R. Scott
(Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
To: nickcarraway
He must have accidentally seen Cankles to do something like this.
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posted on
02/22/2005 12:00:21 PM PST
by
Miss Behave
(Beloved daughter of Miss Creant, super sister of danged Miss Ology, and proud mother of Miss Hap.)
To: nickcarraway
Mistaking superglue for the KY would be a problem too!
9
posted on
02/22/2005 12:01:18 PM PST
by
Rebelbase
(Who is General Chat?)
To: nickcarraway
An eye specialist at Angthong Hospital said the abbot was currently having treatment to remove the glue.
why? He can't see anyways.
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posted on
02/22/2005 12:01:33 PM PST
by
tfecw
(Vote Democrat, It's easier then working)
To: nickcarraway
I figured Costello for that kind of thing, Really....
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posted on
02/22/2005 12:01:49 PM PST
by
hobbes1
(Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to" ;)
To: nickcarraway
Something similar happened to me. My wife put the dog's ear medicine in the medicine cabinet, and I merrily put it in my eyes. Things got a little exciting around here for awhile.
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posted on
02/22/2005 12:02:20 PM PST
by
VMI70
To: nickcarraway
I hope this gentleman will be okay.
On a better note, maybe Democrats should do the same for a bit as things are looking very bleak.
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posted on
02/22/2005 12:02:24 PM PST
by
kipita
(Rebel – the proletariat response to Aristocracy and Exploitation.)
To: nickcarraway
To: Rebelbase
To: My2Cents
What idiot puts Super Glue in his medicine cabinet? Easy for you to say. I suppose you'd also have a problem with the .32 automatic and the prussic acid in my medicine cabinet?
To: nickcarraway
"He looked in the wat’s drug cabinet for eye drops, but mistakenly took out a tube of super glue."
I keep my super glue in the kitchen drawer.
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posted on
02/22/2005 12:02:56 PM PST
by
AlGone2001
(You will never know that Jesus is all you need, until Jesus is all you've got-Mother Theresa)
To: My2Cents
What idiot puts Super Glue in his medicine cabinet? Easy for you to say. I suppose you'd also have a problem with the .32 automatic and the prussic acid in my medicine cabinet?
To: Rebelbase
"Mistaking superglue for the KY..." There once was a newlywed couple named Kelly,
Who spent their honeymoon belly-to-belly,
Because in their haste,
They used library paste,
Instead of lubricant jelly....
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posted on
02/22/2005 12:03:40 PM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
("It takes a big man to cry, but it takes a bigger man to laugh at that man.")
To: nickcarraway
As soon as he realized his mistake, this was his reaction:
Click here.
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