"Attack of the crisps"
Limerick man Cian MacCormaic is well used to handling flames but a packet of spicy crisps proved too hot to handle for the daredevil.
The cruise ship worker and entertainer from Raheen had to be admitted to A&E in the Bahamas after he accidentally rubbed his eyes after eating a packet of chilli crisps.
Speaking to the Limerick Leader, the 30 year old said his eyes swelled up to "triple the size".
The fire breather said the incident happened after he decided to have a snack after work:
“I had a nice almond chocolate bar and these spicy chilli crisps. Happy out with myself munching away, I got an itch in my eye. Like any good itch it needs a good scratch. Scratched away not knowing I had some bits of chilli on the back of my hand. Chilli plus eye equals not a fun adventure.”
He told the newspaper that the burn was so bad that he had to be brought to hospital:
"Even though I was in pain I knew I had done something stupid. Thank God the doctor is professional and proceeded to wash my eye out a few times and noticed a piece was stuck in the eye. With the assistance of the nurse holding my eye open, the doctor proceeded to numb my eye and with what looked like a pin coming at me, and scraped this lone chilli flake out. Fun times."
Despite the pain and the embarrassment, Cian said he and the doctor had to laugh at the absurdity of the whole thing:
"I am a very positive down to earth guy who tries to have a laugh and find the fun all the time. But this was such a random and silly accident that if you didn’t laugh you’d cry."
"The best part is the pirate looking eye patch, very stylish. When people ask what happened I could have said such a cool manly-man story, but I think attack of the crisps is a life lesson."
