RTFM!

It's Sunday, it's football time. And moreso, we're having some company over for the Eagles game today against Pittsburg. So, in preparation for the event, I hunt up a recipe for Guacamole to go with a 7-layer mexican dip we're going to do. Now, part of the recipe calls for a serrano chili to add some heat to the dip. The write-up even goes so far to include the following warning:

Chili peppers vary individually in their hotness. So, start with a half of one chili pepper and add to the guacamole to your desired degree of hotness. Be careful handling the peppers; wash your hands thoroughly after handling and do not touch your eyes or the area near your eyes with your hands for several hours.

Ok, so I run through the recipe and make what really is a great guacamole. But...a bit after tasting it, I start to feel a little burn beneath my nose. Thinking "cool...nice little afterthought to the dip, perfect." It was even enough to bring a bit of a tear, so I go and rub my right eye. Well, I quickly found out it wasn't the heat of the guacamole that caused the burn beneath the nose, it was the chili reminents still on my hands that didn't get washed enough, obviously! The burn was like a hot poker in the eye. I'm talking about running to the kitchen sink, blinded, and showering myself (and half the kitchen in the process) in cold water.

So, the moral of the story - Read The Fuckin' Manual!