Goomba wrote on Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:29:04 -0500:

> Peter-Lucas wrote:
>> Goomba > wrote in

>>> I must have skin like an elephant or something? Peppers
>>> don't bother my hands.
>>
>> They'd certainly bother other parts of your body if you
>> touched yourself with them :-)
>>

>And I have once years ago-accidentally touched my eyes. Woooweee that
>was painful. Yet haven't had that mishap happen again and don't seem to
>find peppers particularly painful to my hands.

They don't bother my hands either but, from sad experience, I find that
I should not only wash my hands afterwards but scrub with a nail brush
before touching my face.
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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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