Referee Gene Steratore temporarily can't see, reinserts contact lenses

Whatever you do, don't play 'Three Blind Mice' until Gene Staratore gets his contacts back in.

Gene Steratore is happy that he can see again. (USATSI)

You know that old joke about some witty soul from the stands of a football/baseball game who sees a referee/umpire make a call against that patron's team and yells out, "Yo ref/ump, do you need to borrow my glasses?"

Turns out referee Gene Steratore could have actually used the help in the first quarter of the Colts-Bengals game.

That's because the game had to be slightly delayed because Steratore was having contact lens issues.

As you can see here, via SB Nation:

Here's hoping that once Steratore's vision was restored, nobody thought to play "Three Blind Mice." Because refs/umps tend not to like that.