[urgeok]

sounds like it would make a mess out of the eye that way.
pointy end would cut into the eye .. if the end wasnt pointy it would mash the corner of the eye.

A good way would be one of those mellon scoops .. or better yet if you could find something like a small suction cup .. just pop the bugger out and cut the optical nerve with a pair of fingernail clippers.

and voila ! a nice clean eyeball to put in a jar or something.
Hang it on the xmas tree.
(make sure the optical nerve dries into a hook shape.)