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In lugnet.castle, Pawel Nazarewicz wrote:
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In lugnet.castle, Alan Findlay wrote:
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Hi all,
My 7 yr old nephew sent me this message, with a further explanation from my
sister-in-law.
Uncle Alan, Why does Gilbert the Bad have his eye patched out? Jonathan
(a patch on his eye)
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I heard that pirates (or in this case - Gilbert the Bad) wore eye patches so
that if they ever had to fight in the dark, one eye would already be
adjusted.
So some wore patches even with two healthy eyes :)
-- Pawel
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Acutally, I’ve heard that some of today’s special forces do the same thing. The
reason being that if there is a failure in their night vision equipment, they
will still have one eye that can adjust to the dark quickly. It’s second hand
information, so take it for what it’s worth.
-Duane
Added lugnet.build.military to the mix too.
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| (...) I heard that pirates (or in this case - Gilbert the Bad) wore eye patches so that if they ever had to fight in the dark, one eye would already be adjusted. So some wore patches even with two healthy eyes :) -- Pawel (21 years ago, 23-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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