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Re: Help me answer my nephew's question
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lugnet.castle
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Thu, 23 Oct 2003 11:47:33 GMT
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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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| "Pawel Nazarewicz" <reganok@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:Hn7Kr9.7rB@lugnet.com... (...) my (...) Jonathan (a (...) so (...) adjusted. (...) Its quite handy when liveroleplaying and creeping around in the dark to keep one eye shut. when someone (...) (21 years ago, 24-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Help me answer my nephew's question
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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) We found Gilbert the Bad in a Lego book from the library, (...) (21 years ago, 23-Oct-03, to lugnet.castle, FTX)
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