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Re: Help me answer my nephew's question
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lugnet.castle
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Fri, 24 Oct 2003 09:06:15 GMT
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"Pawel Nazarewicz" <reganok@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:Hn7Kr9.7rB@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.castle, Alan Findlay wrote:
> > Hi all,
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> > My 7 yr old nephew sent me this message, with a further explanation from • my
> > sister-in-law.
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> > {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.
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> So some wore patches even with two healthy eyes :)
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> -- Pawel
Its quite handy when liveroleplaying and creeping around in the dark to keep
one eye shut. when someone sets off a magnesium flare or the like and then
jumps you they dont expect you to be able to see them :)
as for Gilbert the Bad .. Maybe he only has one eye ?? ;)
--
James Stacey
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www.minifig.co.uk
Lugnet Member #925
I'm a citizen of Legoland travellin' Incommunicado
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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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