> > > Without having invented the little-box-with-the-hole thingy, the Ojibwa were subsequently blinded and became the laughing stock of all the other tribes.
> > >
> > > Kel"well...you have to look at your target, right?"ly
> >
> > I know what "they" always tell you, but do you really know anybody who was blinded by a solar eclipse?
> > Howard
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> Back when I was eight or so, my babysitter didn't let me see a solar eclipse because she thought it might "burn my eyes out".
>
> -Faux "uh huh." Pas

Hey, why would looking at the sun itself not be bad, but looking at an eclipse, *where the light from the sun is blocked* be terrible? Is there a valid reason or is this another old wives' tale?

gab"not that I'd be able to see an eclipse anyway, with all this rain"by