> > > > 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
> >
> > 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

Uh, gabby, looking directly at the sun is also bad. It will make you go blind. I'm not sure why it bad to look at an eclipse though.

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