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8th March 2017, 09:50 AM | #41 |
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Generic proclamation of positivity: Scouse saying - Go 'ed, is right, nice one, boss, well in, sound, belter, made up. Usage: 'Go 'ed, lad, get us an ale in, nice one.' |
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8th March 2017, 10:30 AM | #43 |
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I'm strictly a text-man, I find that texting eliminates the "uhhming" and "ahhing" of people trying to remember the topic or fill any silences. If I'm going anywhere then it's a simple text from me, if they choose to call me instead of texting back, I don't answer, lol. It should only go beyond texting onto calling if there's a specific piece of information to pass on.
If I do have to talk to anyone who isn't my other half or my family, then I basically grunt a few times and hang up! The worst kind of people are the ones who call you just to "have a chat" or "just to see what you're up to." |
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8th March 2017, 02:04 PM | #44 |
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At least they were friendly black-eyed children.
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8th March 2017, 02:32 PM | #45 |
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This.
UFO phenomenae are another way to track this kind of dynamic in modern myth making - it takes popularization of a certain story for it to take root in the cultural hive mind. You can see the introduction of concepts leading to reports of similar experiences and nothing before that TV show covered it or a big story went around about "little grey men" with "long heads and huge, deep, black eyes". Which kind of reminds me - the "black eyes" thing in horror movies kind of has a common thematic element there with the classic alien face - which also has all black eyes. |
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Best 'black eyes' scene in the movies - Jacob's Ladder. ANYBODY HOME?
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It's frustrating that the OP hasn't been back to reconcile all of this.
Are black eyes even possible from a biology standpoint? It seems like the eye is pretty well suited for its task. I can't imagine what blacking out the entire white part would do. ETA: I can imagine what black contacts would do. Several actors have said they render them more or less blind. |
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9th March 2017, 12:07 AM | #49 |
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I personally think "black eyes" just seems more supernatural sounding, more "horrific" for someone to witness. Of course a spooky child would have black eyes, why not? Makes sense in the movies.
Not only that, but it's a common theme among folklore for an unearthly being to possess something black or to actually be black, Black Shuck, men/women in black, Beast of Bodmin, etc etc. When people claim to see something supernatural, it's eyes are almost always either black or red, same as in the movies. Oddly, the Village of the Damned actually has children with white eyes, which isn't nearly as obviously supernatural when being spoken about over a few whiskies. |
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I'm not sure if it's necessary to wonder such things, as I've not read a single "Black-Eyed Child" story that seemed based in any reality. It's usually a "friend of a friend" kind of story, vague and clearly fictional.
It seems like it became a popular enough bit of fiction to be spread about a bit in varying tales, fitting in nicely with whatever piece of myth you were into, be it UFOlogy, aliens, ghosts, etc. It probably has vague roots in some older tale, but from what I can tell, as others have said, it's likely a product of television. |
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2D the singer in 'virtual band' Gorillaz is depicted as having all black eyes.
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As is this artist from Limp Bizkit. The conspiracy widens...
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So it was Limp Bizkit on the phone?
So aside from the fact that we don't have near enough information to begin giving reasonable answers, is this another drive-by poster who just started this topic for kicks? |
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THEN WHO WAS PHONE?
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I'm afraid this thread going to end with the operator saying "THE CALL IS COMING FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE!"
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What you saw in your dreams weren't children, but Greys
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