Wow... Just watched an episode of Mythbusters where they tested the ability to make it through an obstacle course in the dark. The trick being that by wearing an eye patch over one eye they could switch from day vision to night vision almost immediately. The show was looking at a bunch of pirate-related myths (likely spawned by the release of the latest "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie) and this one is totally practical and likely real and a misunderstood way of moving from the upper deck to below-decks in bad lighting. Although today's pirates who sport eye-patches are likely only around at Halloween, I think this still applies for the kids - use the patch on one eye while running around in the dark (doing those things that you do on Halloween), then switch to the other eye after collecting candy at a house where the lights are on. The eye previously covered by the patch should have better night vision since it was covered while at the house (or define 1 eye as the house eye and the other as the dark eye and switch before and after the house visit).
Anyway, just thought this was neat. Now I wonder what the parrot was used for...?
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