2007-04-17 10:38:52 · 17 answers · asked by dandabradford 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
ummm.....they're trying to quit smoking?
hahaha
.....but seriously....it was used to cover a missing or sightless eye.
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2007-04-17 10:41:55 · answer #1 · answered by Joey Bagadonuts 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Not all pirates did, very few did actually.Those who did wear patches did so because of some injury or other to their eye.
2007-04-17 10:42:28 · answer #2 · answered by absosarahlutely 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
o.O
Not all of them wear eyepatches.
Sailors used eye patches to have one eye adjusted for the sunlight at the top deck and the other eye already adjusted for the darkness when suddenly going below deck. They can't just wait for their eyes to adjust so when they really need to see in almost complete darkness below deck, they have one eye ready to do whatever they need when they are tight on time.
2007-04-20 06:37:01 · answer #3 · answered by Maakies 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is assumed that some wore it to keep one eye ready for darkness. Remember, the hulls were dark spaces and if you protect one eye from bright light and enter a dark space, the eye which has been protected does not have to adjust to darknes, like the other has to. This adjustment of the eye can take up to 45 minutes.
2007-04-17 10:49:22 · answer #4 · answered by Kaiman 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
where patches?
Over one eye.
2007-04-21 08:48:33 · answer #5 · answered by jon_mac_usa_007 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mythbusters!...they figured it really helped to keep one eye in the dark, so that they were ready for battle at night by switching the patch over to the other eye, or if they needed to see below deck...
2007-04-21 05:18:17 · answer #6 · answered by rawr 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
first day on the job with a hook for a hand...their eye itched, and BOINK! out went the eye...time for an eye patch
2007-04-19 18:12:38 · answer #7 · answered by blackdiamondroofs 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The eye patch was initially for those who were missing an eye...but then everyone did it cuz they thought it made them look tough.....They lied and said that they lost it in sum type of fight.....!!!
~Lioness â¥
2007-04-17 11:05:44 · answer #8 · answered by Lioness 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
to cover a missing eye or just their style...
2007-04-21 09:29:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
to cover an eye that was disgorged by a sword
2007-04-20 09:50:47 · answer #10 · answered by 5375 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"Mythbusters" determined it may allow them to go from a bright setting to a dark setting and have one eye set for the darkness and be able to fight if necessary
2007-04-17 12:07:02 · answer #11 · answered by Experto Credo 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋