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alien2
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Once I was blind and now I can see
« on: Jul 15th, 2007, 10:24am » |
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A man had an accident. Luckily, he wasn't injured, but he did break something. He didn't have another accident, and nobody tried to hurt him, but later he went blind. What did he break?
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Re: Once I was blind and now I can see
« Reply #1 on: Jul 15th, 2007, 11:36am » |
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Did someone unintentionally hurt him?
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Re: Once I was blind and now I can see
« Reply #2 on: Jul 15th, 2007, 12:18pm » |
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er shouldn't the title be reverse of what it is
Anyways he broke the special dark glasses used to see solar eclipse... and he had to see it and he stared at it long enough to go blind...
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Re: Once I was blind and now I can see
« Reply #3 on: Jul 15th, 2007, 12:38pm » |
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He was a polar explorer during an solo expedition near the south pole. He broke his dark glasses needed to protect from the snow glare. Because the sun doesn't set near the south pole in January and because it is very cold, he could not stop to wait for sunset. So he had to keep on walking to find shelter. Also, he had to keep his eyes open so as to not fall into a crevasse. Thus he became snow blind in the glaring brightness of the great white dessert.
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alien2
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Re: Once I was blind and now I can see
« Reply #4 on: Jul 15th, 2007, 1:17pm » |
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Something like that. Yes, the answer is snow goggles. But I had in mind mountain. Although, I dunno much about these things, so am I wrong? 
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Re: Once I was blind and now I can see
« Reply #5 on: Jul 15th, 2007, 1:23pm » |
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Polar explorer and mountaineers both use snow goggles to protect from the snow glare. I should have called them snow goggles in my previous post. So youre were correct. The reason I choose solo polar expedition is that on a mountain, you can often find someone with a spare of goggles.
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Re: Once I was blind and now I can see
« Reply #6 on: Jul 15th, 2007, 2:22pm » |
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on Jul 15th, 2007, 12:18pm, Sameer wrote:| er shouldn't the title be reverse of what it is |
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Not if you can see the solution.   
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Re: Once I was blind and now I can see
« Reply #7 on: Jul 15th, 2007, 10:31pm » |
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on Jul 15th, 2007, 2:22pm, Iceman wrote:
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Then it should be reverse eh?
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