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metaphor.

sorry:blush:

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Originally posted by farfromhome
[snip]...three witches passing the eye around.

Hmm...
It's not a metaphore if its nots fairly common.I consider myself at least semi-well read.If many people draw a blank...Doesn't that make it a reference?Not a metaphore?Just wondering. [/b]

He is referring to the fates. In greek mythology, they were the three women who determine the birth, lifespan and death of men. In the Disney movie Hercules, they share a single eye. But that's a Disneyfication merging the Fates and the Graiae sisters (a different set of women).

Any well read person should have a smattering of greek and roman mythology. But you'd only recognize this reference if you learn your mythology via Disney.

I thought he was referring to the Weird sisters, from Macbeth. Didn't they share an eye?

Oh. In Clash of the Titans (1981) the witches share an eye too.

Here's the info on the Graiai. They shared an eye and a tooth.

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Originally posted by farfromhome
I thought everyone did.They don't?(gasp!).

apparently everyone DOES pick fly shit out of pepper.....hm?