I don't know what the problem is, here, but...

[mrnoodle]

metaphor.


sorry

[dar512]

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.

[jinx]

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.

[Happy Monkey]

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

[lumberjim]

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

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