A guy I used to play One Pocket with told me about a friend, who had a cousin, that dated a girl with an artificial eye. The cousin said the girl was a real beauty, but a little strange.
When she was very young she had injured an eye in a freak accident involving a piece of farm equipment. He did not elaborate on how she suffered the mishap, save for the fact that the eye had to be removed.
Her father, a good and kind hearted man, but also a very poor man, could only just afford the hospital bill, and little else. Most certainly not the cost of a specially made artificial eye.
So, as luck would have it, the father, whom I mentioned earlier as being a kind man, was also a resourceful individual who happened to have a talent for wood carving. He carved an artificial eye, for his daughter, from a block of wood.
He used a piece of hickory for it's strength and durability, and inserted a piece of dark crystal to give the eye some sparkle. When painted it was a thing of rare beauty, and fit perfectly.
One night, said the cousin, he and the young girl were on a date when during a period of heavy petting he boldly asked her if she wanted to have sex. She looked at him, pulled down an eyelid with one finger, and said, "Wood eye!" :smile:
When she was very young she had injured an eye in a freak accident involving a piece of farm equipment. He did not elaborate on how she suffered the mishap, save for the fact that the eye had to be removed.
Her father, a good and kind hearted man, but also a very poor man, could only just afford the hospital bill, and little else. Most certainly not the cost of a specially made artificial eye.
So, as luck would have it, the father, whom I mentioned earlier as being a kind man, was also a resourceful individual who happened to have a talent for wood carving. He carved an artificial eye, for his daughter, from a block of wood.
He used a piece of hickory for it's strength and durability, and inserted a piece of dark crystal to give the eye some sparkle. When painted it was a thing of rare beauty, and fit perfectly.
One night, said the cousin, he and the young girl were on a date when during a period of heavy petting he boldly asked her if she wanted to have sex. She looked at him, pulled down an eyelid with one finger, and said, "Wood eye!" :smile:
