Bill Wa: Your comment interested me, so of course I had to look up the origin of “Bulls Eye”, and this is what I found at “The Wordsmith”:
“The question is, however, why a “bull’s-eye”? For the answer, we have to go a bit further back in time. Since the 17th century, “bull’s-eye” has been used as a term for almost anything small and circular, especially if it protrudes slightly, forming a hemispherical bump resembling the protruding eye of a bull or cow. Thus, at various times, “bull’s-eye” has been used to designate a thick piece of glass set into the deck of a ship to illuminate the lower decks, a one-crown coin of British currency, a globular piece of candy, and a small circular window, among other things. So although the spot in the center of a target doesn’t protrude like a real “bull’s eye,” it is small and circular and thus fit the popular definition of “bull’s-eye.”
ejcapulet about 15 years ago
Okay, that took me a minute.
wndrwrthg about 15 years ago
It’s all fun and games until someone gets their eye put out.
Ashrey about 15 years ago
Fat lot of good they’ll be to you when you’re dead.
bald about 15 years ago
oh no !!! i hope that wasn’t the CBS eye he hit
Khard12 about 15 years ago
Apparently someone named O’Dooley.
COWBOY7 about 15 years ago
I told you not to move the table here Benny!
Ushindi about 15 years ago
Boy, I never tried playing with REAL bulls’ eyes!
Bill_Wa about 15 years ago
We don’t these days Ushindi, but in the 1800s if you wanted to take down a buffalo the only sure way was to shoot him through the eye. Hence the term.
Ushindi about 15 years ago
Bill Wa: Your comment interested me, so of course I had to look up the origin of “Bulls Eye”, and this is what I found at “The Wordsmith”:
“The question is, however, why a “bull’s-eye”? For the answer, we have to go a bit further back in time. Since the 17th century, “bull’s-eye” has been used as a term for almost anything small and circular, especially if it protrudes slightly, forming a hemispherical bump resembling the protruding eye of a bull or cow. Thus, at various times, “bull’s-eye” has been used to designate a thick piece of glass set into the deck of a ship to illuminate the lower decks, a one-crown coin of British currency, a globular piece of candy, and a small circular window, among other things. So although the spot in the center of a target doesn’t protrude like a real “bull’s eye,” it is small and circular and thus fit the popular definition of “bull’s-eye.”
Xrystalia about 15 years ago
The bull has to be stuffed, otherwise it would be trouncing that guy right now.
comicgirl1000 over 14 years ago
bulls eye