h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Stabbed in the eye with a compass... ouch!
Surely not...

Here's an excerpt from an interview where Bowie discusses his left eye.

"When I was fourteen I fell in love with a girl. I can't even remember her name now - but at the time I was crazy about her!
"Only trouble was, my best mate had a bit of a soft spot for her, too.
"I was the winner. Quicker off the mark, I suppose! I moved in before he'd even made up his mind how to approach her...
"Anyway - next day I was at school boasting to my mate about what a Casanova I was and he became terribly annoyed.
"In fact he threw a punch at me! It caught me in the eye, and I stumbled against a wall and on to my knees. At first he thought I was kidding - it wasn't a very hard punch. But it had obviously caught me at rather an odd angle.
"At first they thought I'd lose my eye - I was scared stiff. But in the end it turned out that only one of the muscles that control the pupil was damaged. That's why my eye never changes size.
"For quite a while I was very embarrassed about it. Although I could see very well out of the eye, it made me self-conscious.
"But as I've grown older I've got to like it. It makes me feel different - distinctive!
"As far as the guy who hit me's concerned, he's still one of my best friends. He's a charming, honest person and not at all violent.
"He played in a group with me, too - the Bo Street Runners, we were called. Then he made a couple of singles as a soul singer before becoming a professional artist."

David's friend still feels bad about the affair sometimes.

"I'm sure David doesn't think about it nowadays - but every time I see him again after a long break, I'm reminded of what I did to him, all those years ago!" he told us.

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manda

what have this got to do with bowie

Nothing

so are you a bowie fan

I can take him or leave him, I am more of a country and western fan myself

manda

what like johnny cash

him or dolly parton or don williams, that sort of thing,but I do like a lot of other music,its only the heavy music I realy dont like

manda

well they can sing///how about elvis

I like a lot of his music, used to have most of them untill we hade a breakin and they stole my hi-fi with all my music in it,whay music are you into,


manda

the eye thing is v cool
my left eye also is damaged but for a different reason, my brother poked me in the eye with a stick that was on fire!
i noticed the difference in eye colour on the labarinth (v good film)
nice to know he still friend . who am i writing this to?
ami

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manda

hi im dave\are you a bowie fan