From his point of view as a prospective peeping tom, they’re very good!
I groaned… I saw it as a “good” person is forthright and doesn’t hide anything, therefore a good blind would act in a similar manner.
But I like Dvandom @1 ‘s answer, too!
I guess Dvandom must be right…I just don’t know why a guy who sells blinds would say that a “good” one doesn’t hide anything, since the whole purpose of a blind is to hide things. Unless, as mentioned, he’s a peeping tom.
A “good” blind goes up and down. If you just want it down all the time, what you want isn’t a blind… it’s a wall.
This comic strip was incomprehensible when it was still in first-run and I was reading it as a kid back in the early sixties, and it has obviously aged poorly since then.
Hiding something is usually considered “bad” – think of shady dealings. If nothing is hidden, it’s fully out in the open – above board – that’s a good thing. (Or the peeping Tom angle.)
Whether or not someone can see in through a blind depends on if the slats face up or down when closed also. I always adjust ours so I can see out when they are closed – then I know one cannot see in.
The other night we were going up to bed and turned out the lights downstairs. Husband was surprised and confused and made jokes about scary things – about the eerie slits of light on our sofa. I realized that the moonlight was coming through the downward pointing slats of the blind and onto the stuffed Easter bunnies seated on the sofa – I changed the blinds and the problem was solved. Of course today I realized this happened because I never closed the drapes after taking down the Christmas tree.
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From his point of view as a prospective peeping tom, they’re very good!
I groaned… I saw it as a “good” person is forthright and doesn’t hide anything, therefore a good blind would act in a similar manner.
But I like Dvandom @1 ‘s answer, too!
I guess Dvandom must be right…I just don’t know why a guy who sells blinds would say that a “good” one doesn’t hide anything, since the whole purpose of a blind is to hide things. Unless, as mentioned, he’s a peeping tom.
A “good” blind goes up and down. If you just want it down all the time, what you want isn’t a blind… it’s a wall.
This comic strip was incomprehensible when it was still in first-run and I was reading it as a kid back in the early sixties, and it has obviously aged poorly since then.
Hiding something is usually considered “bad” – think of shady dealings. If nothing is hidden, it’s fully out in the open – above board – that’s a good thing. (Or the peeping Tom angle.)
Whether or not someone can see in through a blind depends on if the slats face up or down when closed also. I always adjust ours so I can see out when they are closed – then I know one cannot see in.
The other night we were going up to bed and turned out the lights downstairs. Husband was surprised and confused and made jokes about scary things – about the eerie slits of light on our sofa. I realized that the moonlight was coming through the downward pointing slats of the blind and onto the stuffed Easter bunnies seated on the sofa – I changed the blinds and the problem was solved. Of course today I realized this happened because I never closed the drapes after taking down the Christmas tree.