# "The Night Has A Thousand Eyes"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-night-has-a-thousand-eyes/743332>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 16, 2016, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-night-has-a-thousand-eyes/743332 "2016-01-16T15:02:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2016, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-night-has-a-thousand-eyes/743332/21 "2016-01-17T16:38:47Z")

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> [@Zeldar](#):
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> I kept wondering what John Lennon had to do with it all.
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> And do we need to consider _which_ 500 people (or critters) are doing the watching or observing or spying or snooping? Or is it just some random eyes with no connection to each other.
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> How about 500 Private Detectives? 🙂 And what if at least one of them is a Cyclops or wears an eye patch or has a glass eye? The math could get strange indeed.

Zeldar, it doesn’t matter.  
And, Johnny L. A., that situation would certainly elicit sympathy for you…

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**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-night-has-a-thousand-eyes/743332/22 "2016-01-18T18:47:54Z")

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The poem was the first one I ever memorized. I was probably five or so. I was struck by its insight.

The song I also liked, but felt it was a bit…I don’t know…Paranoid is a bit strong, but in that direction,

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**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-night-has-a-thousand-eyes/743332/23 "2016-01-18T18:57:13Z")

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> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> Jokes are never funny when you have to explain them.
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> You said ‘picture’ and ‘imagine’. My replies were meant to indicate I don’t _have to_ imagine, because I really do see a thousand eyes looking at me in the night sky.

Well, I thought it was funny.

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