Originally Posted by
Arameus
I'm pretty sure that eating carrots does help you see in the dark.
There's something in them that enables your eyesight to adapt to the darkened condition a lot easier so that you can see better.
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That's true, but there's only a minute about of that substance in carrots and so it's pretty much impossible to eat any amount of carrots that would enable you to see in the dark - or even
improve your eyesight in the darkness.
Originally Posted by
Doesnt_matter
To the taking blood story: I was afraid that I didnīt know the right expression for it. How do you say in English what I mean? (I guess that you know what I wanted to say.) Getting blood taken by a doctor?
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Of course I know what you mean. And, yeah - getting blood taken by a doctor would be the right way to put it. :)