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27 July 2006
This is not worth a front page post.→[More:]
But it's making me feel woozy, so I thought I'd share.
The four eyed man (and woman) was used in a lot of novelties. Bottle openers, salt and pepper shakers, etc.
The original novelty was a sculpted head that held a scraper used to level the foam of a draught beer. One side was normal, the other had four eyes. The idea was that if a bar patron overstayed, the bar tender would secretly turn it around to the four eyed version, and the patron would go "whoa!! I've had enough!" and go home.