I play soccer in a Saturday men's league, and at our last game I acquired a black eye. I was trying to make a play on the ball at the same time as an opponent, who was implementing the slide-tackle technique. His foot and my foot arrived at the ball at precisely the same moment. Because he was already on the ground, and I was upright and moving forward, I became the involuntary recipient of the bulk of the energy of that transaction. This resulted in me falling directly and voilently on my face. Subsequently, a minor internal hemorrhage began on the outer corner of my left eye. The past few days has seen the bruising spread a bit, but not to the outside. The discoloration seems to be content to remain around my eyelids, both upper and lower. So now, instead of a manly shiner, I am sporting what appears to be a one-eye-only bad Greendayesque mascara job. To me it looks very Clockwork Orange.

Anyway, I bring this up so that in the near future, when you start seeing this trend all over, you will know from whence it originated.

You're welcome.