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Undercurrent · 08-14-2003, 06:33 PM

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Originally posted by pescifish
But not everyone can deal with the screams of horror and pain that occur during the appropriation of eyes like that.

Not I either. All natural.

Defiant Heretic · 08-14-2003, 07:17 PM

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Originally posted by Novowels:
.)my glasses that are now rigged, but as a result are bendy and easily broken, connected with a flimsy bridge of superglue that shatters into nothingness when I breathe, and sometimes when I am not actively breathing, but instead thinking about breathing. Added bonus: the lenses are now smudged with impossible-to-remove superglue and also with thickly concentrated spiteful fury.

I told you glue wouldn't work.

ieyeasu · 08-14-2003, 07:34 PM

I happened to be in Paris the last time my glasses broke. Went to pick them up after a shower, and the lense popped out. This is normally not a problem, however, because it just means I have to pop the lense back in, then rescrew the screw that keeps it their.

But oh! Maligned fate...the screw went to the land of mateless socks and my Nirvana cds. I was doomed to blindness--in Paris no-less.

I tried the pharmacy just down the street, and of course, they didn't sell eye-glass kits. Upon exiting, however, I noticed the optometry shop--'lo, and behold--with a giant sign featuring an eye.

The old fellow in their fixed my glasses for free. Piss on anyone who calls Parisians rude.

lisarea · 08-15-2003, 12:27 AM

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Originally posted by ieyeasu
I happened to be in Paris the last time my glasses broke. Went to pick them up after a shower, and the lense popped out. This is normally not a problem, however, because it just means I have to pop the lense back in, then rescrew the screw that keeps it their.

But oh! Maligned fate...the screw went to the land of mateless socks and my Nirvana cds. I was doomed to blindness--in Paris no-less.

I KNOW THIS ONE FOR SURE! I'm so gonna post glasses-fixing tips until I get one right.

Twisty ties. Like the things that hold bags of bread closed. This is totally what they're for. You can either scrape the paper off or not. It doesn't matter. But you just thread it through where the screw would go and twist it up real tight-like, and that will get you where you need to go to get an official glasses fixing kit.

Except in Paris, where they just carry bread around in their armpits and stuff.

Novowels · 08-15-2003, 12:29 AM

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Originally posted by ju'iblex
you don't have to hide it, I know what's going on between you two.

Please! If it were happening, I wouldn't be hiding it now would I? I'd be updating you all with tales of unmitigated ass rampage daily.

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Originally posted by pescifish
(Pssst, I have one acronym for you: LASIK.)

Oh no, I've seen way too many Bond movies. Lasers and eyes don't mix. This seems about as sensible as Mr. Cockburn's suggestion of pouring radioactive acid on my eyes.

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Originally posted by Defiant Heretic
I told you glue wouldn't work.

The glue works fine, it's the gravity and breathing that fuck it all up. Hey... Kind of like your mom.

BigBlue2 · 08-15-2003, 01:56 AM

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Originally posted by Novowels

Novo: "Shitfucking cockfire!"

"You whorefarming little retrospect sheepfucker."

Novo's internal monologue: ...........YOU COWRAPING ASS SPELUNKER.

Are these expressions copyrighted? If not, I'm stealing them.

Novowels · 08-15-2003, 02:03 PM

Most of those are either twisted versions of the "Swearing Friend" from the webcomic Sexy Losers or are original with my friends and I. Use them if you wish.

Update for any who care. And by that I mean, "juiblex and pescifish."

I have rigged my glasses to work, although they are now truly demented looking. I have glued two pieces of wire across the bridge (one on the front and one on the back) to support it. I can see. I CAN SEE. DEAR IPU I CAN SEEEEE.

dimpledop · 08-15-2003, 04:24 PM

I applaud your sporadic bursts of creative swearing. I think we should have an internal award for such fine writing.

I got my much needed glasses almost two years ago. They haven't given me any problems, except that I hate having to clean the lenses all the time. When I don't and I can see smear marks on them I get self-conscious while talking to people, who I assume can see the smear marks as well.

Someday, some-far-away day, I'm going to work up the courage to try contact lenses. I'm one of those people who violently reacts to anything coming near my eyes, even if it is intended for good. Which is another way of saying I'm a wuss.

And Undercurrent, we of the Community of Corrected Eyesight, are gunning for you. We may very well miss, but we will try.

ju'iblex · 08-15-2003, 04:50 PM

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Originally posted by Novowels

I have rigged my glasses to work, although they are now truly demented looking. I have glued two pieces of wire across the bridge (one on the front and one on the back) to support it. I can see. I CAN SEE. DEAR IPU I CAN SEEEEE.

heh, it's quite pitiful really. I'm bloody tempted just to send you the money so i don't have to sit here cringing at your plight

pescifish · 08-15-2003, 08:00 PM

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Originally posted by Undercurrent
Not I either. All natural.

They were for that poor fighter pilot, too.

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08-14-2003, 07:34 PM	#23
ieyeasu Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bellingham, WA Posts: 844	I happened to be in Paris the last time my glasses broke. Went to pick them up after a shower, and the lense popped out. This is normally not a problem, however, because it just means I have to pop the lense back in, then rescrew the screw that keeps it their. But oh! Maligned fate...the screw went to the land of mateless socks and my Nirvana cds. I was doomed to blindness--in Paris no-less. I tried the pharmacy just down the street, and of course, they didn't sell eye-glass kits. Upon exiting, however, I noticed the optometry shop--'lo, and behold--with a giant sign featuring an eye. The old fellow in their fixed my glasses for free. Piss on anyone who calls Parisians rude.

08-15-2003, 02:03 PM	#27
Novowels Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Sydney Posts: 1,658	Most of those are either twisted versions of the "Swearing Friend" from the webcomic Sexy Losers or are original with my friends and I. Use them if you wish. Update for any who care. And by that I mean, "juiblex and pescifish." I have rigged my glasses to work, although they are now truly demented looking. I have glued two pieces of wire across the bridge (one on the front and one on the back) to support it. I can see. I CAN SEE. DEAR IPU I CAN SEEEEE.

08-15-2003, 04:24 PM	#28
dimpledop Regular Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Toronto, ON CANADA Posts: 250	I applaud your sporadic bursts of creative swearing. I think we should have an internal award for such fine writing. I got my much needed glasses almost two years ago. They haven't given me any problems, except that I hate having to clean the lenses all the time. When I don't and I can see smear marks on them I get self-conscious while talking to people, who I assume can see the smear marks as well. Someday, some-far-away day, I'm going to work up the courage to try contact lenses. I'm one of those people who violently reacts to anything coming near my eyes, even if it is intended for good. Which is another way of saying I'm a wuss. And Undercurrent, we of the Community of Corrected Eyesight, are gunning for you. We may very well miss, but we will try.

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