Monday, February 9, 2009

An eye on spectacles

Those who wear power glasses have a distinctive advantage. They can choose what to see and reject those they do not want to. When I spot a cockroach in the bathroom, I just remove my specs, run for the broom and attack. Sans glasses, all I get to see is a vague image. Klushh.. The poor guy is dead.
It is also my habit to hold my specs in my hand while walking/jogging (if at all I manage to shirk my laziness). The other day a lady came close to me with an angry face. “Pavithra’s daddy. I am waving Hi to you and you are not even responding!” she complained. It was my neighbour, but damn it, how do I know that without my glasses?
My gardener friend from Sri Lanka wanted a printout with his name. He was going on leave and wanted to paste it on his baggage. Tomorrow? He asked me five times. I nodded. As expected, I forgot. When I was walking on the road, I spotted the yellow uniform and surmised my friend would catch me. I removed my specks and kept walking as if I had not seen him. When I came close, I felt odd and put on my specks. Shucks, it was some replacement and my friend had already gone on leave.
Did you ask why not contact lens? People complain I look too handsome if I wear contacts. I am not interested in film roles boss.

20 comments:

  1. wow i din't know people with contact lens land up in the film industry ....he! he!....so if not contact lens how about carrots????ok ok...jokes apart thanks for visiting my blog n leaving your comments when i was gone.By the way how would u suggest visiting dubai???? with or without specs ??? he! he!

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  2. Oye Hoye! I am warning you, if you come up in a film, I am going to learn how to whistle and embarrass the hell out of you!


    *Giggling hard*

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  3. Don't you know - I HATE to lie :P

    **Still giggling hard**

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  4. :D Entertain this kid for a while, will you?

    Birthday coming up in 40 mins :)

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  5. I am not accepting any advance wishes. So that wish is null and void :P

    Gujju Thali?

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  6. Ok so I know at least one criterion to get villain character in a movie, that’s putting contact lens lolz 


    A pair of powerful spectacles has sometimes sufficed to cure a person in love.

    Njoy!!!

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  7. Cockroaches are the only bugs that I kill. All the others, I slide a piece of paper under and let them outside. The nasty roaches get the fly swatter and no sympathy!

    I hope you are having a good day today. :)

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  8. ha ha ha, nice.. sometimes it happens to me as well. but not as bad as you.

    Good writing, Made me smile early morning.

    Cheers,
    Jayashree

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  9. i hope very soon you will start to act..

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  10. you are right.. you do need 'contacts' of all kinds to get in films!!

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  11. hahaha... i like i like... and now i'll always, always, always distrust bespectacled people... :P

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  12. that's why i always wear my specs to avoid such situations

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  13. everything has its own advs and diadvs..poor our specs too hav..

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  14. I am laughing at Magiceye's clever comment.

    Just wanted to say hello to you, my dear friend and fellow eyeglass wearer.

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  15. There goes the narcissist! :P Let me know wen u receive a role OK..[Then I would wear lens too :P]

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  16. Eye-ngar the great!!!

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  17. Man, this is a really funny post.

    What will be the situation when you wear goggles?

    This post is just another example that your blog is sure to tickle the funny bone of the reader.

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  18. Ooooooooo, I hate it when people pretend not to have seen me! Very bad, very bad!

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