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Phoebe and Her Unicorn by Dana Simpson for May 09, 2014
May 08, 2014
May 10, 2014
Transcript:
Marigold: Oh! It is a photo of you, wearing spectacles! They suit you! Perhaps you should begin wearing them!
Phoebe: I would, but my stupid vision won't cooperate.
Marigold: You are cursed with the ability to see things.
Phoebe: It's tragic.
I remember thinking along these lines once as a kid, jealous of the kids that wear glasses. Ironically, in my mid-teens, I ended up getting prescribed some, and been happily wearing them ever since. Maybe Phoebe will luck out and have the same happen to her in due time.
When I was in 6th grade, I BEGGED my mother to take me to the eye doctor ā I had been telling her I couldnāt see things far away for about a year. Her answer to me was that ALL kids want glasses. When we FINALLY went to the doctor, she was surprised that, yes, I was nearsighted. So glad I didnāt give up telling her.
Marigold has such a wonderful way of putting things, āYou are cursed with the ability to see things.ā And absolutely straight-faced. I guess when you have multiple extraordinary abilities the world, um, looks different.
My wife and I just got back from eating at Golden Corral (an all-you-can-eat buffet restaurant). While there, for dessert we got soft-serve ice cream. Iām dispensing soft-serve and suddenly chuckle and start going āRar. Rar. Rar.ā My wife looks over, rolls her eyes and says, āThatās enough Todd.ā
Simon_Jester almost 11 years ago
Well, thatās one thing she and Millie Mudd have in common
kaykeyser almost 11 years ago
She does look cute in them. You know one could always ware glasses with out frames.
kaykeyser almost 11 years ago
I mean with out LENSES.
Q4horse almost 11 years ago
If glasses are such a great fashion statement why do people spend a fortune on contacts and laser eye surgery to avoid wearing glasses?
rpmurray almost 11 years ago
I have to wonder why the first Heavenly Nostrils book wasnāt named āMarigold and Her Odd Creatureā.
Neo Stryder almost 11 years ago
Wear only the frame.
johndifool almost 11 years ago
Boo Gocomics-you took HN off of the main āpopularā comics pageā¦
scyphi26 almost 11 years ago
I remember thinking along these lines once as a kid, jealous of the kids that wear glasses. Ironically, in my mid-teens, I ended up getting prescribed some, and been happily wearing them ever since. Maybe Phoebe will luck out and have the same happen to her in due time.
celeconecca almost 11 years ago
When I was in 6th grade, I BEGGED my mother to take me to the eye doctor ā I had been telling her I couldnāt see things far away for about a year. Her answer to me was that ALL kids want glasses. When we FINALLY went to the doctor, she was surprised that, yes, I was nearsighted. So glad I didnāt give up telling her.
Comic Minister Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Try that on your momās glasses.
dogday Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Marigold has such a wonderful way of putting things, āYou are cursed with the ability to see things.ā And absolutely straight-faced. I guess when you have multiple extraordinary abilities the world, um, looks different.
Hag5000 almost 11 years ago
Be careful what you wish for Phoebeā¦
Happy, happy, happy!!! Premium Member almost 11 years ago
reynard61 almost 11 years ago
@ H,H,H!!!: Seems to me that those glasses are kind of a waste since a rabbitās forward view accounts for only about 12%-15% of itās total vision.
sjsczurek almost 11 years ago
Kind of like when braces were a sort of status symbol.
Masterius almost 11 years ago
Total non sequitur:
My wife and I just got back from eating at Golden Corral (an all-you-can-eat buffet restaurant). While there, for dessert we got soft-serve ice cream. Iām dispensing soft-serve and suddenly chuckle and start going āRar. Rar. Rar.ā My wife looks over, rolls her eyes and says, āThatās enough Todd.ā
bunnykill18 over 10 years ago
look away its hipster power
The_Purple_Pig almost 9 years ago
I donāt like wearing my glasses, but I look good with āem. Without my glasses, Iām blind and look ugly.
Kark_The_Red_Canadian_Dragon 9 months ago
Yeah. 20/20 vision is SUCH an inconvenienceā¦ :P