Cul de Sac by Richard Thompson for March 04, 2016
March 03, 2016
March 05, 2016
Transcript:
Alice: Marcus, can I try on your glasses? Marcus: Okay, be careful. Alice: Wow! Does everybody look like a silly clown to you all the time? Marcus: Well, actually- Dill: Can I try them on? Alice: Wait your turn, spiny balloon-face person! First, I want to get a look at Miss Bliss!
Lighten up. Kids are just curious about what glasses do for/to someone else’s vision. Just as they’re curious about most things.
I have worn glasses constantly since early elementary school – 2nd or 3rd grade – and regularly let other kids try mine on. I also swapped glasses with others. Ever since getting them, I have on occasion called other glasses wearers “four-eyes.” When I had braces I called other kids in braces “tinsel teeth” or “metal mouth.” You have to be able to laugh at yourself or you will be angry and miserable all the time.