RFI: Monocles

[james_davis_nicoll]

I only use one eye so why am I getting two lenses? Anyone know how much monocles cost and if they are still made?

Comments

[casaubon.livejournal.com]

http://www.eyeglass.com/mona.html

It says you can put a prescription lens in it.

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

If you're astigmatic there may be good reasons to have it in glasses rather than a monocle - keeping the rotational angle right is presumably easier with glasses.

Monocles were banned...

[seawasp]

... following evidence that their use led to Evil Overlord Syndrome.

But the Ban was Rescinded.

[le-trombone.livejournal.com]

Ban was lifted, however, when it was pointed out that it also enabled the problem-solving and justice portions of the brain, at least in U.S. and British subjects.

The Charlie McCarthy syndome is thought to be unrelated to the monocle. It may be simply an unusual form of a speech impediment.

[bugshaw.livejournal.com]

Could you get just one contact lens?

[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

I have major stuff in my eyes issues.

[adrian-turtle.livejournal.com]

A fixed frame is better for keeping the lens at a constant distance from your eye (important for focus), with the right side up (important for astigmatism correction.) Monocles look cool, but tend to encourage squinting, which limits field of view and causes headaches.

[ross-teneyck.livejournal.com]

You could always go for the one-real-lens, one-opaque-black-lens pair of glasses; like that guy, wossname, from Airwolf.