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MONOCLES ARE BACK IN FASHION GENTLEMEN
DailyMail [UK] ^
| 12/21/09
| Adam Edwards
Posted on 12/21/2009 5:26:10 AM PST by Daffynition
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To: Daffynition
Hooo-ogan!
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posted on
12/21/2009 5:29:40 AM PST
by
DemforBush
(Now officially 100% ex-Democrat.)
To: DemforBush
This is silly. Maybe we need some silliness today.
To: Daffynition
But things are changing. The optician Vision Express has announced it is to re-introduce the single eye-glass following a sudden surge of interest among customers. “To our surprise we have had dozens of requests in the last few months so we thought we’d bring back the monocle on a trial basis,” says Bryan Magrath, the chief executive of Vision Express. “We’re as puzzled as anyone by the interest.”
Could it be that under Obamanomics, many people can't afford two lenses and a frame and are opting for just one lens?
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posted on
12/21/2009 5:38:17 AM PST
by
chrisser
(Tweet not, lest ye a twit be.)
To: Daffynition
the game “cluedo”??
They left out charly chaplain.
To: Daffynition
How about one giant monocle on a popsicle stick? Walk around with it in front of your face. A full face monocle.
To: Daffynition
I could use a monocle, but not so much for style (I wear glasses anyway) but to be able to magnify the really small print.
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posted on
12/21/2009 5:41:55 AM PST
by
SonOfDarkSkies
(Al Qaeda only hijacked commercial aircraft...Obama hijacked the White House!)
To: Daffynition
We are returning to a more explicitly class-based society. Monocles were once a way to identify the rich and well-bred. As most of us devolve into serfdom, we will need a method to identify our betters. If they would be so kind as to wear monocles, it will help me recognize to whom I must bow and scrape.
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posted on
12/21/2009 5:42:00 AM PST
by
ClearCase_guy
(Macbeth is ripe for shaking, and the powers above put on their instruments.)
To: mamelukesabre
The game “Clue” is called “Cluedo” in the UK, and this article is from a British news site.
I can’t remember why it is called that there!
To: Daffynition
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posted on
12/21/2009 5:43:24 AM PST
by
paulycy
(Demand Constitutionality.)
To: ClearCase_guy
This is the monocle I use.
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posted on
12/21/2009 5:48:13 AM PST
by
Drawsing
(The fool shows his annoyance at once. The prudent man overlooks an insult. (Proverbs 12:16))
To: Daffynition
Didn’t FDR wear a monocle?
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posted on
12/21/2009 6:32:43 AM PST
by
sportutegrl
(I was for Sarah Palin before being for Sarah was cool.)
To: SonOfDarkSkies; paulycy
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posted on
12/21/2009 6:42:43 AM PST
by
Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
To: Daffynition
I want a magnifier on a chain so I can read the fine print.
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posted on
12/21/2009 6:45:31 AM PST
by
sarasota
To: ClearCase_guy; chrisser; DemforBush; Drawsing
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posted on
12/21/2009 6:52:14 AM PST
by
Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
To: Daffynition
Monoclewinsky.
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posted on
12/21/2009 7:05:55 AM PST
by
andy58-in-nh
(America does not need to be organized: it needs to be liberated.)
To: andy58-in-nh
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posted on
12/21/2009 7:09:37 AM PST
by
paulycy
(Demand Constitutionality.)
To: Constitution Day; mamelukesabre
Why "Cluedo"? That's elementary, my dear Watson! Because the object of the game is to collect enough clues to solve the mystery.
But when this classic game was created in England, it was called "Cluedo", taking off what the Britons called LUDO (pronounced "lew-doh"), which simply means "I play" in Latin. So when Waddingtons Games Ltd., agreed to produce Anthony Pratt's new board game, they made a play on words: "LUDO" became "CLUEDO". And in more than 40 countries around the world, it's known either as CLUEDO or by the American CLUE name.
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posted on
12/21/2009 7:15:10 AM PST
by
Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
To: Daffynition
Someone let me know when they bring back the pince-nez.
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posted on
12/21/2009 7:16:12 AM PST
by
Straight Vermonter
(Posting from deep behind the Maple Curtain)
To: andy58-in-nh
HAHAHA! HAHAHA! Tell Monica the fingerstache is in now too.!
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posted on
12/21/2009 7:17:25 AM PST
by
Daffynition
(What's all this about hellfire and Dalmatians?)
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