Last night I broke my specs .. then I had a good idea .. and .....
By patootie
@patootie (3592)
February 11, 2007 6:09am CST
Last night I broke my specs, the plain prescription tinted ones I need to use for Internet and driving .. then I had a good idea .. well at least I thought it was ...
You see what happened was that my poor old specs had got plastic fatigue and one of the little nose pad things simply broke off .. and without the nose pad they sit cockeyed so in a moment of 'sheer genius' I decided to superglue it back on ...
I swear I put the tiniest blob of glue onto the nose pad .. stuck it very carefully onto to the microscopic hinge mechanism and went for a coffee ... came back 10 minutes later and all seemed perfect again so I put them on and worked away for an hour or so ..
Time for bed !! So I turned of the computer .. took off my specs .... and
YOWWWWWWWWWEEEEEE !! that hurt .. flippin specs were superglued to my nose ... !!
Hey stop that .. I can hear you snickering away ... doh!!
Now I admit the superglue was very old .. possibly 10 years old .. but I hadn't thought it would affect the stickability .. I suppose it must have taken longer than I'd thought to set or I'd put a bigger blob on than I thought I had ..
But whatever I now had a pair of specs stuck to my nose .. a bit of gentle prising and ping the nose pad broke off from the specs again ... and I just had the nose pad stuck to the side of my nose ..
No amount of poking or pulling would remove the dratted nose pad so I ended up going to bed with it stuck to my nose .. thankfully sometime during the night it must have fell off as it was gone when I woke up .. only problem now is I can't find it ... blimey I do hope I haven't 'eaten' it ..
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34 responses
@brendalee (6082)
• United States
11 Feb 07
I am sorry but I had to laugh for a few minutes before I could respond. I feel bad for you but be thankful that at least the toliet seat didn't need gluing.lol. It could have been much worse. And your lucky that you didn't have to go to the doctor to get it removed. that would have been fun to explain. But anyway, I hope you find the missing piece. I know how irritating it is to not have it. Good luck. Oh and I did learn something new here....never eat or drink while reading one of your discusions.lol
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
11 Feb 07
OH Patootie I can see you sitting there with that confounded piece of your glasses stuck to your nose. I personally find nothing super about super glue. My every experience with it has been that of getting it on my fingers and having them stick to the object or to themselves. When my glasses broke I bought a pair of sponge type nose pads and stuck them to the glasses until I could afford to have them fixed. It worked, somewhat anyway. Hope you find the little bugger that got away.
: )
@mansha (6298)
• India
11 Feb 07
Sorry pat I just couldn't stop laughing my head off wioth this, made me remeber my time when one glass went missing and I could see with only one eye. Never trust spere glue and thank your stars that it was old, your doctor would have had a hard time controlling his laughter too. I am new to this but just check my profie for some eyeexcersise programme I have decided to promote its really worth the try and first three lessons are free, though I am still on my first lesson but I am impressed with the programme. Try it out , if we both benefit then may be we will both earn from it too.
@ausnikki (4054)
• Brisbane, Australia
11 Feb 07
LOL I'm so sorry I couldn't help but laugh.What a dilemma having that dratted piece of plastic stuck to your nose.I can see it now hahaha.Well at least it came off during the night.I hope you can find it and have your glasses repaired lol.
@brokentia (10389)
• United States
14 Feb 07
Oh my gosh Patootie! LOL I am so sorry your glasses are broken and even more sorry you glued them to your nose and broke them again!
I am glad to hear that the nose pad came off in the middle of the night.
Did you find the nose pad??? I sure hope you didn't eat it. I would hate to think where it would be stuck next! ha ha
Thanks for sharing your story!!! I really loved reading it.
But sweetie, I think it is time for new glasses now. LOL
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@patootie (3592)
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14 Feb 07
Haven't found the nose pad yet .. but I have cobbled a nose pad from some old sunglasses onto where the missing piece went ..
Thay are as good as new again .. and only I know that one nose pad is a gold tone metal one and the other clear plastic .. hahahahahah !!!
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@Chele2k2 (241)
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22 Feb 07
Heehee ............ you do make me chuckle sometimes Toots!
I have had many superglue moments in my time, typically with my thumb and index fingers, i'm famous for sticking them!
I felt for you though, that part of the face has a lower pain tolerance level than other parts. I am glad you managed to free them :o)
Time for a new pair I think, go on treat yourself :o)
@loved1 (5328)
• United States
20 Feb 07
That is one of the funniest things I have heard for a long time. That sounds exactly like something I would do. I love the fact that you can laugh at yourself and have a good time with your mishaps. Life would be so much better if everyone could take things so lightly. Your posts always make me smile-I wish you lived next door. I would invite you over for tea and a chuckle every day.
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@wolfie34 (26771)
• United Kingdom
11 Feb 07
Oh Toots you're brill, just brill, I think I can speak for the rest of us when I say you truly made our day! I had this image in my head of you and your glasses, good job it wasn't during the day, pound to a penny someone would have seen you! Or knocked at the door! I do hope you find the errant pad! Thanks for sharing, I'm sure you must have heard my laughter!
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@patootie (3592)
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11 Feb 07
Just had another look for the little pad .. doesn't help that it's clear plastic, small and I can't bend much to search for it .. and laugh away .. I had tears of laughter pouring down my face last night .. it was like a flippin' clear wart stuck on my nose hahahaha !!
Ohh dear .. it could surely only happen to me .. !
@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
14 Feb 07
hahahahaha Patootie, this is so funny, I thought I was the Blonde doing stupid things all the time lol. This has certainly given me a good laugh, I mean I hope you have them repaired now,lol. But I can just imagine the Glasses stuck on your Noes, oh dear lol.
@jolanda33 (720)
• Netherlands
11 Feb 07
hahahaah that's funny! thank god a funny story on mylot
we have to do that more often!
i can see you in front of me with those nose pad hahaha!
i am wondering what would you do when the nosepad still on your nose? pretending it's not there or stay home and try to get rid of it?
you see, superglue is very dangerous! this is a good one for a comercial too!
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@sigma77 (5383)
• United States
11 Feb 07
Do you make this stuff up? How come you have all the fun? Everyday you have all these exciting things happening. Are you thinking of creating a TV show? I hope so, because some of the best comedy comes from your neck of the woods. I hope you find your missing nose pad and I can't wait for tomorrow's adventure.
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@patootie (3592)
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11 Feb 07
I promise I never make things up .. I wish I could because I would be a famous author and very, very rich by now ..
All I do .. is have a daft thing happen .. I obviously have a 'warped' sense of humour because more often than not it starts me off laughing .. or maybe it's just that I am ultra careless and so daft 'things' happen around me .. I'm not sure what it is .. but I can .. and do .. find humour in just about anything ..
@crazynurse (7482)
• United States
11 Feb 07
Well, luckily the coffee doesn't seem to have affected my keyboard. That is by far, the funniest thing I have read this week. I got a great visual of your nose with the nose pad afixed. Seriously, I do hope you have no raw area on the side of your nose. However, if you did, I'm sure you'd find the humor in it and take it in your stride! As for your glasses, our local WalMart will put a new pad on for free if you take the glasses in to them. I realize you are in another country but perhaps there is a similar store near you who will put a pad on them for free. Have a great day, and be careful where you roll in bed tongiht. Would hate to see that little pad stuck to your keister!
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@raveemenon (1071)
• India
14 Feb 07
I also sometimes jokes on myself . It is a very healthy trend. Penny wise pound foolish is an old slang but in your case it was spects wise and glue foolish. In the process of repairing things we lose both the item as well as the money. Here in india we had a habit of repairing anything and everything until the item fetched an antique value. Things have changed. the younger lot is always for use and throw even their love and lovers.
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@lingli_78 (12822)
• Australia
12 Feb 07
well, i never like superglue anyway... :-) it is just too sticky and it is hard to remove if you accidentally spill it on your hand... but thanks for sharing your story... it really makes me laugh and relax my mind after a hard day of stressful work... good luck with your glasses... i hope you can fix it and you find your nose pad... more importantly, hopefully your nose is alright... :-)
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@dreamsncharms (1340)
• United States
12 Feb 07
hehe! i loved your post. that made me laugh so hard. eeek! i need new glasses. mine are so old. i have searched and searched and can't find one fram exactly like the ones i have.
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@sandie61 (2359)
• United States
12 Feb 07
sorry this happened to you but I was laughing so hard at this. I had to tell my husband and he was laughing too. I had tears in my eyes from laughing so hard. but I guess it wasn`t as funny to you. did you get your glasses fixed today? I hope so.
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@HawaiiGopher (1009)
• Belgium
11 Feb 07
I've shared a similar problem, ma dear tootsie. Sorry, I just had to do that. Anyways, I actually have had a similar experience. I had my glasses in my pocket for some reason and my young cousin sat on me. One of the glass things fell out and I, like an idiot, tried to use super glue. So it was fine for that day then I took them off, the glass thing popped right out and broke..
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