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We are watching Time Enough at Last, and my brother turns to me right as Mr. Bemis's bitch wife tears up the pages of the book:

My Brother: What a cunt. Lemmie guess, at the end he's gonna be in a library, and then break his glasses.
Me: ... how did you know that?
My Brother: They did this joke on Futurama already. Plus, hello, coke bottle glasses?

On the other hand, we really want the new Sweating to the Oldies DVD set, because we are so going to try it out. "It looks fun!"

Date: 2009-01-02 06:17 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] powerof3.livejournal.com
I was JUST talking about that episode yesterday. I love that one so much. ♥

Date: 2009-01-02 08:09 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] skywaterblue.livejournal.com
I'm kind of bummed out that Twilight Zone is so ubiquitous he'll never come to any of them fresh.

Date: 2009-01-02 12:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] trishalynn.livejournal.com
I'm bummed out by that as well. *sigh*

Date: 2009-01-02 04:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jordan179.livejournal.com
The moral is "if you fear a nuclear holocaust is imminent, get a spare pair of really tough glasses." :)

Actually...

Date: 2009-01-02 06:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] skywaterblue.livejournal.com
... the plot point this episode revolves around (the glasses breaking) is an example of technology surpassing science fiction.

No one wears glasses made out of real glass these days - I don't even know if you could have them made.

Re: Actually...

Date: 2009-01-02 06:14 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jordan179.livejournal.com
You may well be right here. I think that plastic lenses existed at the time of that episode but were then an expensive novelty. I started wearing glasses in 1968, and at the time both plastic and glass options existed (I've always worn plastic, a tendency confirmed in my mind by that particular episode) :)

Re: Actually...

Date: 2009-01-02 06:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] skywaterblue.livejournal.com
I've always had plastic too, because I drop them and sleep on them and... etc, and I've never broken them. Plus they don't chill to room temperature, like real glass - the ones I have on stay constant to my body.

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