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Old 10-27-2010, 06:28 PM   #161
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Not so much funny as clever. It should read "Hot to test Nearsightedness":

So, I take it you're nearsighted, Al?
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Old 10-27-2010, 07:29 PM   #162
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That is funny. I get Albert, but at about 18 feet I get Marilyn. Interesting that as I walk back I can keep her a little longer than I was able to keep Albert- I lose her at about 15 walking back toward the screen.

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I'm quite nearsighted. Without my glasses I start getting Marilyn at about 3 feet. At 18 feet I can tell there's a computer screen if the room is dark.
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Mozart, from 5 feet away.

At 5 feet if I put on my reading glasses, then Marilyn.
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So, I take it you're nearsighted, Al?
Only enough to get Marilyn Monroe with a mustache.
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