Off the Mark by Mark Parisi for September 28, 2022

You want fries with that?

I’ll bet he’ll still be able to read it.

Let’s see how he is at stress reading with the same line while it feels like it was lit up by a bolt of lightning.

Ah, date training.

Renewing his prescription for night vision glasses.

‘Read’ out the vilest, rudest words you can think of, then.

Is she an optician or a dietician?

“Let me know when you can’t see the prices anymore.”

That’s the cue for the restaurant staff to clear out the boomers and bring in the millennials.

No need to practice that, I won’t eat at a place with poor lighting. You have to see your food to actually enjoy it.

Ha ha, this is so true!

Just had cataract surgery. Just one day after surgery, I could read the bottom line of the eye chart. Amazing.

THis is making me hungry

She moonlights making the instruction sheets for Chinese goods printed in 3 point type.

In dim restaurants I’ll turn on the flashlight of my phone to read the menu. For some reason I get odd looks from the other diners…

I just tell the eye doctor the smallest line is “Copyright 2013” at the bottom of the chart.