Meaning of birth-control glasses | Babel Free

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“On a foggy day at sea “Marvin” could have been Tom’s double. Well, minus a clean shave, roughly two inches of extra height, dark brown hair buzzed Marine-Corps short, and a killer set of birth-control glasses hooked to his late-thirties, twice-broken nose. At least they were wearing matching navy-blue suits. Marvin also had the dubious honor of matching Anna’s description of the former NCIS Agent Foster to a tee. […] The birth-control glasses went flying as his prey bucked violently.”

“Blanchard was this tall, blocky guy with bad skin and birth-control glasses, those ugly-ass, Army-issue black-framed glasses that only look good on ironic alternative rock musicians, which he was not.”

““I like your glasses,” she says as she unwraps a platter of brownies. “They’re very hip. Retro, even.” […] “Dad calls them birth-control glasses.” […] I explain that he thinks they look like the ones they gave him when he was in Army boot camp and that they’re so ugly, nobody would get near you. […] He looks like he doesn’t belong in Oak Prairie. He looks like he could wear my retro birth-control glasses and fit right in at Franklin, where I go to school in Minneapolis.”

““Very good,” he said. “Especially from twenty feet away. You must have excellent distance vision. What was he wearing?” / She drew a complete blank. She simply couldn’t remember. How odd. / “You can’t remember because you were focused on his face, which, admittedly, is his most interesting feature. I can relate to that.” / She turned her head to look directly at him and thought she saw the trace of a smile, although with those birth-control glasses she couldn’t be too sure.”

““Hey, Stevie, put your birth-control glasses on and come see this,” said Chief Petty Officer Dennis “Sparky” Cramer to his subordinate and good friend, Seaman Stephen Matteson. Birth-control glasses are standard, military-issued eyeglasses known for their lack of aesthetic appeal, i.e., ugly enough to function as contraceptives.”

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