# Where did I put my glasses? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 29, 2013, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-i-put-my-glasses/662171 "2013-06-29T00:30:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![moes\_lotion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@moes\_lotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moes_lotion)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-i-put-my-glasses/662171/41 "2021-02-10T00:18:40Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > I don’t get the whole taking your glasses off thing. I am myopic, but really don’t like bifocals, so in order to focus on anything less than about 3 feet away I have to take my glasses off. Usually I prop them up on top of my head so forgetting where I left them is only a problem until I look in the mirror. > [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Why are they always in the last place you look? Surely the science of Physics can answer this question for us… Hah, only the easily satisfied stop looking once they have found them, who knows what else you may have forgotten, like your cat for instance? ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-i-put-my-glasses/662171/42 "2021-02-10T00:27:23Z")
> [@Paintcharge](#): > > I don’t get the whole taking your glasses off thing. I mean, I need my glasses to see, I get a headache if I go glasses-less for too long. Why do people take 'em off? Reading glasses. With them on, you can’t focus at longer distances so you take them off to walk around. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-i-put-my-glasses/662171/43 "2021-02-10T00:29:51Z")
> [@moes\_lotion](#): > > who knows what else you may have forgotten, like your cat for instance? I found a note from the cat. He passed the bar and moved to Dallas to practice law. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2021, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-i-put-my-glasses/662171/44 "2021-02-10T00:30:54Z")
> [@Pai325](#): > > Time to get four or five pairs and keep them scattered around the house. Entropy works backwards if you buy multiple pair of reading glasses. They start to cluster, and given enough time all pairs end up in the same place. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-i-put-my-glasses/662171/45 "2021-02-12T01:37:50Z")
Plus my glasses cost around eighty dollars a pair, so multiple pairs is not an attractive option. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-i-put-my-glasses/662171/46 "2021-02-12T02:12:08Z")
It really doesn’t take that long to add up to $80 worth of aggravation looking for glasses when you only have one pair. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-i-put-my-glasses/662171/47 "2021-02-12T03:24:54Z")
But think how aggravated I’d be if I paid four hundred dollars and then lost all five pairs. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-i-put-my-glasses/662171/48 "2021-02-12T03:37:37Z")
Next time you lose them, best thing is to check beside @Beckdawrek 's tv remote: > [@Okay, which one of you jokers snuck in my house and stole my TV remote?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-which-one-of-you-jokers-snuck-in-my-house-and-stole-my-tv-remote/844576): > > It’s well and truly gone. I have long since quit using the original remote from DirecTV. It rarely worked properly. I went to Wally-world and found a nice medium priced universal remote. Got it working somehow. Now its awol. I have looked everywhere. Even the fridge. Shook out blankets, dog beds, dirty clothing, clean clothing. The linen closet has been searched. I looked in the garage and the car. The deck, the pantry. The cats are looking askance at me. I’ve looked in all their sleeping spo… ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2021, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-i-put-my-glasses/662171/49 "2021-02-13T01:27:19Z")
I’m thinking they fell in the black hole that is conveniently under your home. At least there’s one under mine. I’m afraid I’ve lost so many things that it will disrupt the space/time thingy and I’ll disappear as well. Crossed fingers! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2021, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-i-put-my-glasses/662171/50 "2021-02-13T04:12:47Z")
The good news is that when you fall through the black hole, all your stuff will be there waiting for you. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-i-put-my-glasses/662171.md?page=2)