Archive for January 21st, 2009
the superman effect
somedays i wear glasses. somedays i don’t. what’s funny is that on certain days, people think i’m a totally different dude because i am/am not wearing glasses. for instance, this happens every once in a while at church:
me: hi, i’m enoch
newcomer after coming to church for a while: oh hi, i’m ________. hey! aren’t you the guy on stage every sunday?
me: yeah, that’s me
newcomer: oh sorry, i didn’t recognize you without your glasses
it’s funny because it so reminds me of superman. you know how people always dog on superman, or his coworkers and stuff cause he just puts on a suit and glasses and people can’t tell he’s superman? there’s this clip from snl i was trying to find with the rock as clark kent and it’s so funny cause you can see the superman uniform all through the rock’s tight suit and his coworkers play jokes on him and call him superman knowing he will respond to it. hilarious!
for that reason, i always have to laugh when i see these huge guys with these nerdy looking glasses. i always chuckle to myself thinking that they could be superman in disguise.
