The optometrist won't FOAD!

[elfs]

I took Yamaraashi-chan to the optometrist's this morning for her six-month eye exam. It was pretty routine; she's healthy in all respects.

A couple of visits back, I blogged that one of the eye-test slides had a popular mostly net-only obscenity on it, FOAD, or Fuck Off And Die. I mentioned to the technician that she should probably fix that.

I had to laugh when I saw it this time. She had indeed fixed it. Y'know what it says now?

DOAF.

Comments

[ladyallyn.livejournal.com]

You know, they only have so many characters to choose from. Really. The whole alphabet doesn't translate to 'optotypes' and only limited ones at given sizes. That would be the 20/60 line :>

At least your optom has the computer generated 'randomize' ability...

--eye tech for 18 years

[elfs.livejournal.com]

These are actual slides, not computer-generated.

[solarbird]

What's DOAF? DIAF I know, but...

[elfs.livejournal.com]

As far as I know, it doesn't mean anything. I was just amused by how they simply re-arranged the letters. I suppose there's a reason for that choice of letters; the D and O look close, for example, and the page might be a test to distinguish between the two of them.

[marketeer]

Plus, my eye doctor has me read the letters backwards some times.

[darrelx.livejournal.com]

There is a popular TShirt design that this post reminds me of:
(http://paizo.com/image/product/catalog/OWD/OWD45016XL_500.jpeg)

:)

[solarbird]

Oh, okay. I thought DOAF meant something else unfortunate, but all I could find were innocuous.

[blaisepascal]

Wow, I was nearly able to read the bottom line ("IF YOU CAN READ THIS...") even at the reduced resolution of this image.

[ladyallyn.livejournal.com]

Wow! That limits the choices massively, since there are only a dozen or so glass slides made and they are all based in the same optotype groups. Do they have the projector mounted by the ceiling and operated with a remote? (professional curiousity more than anything)

[ladyallyn.livejournal.com]

*chuckles* -- we do that -- especially for patients we see a lot. It's easy to memorize something in one direction and very hard to recall in reverse. Just try to recite the alphabet backwards without deliberate concentration.

[abostick59.livejournal.com]

"Mostly net-only?" I first encountered it, offline, in Seattle teen slang, in 1982, when dinosaurs ruled the Earth and netnews propagated by smoke signals, jungle drums, and UUCP.

[duskwuff.livejournal.com]

product link (http://paizo.com/store/apparel/tShirts/offworldDesigns/v5748btpy7rmu)

[omahas.livejournal.com]

What's DOAF? DIAF I know, but...

I think it's pretty obvious, actually.

"Die Off And Fuck"!

LOL!

Frankly, I like this version better.