Surfing the wave of the economic boom, you've tried it all, narcotics, GAA, sushi, whatever. It's been a blast, but now you must move on. To get high these days you need to change something fundamental about your physical appearance. Body piercing is an option, but it seems a tad ugly, not to mention the possibility of experiencing actual pain. A better idea is tinted contact lenses, but what colour?
To find out which ones suit you best, you will have to spend hours at the opticians, jabbing at your eyes until they are red and raw. By then your vision will be blurred, your eyes so bloodshot, that you are unlikely to make the right choice anyway.
But jab in a futile fashion no more! With a new device you can see exactly what you would look like with any tinted lenses. The optician takes a picture of your face, and the machine produces photo after photo of your eyes wearing the various lenses. How your friends will admire your important statement and your eyes of sapphire, violet, grey, and ever-popular alien-invader green.
The coloured contact lens viewer is free to use as part of the service offered by Insight Opticians in Dublin's Jervis Street Centre.
Gizmo suggestions welcome: smaccarthaigh@irish-times.ie
