Comments on: A question http://airminded.org/2009/07/13/a-question/ Airpower and British society, 1908-1941 Sat, 20 Mar 2010 15:05:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2009/07/13/a-question/comment-page-1/#comment-108182 Brett Holman Tue, 21 Jul 2009 07:27:02 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=2225#comment-108182 Oh, I didn't know that about Moore. Perhaps he has a monocle in both camps then ... Oh, I didn’t know that about Moore. Perhaps he has a monocle in both camps then …

]]> By: Chris Williams http://airminded.org/2009/07/13/a-question/comment-page-1/#comment-108136 Chris Williams Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:49:42 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=2225#comment-108136 Me, I am heretical about Patrick Moore. Fabulous astronomy communicator, nasty bit of ultra-right wing work in his spare time. As for the monocle, I think it was 1954 - when ventriloquist Ray Alan put one on his dummy Lord Charles. Me, I am heretical about Patrick Moore. Fabulous astronomy communicator, nasty bit of ultra-right wing work in his spare time.

As for the monocle, I think it was 1954 – when ventriloquist Ray Alan put one on his dummy Lord Charles.

]]> By: Bob Meade http://airminded.org/2009/07/13/a-question/comment-page-1/#comment-108063 Bob Meade Sat, 18 Jul 2009 06:35:54 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=2225#comment-108063 The rot set in when Bertie Wooster started wearing one. The rot set in when Bertie Wooster started wearing one.

]]> By: Jakob http://airminded.org/2009/07/13/a-question/comment-page-1/#comment-107970 Jakob Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:59:36 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=2225#comment-107970 My monocle associations are also of the eccentric variety, including the incomparable <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/photocontests/eustace_tilley_2009" rel="nofollow">Eustace Tilley</a>... My monocle associations are also of the eccentric variety, including the incomparable Eustace Tilley…

]]> By: Brett Holman http://airminded.org/2009/07/13/a-question/comment-page-1/#comment-107925 Brett Holman Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:19:30 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=2225#comment-107925 Ask a silly question, get a sensible answer! :) I'd forgotten about Patrick Moore; I guess he gets an exemption as an eccentric old boffin. Personally I tend to associate monocles with the upper-class twit stereotype even more than evil Nazi officers but perhaps that's me. Erik: Yes, I'm trying to up the ratio in the hopes of getting a certification from the International Association for Noel Pemberton Billing (Pemberton-Billing) Studies. Ask a silly question, get a sensible answer! :) I’d forgotten about Patrick Moore; I guess he gets an exemption as an eccentric old boffin. Personally I tend to associate monocles with the upper-class twit stereotype even more than evil Nazi officers but perhaps that’s me.

Erik:

Yes, I’m trying to up the ratio in the hopes of getting a certification from the International Association for Noel Pemberton Billing (Pemberton-Billing) Studies.

]]> By: Erik Lund http://airminded.org/2009/07/13/a-question/comment-page-1/#comment-107900 Erik Lund Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:53:08 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=2225#comment-107900 About time we had a P. B. post! About time we had a P. B. post!

]]> By: Nicholas Waller http://airminded.org/2009/07/13/a-question/comment-page-1/#comment-107863 Nicholas Waller Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:56:36 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=2225#comment-107863 Patrick "Sky At Night" Moore <a href="http://www.b3ta.com/interview/patrickmoore/" rel="nofollow">wears/wore one...including as a teenager</a> and in the RAF (he was a navigator) in WW2; says he has one bad eye and that the monocle evened them up and he didn't like glasses. Apart from him, I am guessing most people associate monocles these days with comedy Germans and murderous Nazis. Patrick “Sky At Night” Moore wears/wore one…including as a teenager and in the RAF (he was a navigator) in WW2; says he has one bad eye and that the monocle evened them up and he didn’t like glasses.

Apart from him, I am guessing most people associate monocles these days with comedy Germans and murderous Nazis.

]]> By: Mike Cosgrave http://airminded.org/2009/07/13/a-question/comment-page-1/#comment-107859 Mike Cosgrave Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:28:08 +0000 http://airminded.org/?p=2225#comment-107859 As I suspected, Wikipedia suggests monocles became redundant due to advances in optometry. (I wear glasses, but have a clear difference between left and right eye, so I did wonder about it.) It does not directly answer your question but it seems to imply they fell out of favour after WWI It even has a nice picture of Hugo Sperrle for you, to illustrate the archetypal evil monocle wearing Hun! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monocle As I suspected, Wikipedia suggests monocles became redundant due to advances in optometry. (I wear glasses, but have a clear difference between left and right eye, so I did wonder about it.) It does not directly answer your question but it seems to imply they fell out of favour after WWI

It even has a nice picture of Hugo Sperrle for you, to illustrate the archetypal evil monocle wearing Hun!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monocle

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