When the Novelty Wears Off

2007 is at a close, and tonight people are ringing in the new year. I am glad this means there's only one more year where we'll see stupid novelty glasses like these:


The whole thing of using the zeroes as the lenses of the glasses was pretty novel when we were all welcoming the year 2000, but even by 2001, it was starting to get old. Now, the gag is just so... well, I'd say "last millennium," but that gag is old too.

The point is, this isn't going to work anymore when 2010 rolls around. Well... wait. Someone could put the one on the bridge of the nose and still use the zeroes for lenses. Damn. I guess that means it won't be until the calendar is turning to 2011 that we'll finally be rid of these damn things.