Deeply dippy

A DIARY tale about a visit to an optician reminds reader James West of the time he took his 12-year-old son to have his eyes checked. The little fellow was apt to worry about anything in the nature of a medical examination, and had spent the previous evening scouring the internet for ocular problems he feared he might be suffering from. One of the conditions he stumbled upon was glaucoma.

Which led the youngster to whisper to his father, just before his optical test began: “What happens if I have guacamole?”