dyn Those Contact Lenses in She of Little Faith

What was up with Homer wearing contacts? Has this ever been shown before, or alluded to in any way?

Chemboy wrote:

i guess his laser eye surgery didn't take.

or

He's worn reading glasses in the past, and there was that excessively gruesome laser eye-surgery he had once.

in article 9vngse$h26$[email], Matt Drury at [email] wrote on 12/18/01 5:38 AM:

Less yappin', more zappin'!

Brett

I think the contacts were just in the ep purely as a sight gag. It was funny how huge they were!