“It was so cold…the optician was giving away free ice scrapers with every new pair of eyeglasses!” is a one-line saying about extremely cold weather that has been cited in print since at least 2006. The one-liner is frequently included with other “so cold” jokes.
         
     
Early-Retirement
Re: 55 Degrees Bad For House?
MasterBlaster
02-20-2006, 03:25 PM
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It was so cold . . .
the optician was giving away free ice scrapers with every new pair of eyeglasses!
 
Google Groups: alt.jokes
So Cold Jokes
John
1/16/07
It’s soooo cold…
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the optician is giving away free ice scrapers with every new pair of eyeglasses!
         
30 November 2007, Pensacola (FL) News Journal, “Jokes & Groaners,“pg. B1, col. 5:
It was so cold…
It was so cold, the optician was giving away free ice scrapers with every new pair of eyeglasses.
 
South Marion Citizen (Dunnellon, FL)
Some of my best friends are (snow) flakes
By Dick Frank
Thursday, December 18, 2008 at 7:00 pm
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The optician was giving away free ice scrapers with every new pair of eyeglasses.
 
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trevs-xtra-Latin Seizures and IT WAS SO COLD THAT…...
sound-animations
1/16/09
IT WAS SO COLD THAT…..
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5. The optician was giving away free ice scrapers with every new paid of eyeglasses! 
 
Twitter
Tami Wright‏
@tami_wright
RT: @mzkewl79: @SonnyAhuja It’s so cold, the optician was giving away free ice scrapers with every new pair of eyeglasses! #funsat #fb
11:49 AM - 9 Jan 2010
     
Facebook
It was so cold…(Part 1)
August 11, 2010 at 12:39am
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It was so cold… the optician was giving away free ice scrapers with every new pair of eyeglasses!
 
CTV News (Montreal, Quebec)
It’s so cold that.. Quebec City’s Ice Hotel is opening early
Published Tuesday, December 31, 2013 2:54PM EST
How cold is it? It’s so cold that the optician was giving away free ice scrapers with every new pair of eyeglasses… it’s so cold that a diner chipped a tooth on his soup….it’s so cold that the politicians have their hands in their own pockets.
 
Eyewitness News—WABC-TV (New York, NY)
‘It’s so cold that…’: Jokes to keep you warm in a polar vortex
ABC
January 8, 2014 3:56:24 AM PST
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It’s so cold that…
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”...the optician is giving away free ice scrapers with every new pair of eyeglasses.”
 
Twitter
Brian‏
@bshelton77
It was so cold today my optician was giving away free ice scrapers with every new pair of eyeglasses
8:46 AM - 28 Dec 2017
   
Alexandria (VA) Citizen
Sunday Smile: 10 Great ‘It’s So Cold’ Jokes
By ALXCitizen.com - January 7, 2018
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It’s SO cold…
 
1. The optometrist is giving away free ice scrapers with eyeglasses