Were they the winners of a best shoes competiton
or did they just fight it out with other shoes until nobody was left standing?
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Wed 12 Aug 2009, 21:03, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

Competition, in that I opened every entry on ebay in a new tab
and whittled it down to these. One pair black, one red; were I rich I'd have them in all colours, and sit in the middle of a circle made of shoes, gibbering quietly.
( Maladicta, Wed 12 Aug 2009, 21:07, Reply)

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Perhaps if your parents ever invited themselves to your place, you can let them catch you gibbering in the middle of a shoe circle.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Wed 12 Aug 2009, 21:19, Reply)

I have enough pairs of shoes to do that anyway :) walk like a flid in the heels though!
Plus, it would distract me from how envious I am that, at this very moment, Pot is at a Bill Bailey gig.
( Maladicta, Wed 12 Aug 2009, 21:20, Reply)

Heels are over-rated
I personally find Doc Martens more attractive than heels.

But when it comes to making the Circle of Insanity, heels bring 1.5 times as much insanity than flat shoes.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Wed 12 Aug 2009, 21:31, Reply)

I have seen a lovely, black, shiny pair of Docs I keep promising myself I'll buy when I am rich.
I have three or four pairs of heels in there, including one pair I actually cannot walk in as they're too high; look amazing, can't do more than shuffle, in pain :(

They would certainly make my parents run for the hills...
( Maladicta, Wed 12 Aug 2009, 21:35, Reply)

No wonder you want infinite squibbleys!
For that is the path to being able to afford DMs.

If you thought shuffling in high-heels is torture, be glad you didn't have to endure foot binding.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Wed 12 Aug 2009, 21:45, Reply)

Exactly :( they're £75!
I've read lots of books about foot-binding and my god, it sounds like pure agony. Can't remember what the last one I read was but I know it made me cradle my feet and promise them this would never happen to them!
( Maladicta, Wed 12 Aug 2009, 21:48, Reply)

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Foot binding is quite possibly the worst thing anyone had to do in the pursuit of perceived beauty. And to think this went on for 1000 years.
( mistaspakkaman and the inedible shifting caterpillars, Wed 12 Aug 2009, 21:53, Reply)

It makes shaving off 99% of your body hair
and wearing coloured pigments seem more normal, that's for sure!
( Maladicta, Wed 12 Aug 2009, 22:16, Reply)