Flowchart: How to decide if you should buy more shoes; For guys and Gals

Cracked ^ | Nov 1 2009 | unknown

[Daffynition]

Shoes are hollow objects that humans enjoy sticking their feet into as a means to keep them warm and dry, and to protect them from rough terrain. Interestingly, men and women have widely differing opinions on such a simple invention.

[Daffynition]

[wastedyears]

Exactly

[JoeProBono]

[JoeProBono]

[Focault's Pendulum]

[JoeProBono]

[mel]

That really hit home with me. I love shoes.

[JoeProBono]

[fr_freak]

I got to hand it to ol’ George W., that man has some serious reflexes. The only thing missing from that ninja move was his throwing down a smoke bomb and disappearing.

[altair]

It's even simpler than that for guys:

Does your pair of shoes have a hole in one of the soles?

Yes: Go buy a new pair of shoes

No: Go about your day.

(I'm disappointed that there wasn't an Imelda Marcos joke in there ...)

[altair]

Ah, Thank you! No shoe thread would be complete without a picture of Mrs. Marcos.

[Daffynition]

[Daffynition]

Classic.

[Daffynition]

Bacon! Better than best shoes!

[Daffynition]

[Daffynition]

IIRC, you're not the only FReeper with that affliction.

[Daffynition]

"......Does your pair of shoes have a hole in one of the soles?"

..........and you've tried to repair them yourself 4 times yourself.

[altair]

and you've tried to repair them yourself 4 times yourself.

I plead the 5th!!!

[Lady Jag]

Yeahbut there's always something new soming out.

[Daffynition]

I know many who subscribe to "The Manifesto"

[Daffynition]

LOL

High heeled feet! [apologies to Laurie Anderson/Monkeys Paw]

[altair]

That makes good sense. I subscribe to that philosophy in computers - yes, I've repaired broken file systems with fsdb, as I have also attempted to extend the life of shoes with duct tape (the former works, the latter does not and quickly ruins socks).

[Daffynition]

Simplify.

[altair]

Tragic.

Mrs. Altair attended her earliest grades of school without any shoes because her parents could not afford them, to her (apparently) eternal shame.

What point are you trying to make?

[Slings and Arrows]

The Repair Manifesto in pictures:

http://thereifixedit.com/

[razorback-bert]

This fall, you can wear footwear that’s green - and be an environmental steward.

Timberland Co. of New Hampshire is becoming the first shoe manufacturer to use recycled rubber from discarded tires to create two shoe collections that will debut this fall.

Timberland is working with Green Rubber Inc., a subsidiary of the Kuala-Lumpur based Petra Group, to make “a new source of rubber compound made from waste tires through a non-toxic, environmentally conscious devulcanization process called DeLink,” according to Timberland’s Web site.

Vulcanized rubber is created by adding chemicals - including sulphur - to virgin rubber, makes rubber stronger and more durable. But the process also makes the rubber almost impossible to recycle.

Now Green Rubber has an eight-minute process that devulcanizes the rubber, allowing the rubber to be recycled into new products. With more than seven billion tires sitting in landfills worldwide, discarded tires is a huge environmental issue.

Timberland says it hopes to make rubber a more sustainable resource working with Green Rubber.

The New Hampshire boot maker will be the first shoe manufacturer to commercialize Green Rubber technology, using the recycled rubber in the outsoles of more than 200,000 pairs of shoes. The shoes will be a combination of the Green Rubber compound and virgin rubber compound for an outsole that is 42 percent recycled tire crumb.

“Green Rubber is positioned to have a major impact on the global rubber industry; managing tire waste can now become both a commercially viable and eco-conscious process,” said Jeffrey Swartz, Timberland’s chief executive in a statement.

[razorback-bert]

Oops, need picture.

[Ax]

Sounds like VC/NVA fashion footwear.

[papasmurf]

How did you know I was married to Imelda Marcos’ German 7th Cousin? LOL

This is just more justification for her, as IF she really needed it.

[papasmurf]

I actually like those. But then, I’m Italian. haha

[Lady Jag]

I like them and I’m not even Italian.

[Daffynition]

I recall being a youngster, maybe 4/5 y/o walking in the Bowery/NYC with my dad. I had been complaining that my feet hurt [mom had insisted that I wear my fancy patent leather shoes]. We came upon a shoddily dressed man who had his feet wrapped in layers and layers of newspapers, heating chestnuts, selling them and keeping warm at the same time.

I was so shocked to see something like this, having a very sheltered upbringing; dad relayed to me the old maxim: “I cried because I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet” but changed it to “I cried because my shoes hurt my feet, until I saw a man with no shoes.”

I wasn’t trying to make a point.

[Daffynition]

I love that site!

[Lady Jag]

Maybe you'd prefer something more comfortable.

[Daffynition]

There's a guy who has been promoting his Tire sandals for a long time. He even has DIY directions.

[altair]

I wasn’t trying to make a point.

OK. I wasn't sure.

The joy of growing up in Ronald Reagan's California is that we could go outside without shoes and it was just plain fun. It's different nearly everywhere else and that's kind of sad.

[Daffynition]

[Daffynition]

LOL ......this is my ideal.....

[Daffynition]

In NE, you can only barefoot part of the year. You were indeed, very fortunate.

Someone designed a solution to multi-use leisure shoes:

A modular shoe is displayed at the "Bread & Butter" fashion tradeshow in Barcelona January 22, 2009. REUTERS/Albert Gea (SPAIN)

[dalereed]

My dress shoes are the same ones I got married in 52 years ago.

[Daffynition]

And those shoes are an internet classic! ;-)

[dalereed]

Not mine, I don’t kneel for anyone!

[CAluvdubya]

That reminds me of my hubby’s suitcase. He fixed it 4-5 times with duct tape before giving in and getting a new one. (we still have the old one, just in case :^) )

[Slings and Arrows]

I CAN HAZ LAWSUIT?

[Daffynition]

I love it!

[Daffynition]

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[CAluvdubya]

How did you get into my house with your camera? :)

[Lady Jag]

Euwww, that’s creepy.

[Lady Jag]

I can't pass up red shoes with extra support.