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High Heels of Fire
Spiegle Online ^ | August 20, 2007 | jtw/ddp

Posted on 08/20/2007 10:54:12 AM PDT by tje

One hundred German women braved broken heels and sprained ankles in Saturday's second annual "Stiletto Run" 100-meter race in Berlin.

The distance was 100 meters. The field was 100 women. The prize was €10,000. The setting was Berlin. And the shoes were stilettos.

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(Excerpt) Read more at spiegel.de ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: chatroom; notnews; stilettos
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This should be an Olympic event...
1 posted on 08/20/2007 10:54:13 AM PDT by tje
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Pictures! This article is useless without pictures.....


2 posted on 08/20/2007 10:55:42 AM PDT by Ben Mugged (Thanks Mom for not considering me a "choice".)
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Dude. The rules.


3 posted on 08/20/2007 10:55:53 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie
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This should be an Olympic event...

This should be a limpin’ event.


4 posted on 08/20/2007 10:56:48 AM PDT by saganite (Billions and billions and billions----and that's just the NASA budget!)
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5 posted on 08/20/2007 10:56:57 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie
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6 posted on 08/20/2007 10:57:44 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie
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7 posted on 08/20/2007 10:57:44 AM PDT by Always Right
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8 posted on 08/20/2007 10:57:56 AM PDT by Lazamataz (JOIN THE NRA: https://membership.nrahq.org/forms/signup.asp)
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Pictures! This article is useless without pictures.....

If you follow the link to the actual story, there are six pictures of the event there.

9 posted on 08/20/2007 10:57:57 AM PDT by capt. norm (Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.)
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10 posted on 08/20/2007 10:58:23 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie
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An uncomfortable way to run! Only a woman could run a stiletto race.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

11 posted on 08/20/2007 10:58:59 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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It’s a little amazing, but I bet about 100 to 1000 freeper men simultaneously JUMPED on that web story. ;^)


12 posted on 08/20/2007 10:59:04 AM PDT by Lazamataz (JOIN THE NRA: https://membership.nrahq.org/forms/signup.asp)
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13 posted on 08/20/2007 10:59:10 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie
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This makes so much more sense than most women's athletics.

14 posted on 08/20/2007 10:59:27 AM PDT by Greg F (Duncan Hunter is the conservative in the race.)
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15 posted on 08/20/2007 10:59:45 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie
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16 posted on 08/20/2007 11:00:22 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie
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There. That’s better.


17 posted on 08/20/2007 11:00:46 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie
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It hurts me just thinking about it. I remember in the good ol days walking around downtown Ft. Worth in those things. How did I do it?


18 posted on 08/20/2007 11:01:05 AM PDT by freekitty
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19 posted on 08/20/2007 11:02:23 AM PDT by Daffynition (The quieter you become, the more you are able to hear.)
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The distance was 100 meters. The field was 100 women. The prize was €10,000. The setting was Berlin. And the shoes were stilettos.

Ahh... Fast women in high heels.

20 posted on 08/20/2007 11:03:04 AM PDT by RJL
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