Posted on 08/24/2009 9:56:37 AM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
Barbara Simone of Glen Burnie, Maryland, considers herself terribly flawed. She refuses to show her ankles and she'd never allow them to be photographed. She barely wants to talk about them; in fact, when asked about her legs, she mumbles under her breath that she hates them. 1 of 2 Why would someone be so self-conscious about a certain part of her body? "I have cankles -- that's all I can say," she laments. "They are huge and they are horrible. ... And I will never wear a skirt or dress again." Cankles? What are cankles? We've heard about saddle bags, muffin tops and love handles, but it seems that some women and men of the 21st century are now focused on the chubby joints of their lower extremities. Far from being a medical term, "cankles" is slang for the part of the leg where the ankle meets the calf when there is no definition or indentation. In most cases, cankles are just large ankles -- what used to be called "big bones." But in society's quest for all things thin and shapely, big-boned ankles have taken on a name -- and a life -- of their own.
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That’s not a cankle that’s a fat woman with shoes that are to small.
Good for you! I was wondering who’d be first to post the Hillary picture that most certainly should accompany a story like this!
LOL......those cankles will definitely be a hinderance when the rats have to run.
Gotta love the humor on here!
I think in some ways cankles are CAUSED by the high heel shoes that are foisted upon women as “attractive” by the fashion industry. I know many farm girls who don’t wear dress shoes much at all in favor of work boots and some despite being a bit portly don’t have cankles.
I think the stress of unnatural high heels screws up the muscles and fat distribution. The only high heels I will wear are cowboy boots. Some of those high shoes are torture devices designed by the gay men who have been running the fashion industry for the last 100 years.
Hey! I think that was my 7th grade math teacher! LOL
Yep. I wore flats all my life and even though I’m a large gal, I don’t have cankles.
That’s a good point.
>> Yep. I wore flats all my life and even though I’m a large gal, I don’t have cankles. <<
I don’t care if wearing comfortable shoes makes me look less attractive, I say having no back problems and feet issues is far more attractive.
Add me as another large-never-wore-high-heels-and-have-no-cankles-woman! In fact, my ankles and feet are soooooo purdy!
“I think in some ways cankles are CAUSED by the high heel shoes...”
I’ve worn spike heels all my life and despite my ahem..advanced age, still wear them occasionally.
I still have “race horse ankles.”
You either have them or don’t. I think it’s genetic mostly.
I quized my daughter what cankles are? She said, “Does it have to do with Hillary?”
I just asked my wife’s thought on those two pics. She is ROTFLHAO, saying “no wonder they hate Sarah”!!!
I totally agree, Grace. I refuse to be a slave to fashion that is physically uncomfortable. 100 years ago, I would have been raging against the corset.
Cankles aren’t fat ankles, they’re thick ankles. I see them a lot on females of Eastern European lineage (Russian, German, Polish...). This includes young teens, who are otherwise on the lean side. Not much definition to the calf, sometimes. I don’t think there’s much you can do about naturally thick ankles, but building up calf muscles ought to help.
Same here. I’ve never worn heels and don’t have cankles at all.
Then again, I am a man, so I’m not sure if that has something to do with it.
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