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Why Were Medieval Europeans So Obsessed With Long, Pointy Shoes?
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| 5/22/19
| Sabrina Imbler
Posted on 06/08/2019 1:59:24 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: Al Hitan
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posted on
06/08/2019 2:24:25 PM PDT
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Magnum44
(My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
To: Bonemaker
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posted on
06/08/2019 2:27:42 PM PDT
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Magnum44
(My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
To: LibWhacker
Well, we know cowboy boots are for kicking s#it, and that point-toed cowboy boots are for kicking s#it in corners...
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posted on
06/08/2019 2:31:26 PM PDT
by
bigbob
(Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
To: LibWhacker
A symbol of virility as with Mexican pointy boots.
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posted on
06/08/2019 2:36:30 PM PDT
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Fungi
To: LibWhacker
You can tell when you see someone walking funny ,they’re wearing those longer toe dress shoes ,LOL
To: LibWhacker
Roach Stompers come to mind.
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posted on
06/08/2019 2:39:22 PM PDT
by
duckman
( Not tired of winning!)
To: LibWhacker
I had a pair of pointy (not that pointy) dress shoes in the ‘70s. My classmates called them “Puerto Rican fence climbers”.
To: LibWhacker
Thinking they’d make a good “weapon” today
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posted on
06/08/2019 2:43:53 PM PDT
by
goodnesswins
(White Privilege EQUALS Self Control & working 50-80 hrs/wk for 40 years!)
To: LibWhacker
Some years ago, the pastor of a church I attended wore elf shoes and skinny jeans to preach. We started the process of finding a new church then.
To: LibWhacker
And in today’s western fashion there are cowboy boots with long curled (whatever you’d call them) at the toe. What’s with that?
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posted on
06/08/2019 2:44:29 PM PDT
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SkyDancer
( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
To: PUGACHEV
(I should have read further) Yeah, that’s what I’m talking about. Do they serve a function??
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posted on
06/08/2019 2:46:00 PM PDT
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SkyDancer
( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
To: Dr. Sivana
To: SunkenCiv
To: LibWhacker
Sometimes history is funny.
To: Fiddlstix
To me they do a better job than Lynard Skynard.
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posted on
06/08/2019 3:04:23 PM PDT
by
yarddog
To: LibWhacker
"Why Were Medieval Europeans So Obsessed With Long, Pointy Shoes?" Whew! I'm glad someone is finally working on an explanation. I can't tell you how many sleepless nights I've tossed and turned unable to rest, worrying abut this. Nothing helps. Images of pointy shoes fill my head, and cold beads of sweat drip off my temples.
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posted on
06/08/2019 3:09:28 PM PDT
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Governor Dinwiddie
(September 11, 2001 : Never forget, never forgive.)
To: LibWhacker
I bought my dad a pair of slightly pointy dress shoes a couple years ago. Big mistake. He was totally not going to wear those things.
To: LibWhacker
Kills the roaches in the corners.
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posted on
06/08/2019 3:12:01 PM PDT
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Rannug
(When you're dead, you're dead. Until then fight with everything you have.l)
To: Yardstick
I will add that I later bought him a pair of Allen Edmonds 5th Avenue dress oxfords which he really liked, so it was okay in the end.
To: Fiddlstix
Yes the Leningrad Cowboys (actually a band from Finland) and their pointy shoes!
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