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Why Were Medieval Europeans So Obsessed With Long, Pointy Shoes?
Atlas Obscura ^ | 5/22/19 | Sabrina Imbler

Posted on 06/08/2019 1:59:24 PM PDT by LibWhacker

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To: LibWhacker

As first guess, for the same reason men wore codpieces to enhance their nether region.


41 posted on 06/08/2019 3:26:35 PM PDT by bgill (when you badmouth women, you are badmouthing your mama and the good women on FR)
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To: a fool in paradise

Only two posts.

FReepers rock.

5.56mm


42 posted on 06/08/2019 3:28:12 PM PDT by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP! BUILD THE WALL!)
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To: SkyDancer
#30: "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?"

From the same culture that brought you zoot suits, and low riders, and cholos.
 

43 posted on 06/08/2019 3:29:10 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (September 11, 2001 : Never forget, never forgive.)
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To: LibWhacker

To scratch themselves or to trip people.


44 posted on 06/08/2019 3:34:04 PM PDT by EdnaMode
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To: PUGACHEV

I knew THOSE had to show up.


45 posted on 06/08/2019 3:53:48 PM PDT by knarf
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To: LibWhacker

46 posted on 06/08/2019 4:04:46 PM PDT by Phil DiBasquette
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To: PUGACHEV

How weird.


47 posted on 06/08/2019 4:05:46 PM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: LibWhacker

There are times, my friend, when a good cigar is just a smoke......


48 posted on 06/08/2019 4:30:10 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: Al Hitan

Can you go skiing on those?


49 posted on 06/08/2019 4:31:36 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Denounce DUAC - The Democrats Un-American Activists Committee)
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To: LibWhacker

Helps to lead the shoe up the a$$ when you’re doing serious kicking.


50 posted on 06/08/2019 4:32:13 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: SkyDancer

“Do they serve a function??”

Scaling fine-mesh (border) fences.


51 posted on 06/08/2019 4:36:20 PM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
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To: LibWhacker
Check out these guys' shoes.

Leningrad Cowboys Performing Sweet Home Alabama

52 posted on 06/08/2019 4:38:02 PM PDT by HotHunt (Been there. Done that.)
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To: Yardstick
Oh, very classy! It wasn't until I started reading styleforum.net that I discovered just how classy Allen Edmunds was, and how far short of the mark I fell... Hint: Way, way short!

An Allen Edmunds gallery (hundreds of pages long!) on styleforum.net

53 posted on 06/08/2019 4:57:46 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: PUGACHEV

When you got extra drug money to spend on, out the pointy shoes and 22 in rims... bling


54 posted on 06/08/2019 4:59:49 PM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security in hatse:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: LibWhacker

LOL — I totally hear you.

I never thought it could happen to me but I’ve become a shoe junkie.

My trick is to buy nice shoes on eBay for a fraction of the new cost. I keep about a dozen nice pairs in my closet.

But there’s no doubt — once you’ve experience true nice shoes, there’s no going back.


55 posted on 06/08/2019 5:37:03 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: Yardstick
*experienced
56 posted on 06/08/2019 5:39:09 PM PDT by Yardstick
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To: dfwgator

For your weekend enjoyment.

57 posted on 06/08/2019 5:40:50 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Tijeras_Slim

Great album.


58 posted on 06/08/2019 5:41:46 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: SkyDancer

Current western fashion in this country heavily favors square toed boots. I hate them and prefer a roper (rounded) toe. We certainly don’t wear curly, pointy toed boots.


59 posted on 06/08/2019 7:16:01 PM PDT by Himyar (Comes A Stillness)
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To: Fiddlstix

Thank you. That was hilarious!


60 posted on 06/08/2019 7:22:52 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Carbon Dioxide: the Green Planet Elixer.)
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