BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 03 Aug 10 - 04:55 PM

Some of the pre-teens (mostly) here like the sneakers that have flickering lights when they walk. Big sellers at Walmart and cheaper clothing stores. Most don't seem to stay lit for very long.

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 04 Aug 10 - 01:11 PM

"You should buy the fancy expensive ones with bubbles on the heels.."

I dunno about that. Are these bubbles filled with fluid?

I once bought a pair that had insoles with fluid in them. The idea was that it would yield or cushion. I wore them on a short hike (maybe half a mile) and had never had such pain in my feet before. I made my way back to the nature center, and my husband had to go to the car and get other shoes for me.

I wrote the company, but they never wrote back.
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I have secretly longed to wear shoes with flickering lights. But if they don't work for very long, I don't suppose they are worth wishing for.

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 04 Aug 10 - 01:14 PM

With my sense of direction, I would need sneakers with GPS.

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: mayomick
Date: 05 Aug 10 - 11:49 AM

The bubbles contain hype and built-in obsolescence in roughly equal measures .They don't really serve any purpose other than to squeak after about six months and embarrass you into buying a new pair.

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 06 Aug 10 - 12:10 AM

Be careful, mayomick, be very careful. You are in danger of reviving the great debate over bubble & squeak.

"There's no such dish!"
"There is! My grandmother used to make it!"

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: gnu
Date: 06 Aug 10 - 04:58 AM

And there's Bubble and Squeal, a delicacy for peeps like Kendall.

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: frogprince
Date: 06 Aug 10 - 12:35 PM

"Are my sneakers on opposite feet?"
Of all the dumazz questions. How'n'ell should I know, I can't see 'em from here!

Subject: RE: BS: are my sneakers obsolete ?
From: gnu
Date: 06 Aug 10 - 02:10 PM

That isn't too bad, froggy. Now, puttin em backwards....