Squeaky shoes
By Boingboing
@boiboing (13153)
Northampton, England
July 17, 2018 8:08am CST
Today I have really noisy shoes. I'm not sure WHY they are so noisy but I fear it might be because I'm not wearing socks or tights inside. When I walk, I creak. I'm just hoping it's my shoes and not my knees - some days it might be.
It's a good thing that I don't work in a library. People would have to keep 'shush-ing' me as I walked by. Sometimes it's even worse and my shoes sound like they are farting. Apologies to non-Anglo friends here - that's an English term for 'passing wind'. As a complete aside, a fart in the north of England where I work is also called a 'trump' so you can imagine the fun we have with the American president.
What's the difference between a fart and a trump? One of them's an unpleasant load of hot air and the other's a fart.
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6 responses
@boiboing (13153)
• Northampton, England
17 Jul 18
American pissed or British pissed? No, I'm not either.
@xFiacre (12599)
• Ireland
17 Jul 18
@boiboing Nominative determinism at it's best!! I wonder how he would have turned out if his name was Mr Wisdom or Shufflebo77om. I had a maths teacher called Mr Shufflebo55om at school. You can probably imagine the fun we had with that. No maths was every learned and he was referred to as Mr Scuttlehole.
@xFiacre (12599)
• Ireland
17 Jul 18
@boiboing I don't know why Mylot took exception the name of the aforementioned teacher and required me to disguise it with symbols so not to offend. I thought bo??om was a rather acceptable term to use, after all I've got one myself - better check that and make sure it's still there. Ah yes, there it is, all's well.
@allknowing (130064)
• India
17 Jul 18
I thought only kids who are just learning to walk where those shoes that make a sound with each step they take. They like that sound and that is a kind of an impetus.
@Poppylicious (11133)
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19 Jul 18
@boiboing This is true, but we do get *looks* from other members of the public!
@responsiveme (22926)
• India
17 Jul 18
Ha ha didn't know about trump.
Here the squeaky shoes are worn by toddlers.
Certainly hope its not the knees
@amitkokiladitya (171936)
• Agra, India
17 Jul 18
I hate when shoes make noise. Be it mine or others
