Memo To The Publicly Under-Attired
No, flip-flops do not count as shoes! Not for anybody not still glistening with pool-water. While they are usually an unattractive addition to any woman's outfit, I am especially uninterested in getting an involuntary peek at some man's hairy toes while I am eating in a restaurant or shopping for produce at Whole Foods. Surely, if you can afford to buy groceries there, you can afford a nice pair of loafers. At the moment, Mr. Flip-Flops, your feet are a powerful emetic, and I'd really like to keep my dinner, thank you!
Hmmm, no flipflops. Is this a Kerry critique in disguise?
Crid at September 15, 2004 3:53 AM
Cute, Crid. But don't you mean, "Is this a Bush critique in disguise?"
http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/4978125.html
Amy Alkon at September 15, 2004 7:17 AM
Also now posted below "Who's The Big Spending Democrat" as an entry of its own.
Amy Alkon at September 15, 2004 7:32 AM
Well, just be glad you don't live in Silver Lake, or else you'd be gagging on the sight of *my* proud, hobbit-like toe hair all over the damned 'hood. This is Southern California, not sweater-neck Paris or Victorian England, ya fashion dominatrix!
Matt Welch at September 15, 2004 8:17 AM
Yes, I admit it, I'm a fashion fascist. And not to get too personal, but I would imagine you don't have thick clumps of ape-like black hair on your toes! That's when it's the worst.
Amy Alkon at September 15, 2004 8:28 AM
I would be curious to hear Lenas take on mens toe hair....
I've heard that men in the metros are getting their eyebrows done- is this toe hair some new fashion thing that hasn't hit the Pacific Northwest yet? Should I be waxing, trimming, or lasering to be up to date?
I think I'll start with the Dorito, make my way to the airstrip...
eric at September 15, 2004 9:50 AM
I actually have 1,000 times more big-toe hair than the chesty stuff, but it's blond, so you probably couldn't see it through your fab shades....
Matt Welch at September 15, 2004 9:51 AM
"The shaggy-toed Matt Welch"...oh, the things you blog out of your friends...!
Amy Alkon at September 15, 2004 9:57 AM
"I've heard that men in the metros are getting their eyebrows done"
Yes, they are, and it's such a turn-off. A little judicious clipping around the base of the penis has a nice lengthening effect. But tweezed eyebrows make men look like dolls, or clowns. Hairdye is also disastrous on men. Don't ever do it!
I am indifferent about toes and toe hair. All of that stuff is down near the floor. I miss out on the toe action, because my adorable transsexual chin is always pointed proudly upward and outward. Just like my chest.
Lena of Seville at September 15, 2004 6:39 PM
Hair dye is disastrous on men?
Oops...
LYT at September 15, 2004 7:19 PM
Not on you, Luke. Just on the guys who think they're hiding something. You're the antithesis of hiding something. For anyone who doesn't know Luke, whose hair always reminds me that it's time for a Slurpee...LYTrules.com
Also, if you're a very pretty, extremely bright nymphomaniac...!
Amy Alkon at September 15, 2004 9:09 PM
Right, Amy. I was thinking of hairdye as a way to look "young." I think your hair is super-fine, LYT. More than a few years ago, I regularly dyed my hair blue-black and wore a lot of smudged-up indigo eyepencil. Girls liked it -- but I was really hoping that boys would like it more.
Lena, the middle-aged armchair Marxist at September 15, 2004 10:06 PM
I propose we all meet next year at a really cool hotel whereever the next hurricane is about to hit.
eric at September 15, 2004 10:15 PM
I would love that! I think the hurricane news is very, um, stimulating (eg, "Ivan POUNDS the gulf," etc).
Lena, Weather Whore at September 16, 2004 4:08 PM
Since I hail from one of the more swarthy races, my toes, I'm sure, would sicken you. But from the time the thermometer starts hitting 80+ consistently, it's flip-flops only for me. Socks happen only at the gym. I've got the job that lets me, and a girlfriend that gets weirded out by the hairless types.
Gary at September 16, 2004 4:15 PM
A swarthy guy who goes to the gym? Nice to meet you, Gary.
Lena at September 16, 2004 4:22 PM
Down, Lena!
Amy Alkon at September 16, 2004 4:32 PM
Go Lena Go! (you mysterious vixen)
I just hope it hits New Orleans when we are there.
eric at September 16, 2004 10:15 PM