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Turtle Wexler
10/14/09

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How very single white female.
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Eleanor Ramilly
10/14/09

@Turtle Wexler: Damn, you beat me to it!
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KATE!
10/14/09

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someone tell the producers of the show girls sequel! looks like we've found the next nomi!
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badmutha
10/14/09

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Somebody really needs to work on their communication skills after they take an anger management class.
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alexburrito
10/14/09

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A reminder of the reason the heels are called "stiletto"!
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Zombie Ms. Skittles
10/14/09

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But were the shoes cute?
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CurtCole
10/14/09

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I hope her co-worker heels.
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Kivrin
10/14/09

@CurtCole: How can you sit there and pun about this? Have you no heart? Have you no SOLE?
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telecomic the thoughtful red panda
10/14/09

@Kivrin: Seriously, CurtCole, there's a time and lace for everything.
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funnyface
10/14/09

@CurtCole: I heard they were ARCH enemies.
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CurtCole
10/14/09

@Kivrin: Ball about it all you want. I'll still be laughing about this toenight.
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girlwonder
10/14/09

@Kivrin: Puns are fantastic! Why are you trying to force him to toe the line?
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Kivrin
10/14/09

@CurtCole: These pedipuns are going to [r]ankle me for days.
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elliebean
10/14/09

@telecomic the thoughtful red panda: You make a good pointe. Toe-tally uncalled for.
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telecomic the thoughtful red panda
10/14/09

@elliebean: thank you. I try to tap the issue home, not sneaker around it.
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Kivrin
10/14/09

@telecomic the thoughtful red panda: Seriously, y'all—stop clogging up the comments with this ridiculous punnery! ;)
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PaigeTurner
10/14/09

@funnyface: Inseams they were. Always fighting over whose thongs were cuter.
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debo matar la zombi goldberry83
10/14/09

@lolabee: I guess she couldn't sandal the competition!
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BabyJane
10/14/09

@CurtCole: It's really driven a wedge in their friendship.
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PaigeTurner
10/14/09

@debo matar la zombi goldberry83: plus, she must have been strapped for cash. this is a tough economy to leather.
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elliebean
10/14/09

@Kivrin: This Converse-ation is croc-ing me up!
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MrJez2u
10/14/09

@CurtCole: Some silly shenanigans are afoot here!
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funnyface
10/14/09

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I'm just impressed that a club would hire a 52 year old stripper. I'd expect them to be more obsessed with fake, young, plastic looks. Though I guess if she is plastic, she probably doesn't look like the average 52 year old.
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Katxyz
10/14/09

@funnyface: The average strip club is usually a more quiet, mundane place filled with average people (both workers and patrons) than the huge, successful, well known clubs people see in the media, just like the average small town Hooters or bar does not look like a club scene from a movie.

Try to find an episode of COPS with a prostitute and patron in it... totally average, every day people.
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LaComtesse
10/14/09

@funnyface: She very well could her age or there abouts*. The strippers you see on TV are not representative of strippers on the whole.

*no judgment
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willwriteforfood
10/14/09

@Katxyz: The last part of your comment made me laugh out loud. Totally average, every day people...engaged in illegal activity, being chased by cops and a camera crew. Just your typical Saturday afternoon.
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Katxyz
10/14/09

@willwriteforfood:

I don't make judgments about your weekend plans, willwriteforfood.
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willwriteforfood
10/14/09

@Katxyz: Ha! Point taken.
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bluebears
10/14/09

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The recession is hitting everyone pretty hard.
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Tippi Hedren
10/14/09

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It must feel good to be 52 and know that a 22 year old considers you "the competition." Just sayin'...
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ExtensionOfBob
10/14/09

@Tippi Hedren: I feel a story about young women vs. cougars coming on.
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Katxyz
10/14/09

@ExtensionOfBob

Oh GOD. I can see it now on some NBC morning show: "Is the Catfight between Cougars and Kittens Becoming Deadly?"

Pray it doesn't happen.
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Diziet_Sma
10/09/09

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"Because there's no justifying heels; it's like smoking, only moderately less hazardous to those around you."

That is a perfect analogy. If I could heart you for it, Sadie, I would.
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Valkyrie607
10/09/09

@Diziet_Sma: This makes me wanna go out wearing my high heels and smoke cigarettes.
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EdenMoore
10/09/09

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My problem with heels is how designers are constantly upping the ante. This isn't just haute couture. When I first started wearing heels 18 years ago, 2 inches were the standard, and it was possible to get a cute pair of heels at that height.

Now it's almost impossible to find a heel less than 3 inches, and all the 2 inchers are hideous "sensible" shoes. If you want a cute shoe, it has to be 3, 4, 5 (that's a crime against humanity as far as I'm concerned) inches high.
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cirocco
10/09/09

@EdenMoore: I hear you. My old Danskos are finally wearing out and, not having $140 on hand to replace them, I've been shopping [discount] department stores. There is almost nothing on the market that falls between a sneaker and a stiletto. Insane.
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veronykah
10/09/09

@EdenMoore: Thank you, I don't really wear heels but might wear more if they were SHORTER.
See, I'm TALL and really don't enjoy having to be 6'4" if I want to wear cute shoes.
Not everyone wearing heels wants to be taller.
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botchick
10/09/09

@EdenMoore: This is totally the case. I've always liked heels, mostly in boots, and have worn them for 15 years, but I'm stunned at the shoes available in the last few seasons. Five or six inches in a stiletto platform is practically a norm now. There used to be maybe one or two items like that in a store, now it's more than half the dress shoes available! Aside from the fact that they'd make me over 6'4", they're just beyond the pale in wearability. Not to mention that they look like stripper or dominatrix shoes, which are not really ideal in the workplace, for pete's sake.
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Newsgirl
10/09/09

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The more I see those McQueen Alien boots, the more I want them.
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boxspelunker
10/09/09

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I hate heels. I hate them so goddamn much. I will not wear them, I do not care if I am short, or if my ass looks "good" or not, or my legs look short and stumpy because they ARE short and stumpy. When I need to look "professional", I will wear well-made men's shoes, because I find them much more comfortable, and they fall within the spectrum for "dress shoes". Unfortunately, I know this has cost me a job or two.

But my hatred of heels should not impinge on someone else's like of them. Wear whatever the hell you want. Wear it for whatever reason you want. It's your body and your choice (unless it's required at your job or something, which obviously makes it a much different decision). No one is forcing me to wear heels and I do not force anyone not to. There are times and places for certain footwear, and I would hope that people would follow that, but other than that, wear whatever you like.
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tiredfairy
10/09/09

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I pick out clothes and shoes with one very simple scenario in mind:
If the Zombile Apocalypse happened today, would I be able to run away in this outfit?

It simplifies things so much. Also effective as an exercise encourager, and strategy when dealing with crowds.
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ketamineKitty
10/09/09

@tiredfairy: Yes but heels can be used as weapons in just such occasions...
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happysquid
10/09/09

@tiredfairy: I thought I was the only person who had this mentality! Mine is usually, if I were stranded on a desert island, could I survive in this outfit?
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tiredfairy
10/09/09

@ketamineKitty: But then you have nothing on your feet. And you have to let the zombies get really close in order to use the heel on them. In the end, better to be able to get away quickly. :}
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loltofu
10/09/09

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I think I am alone in thinking the McQueen shoes are stunning. We have no idea what the armature is like on the inside, but it's VERY possible these fit like 3 1/2" oxford-style bootie heels. In my experience, quality high heels look far more painful than they feel. In the end, shoes on the runway are fantasy and art, not some decree about a woman being weak, or an implied command that all women should teeter around on stilettos every day. Heels are beautiful and I love wearing them, but could I wear them all day every day? Of course not. A model isn't taking her life in her hands by looping a runway once or twice. It's not as though she's being asked to run the NYC Marathon in those babies.
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meritxell: an erotic life
10/09/09

@loltofu: I think they are awesome as well.
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