You Know Those Shoes Don’t Match, Right?
Fun October 20th, 2007If you’ve ever made the mistake of leaving the house wearing two different shoes, you don’t want to run into me. I will mock you mercilessly. I did just that to a co-worker once, in the form of this PowerPoint tutorial, titled "Shoe Lessons." Once there, click View Published Presentation in a New Window. Page through the slides at the bottom of the screen.
My victim took it well when I sent it to her originally. And she’s been matching her shoes properly ever since.
The slideshow had the added benefit of making my mother laugh for the one and only time during her excruciatingly painful bout with shingles. And, by the way, I would rather have two broken legs, an intestinal parasite and a flaming case of poison ivy — all at once — than suffer through shingles. I managed to get my mother skin patch narcotics you slap right on the pain points and even that wasn’t enough. It’s a truly horrible condition.
Stumble it!
October 20th, 2007 at 7:17 pm
I haven’t left the house with different shoes, but I am guilty of wearing different socks. When your in a rush funny things can certainly happen.
Regards
Peter
October 20th, 2007 at 7:56 pm
@ Peter — Yeah, socks are easy to mixup. And shoes? I’ve done the one black, one brown thing myself. Esp. when slipping them on in dim lighting.
Good to see you again!
October 20th, 2007 at 8:21 pm
Hey your a hottie 🙂
October 20th, 2007 at 11:03 pm
Are you equally merciless with those who go out in public with their shirts on inside out? No, I don’t do it for attention or to show off my designer label. It happens either when my kids are driving me crazy or when dealing with the everyday stupidity of others.
PS Thanks for the visit and comment! And I hope your mother’s shingles are no longer troubling her.
October 21st, 2007 at 12:11 am
@ Keli — Yes, an inside-out shirt qualifies. It’s funny you mentioned that. Today while shopping I had the feeling I put my shirt on inside-out. I didn’t, but I panicked for a moment. I would have felt like such the idiot.
The shingles incident was a few years ago. Believe it or not, there are still some residual issues for her, involving her eyes. I’m telling you, you do NOT want to ever get shingles. It’s extraordinarily bad.
October 22nd, 2007 at 2:44 am
Hah! Love the PowerPoint presentation… very informative. Now I feel confident that I shall never, ever leave the house with two different shoes (which I have never yet done, but you never know).
Wow, 3 “nevers” in one comment. That was bad…
October 22nd, 2007 at 10:23 am
@ Maureen — We here at The Junk Drawer aim to educate the public on proper footwear matching, one shoe at a time.
p.s. I’m still laughing at your “remotely” post. I’m convinced the invention of the remote control is part of the reason why our country is so fat. Imagine all the calories we could burn by having to change the channel manually!
October 22nd, 2007 at 12:37 pm
They were actually 2 black shoes. Thanks to Kathy’s informative presentation, I haven’t mixed up shoes since. I do however have a pair of shoes that are a pair, but do not look the same. I’ll wear them so Kathy can take a picture to show. I’m glad it made her mother laugh, and yes, I still have the presentation. I review it from time to time.
October 22nd, 2007 at 12:44 pm
@ Patti — Thanks for joining in the discussion and also for taking the Powerpoint show in stride. If I ever wear the wrong shoes, you’ll receive a personal invitation to come over and mock me incessantly. You deserve it.
Now you’ve got me very interested in this pair that is really is a pair, but that don’t look alike. Anxious to see them!