tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9048575444859487507.post9145928438933305705..comments2023-09-12T10:10:57.773-04:00Comments on thinking-out-loud: Vanity of the BonfiresRev. Rick Stuckwischhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10664716292792101540noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9048575444859487507.post-29535373927358883722008-04-24T02:41:00.000-04:002008-04-24T02:41:00.000-04:00Thanks to everyone for their remarks, but it's esp...Thanks to everyone for their remarks, but it's especially nice to hear from you, Biblical Bekah!<BR/><BR/>I should clarify that I don't have any objection to high heels, and I hope I didn't come across that way to anyone. It just seems kind of crazy to me, for anyone to be wearing high heels in the mud and snow (not to mention on the public transporation here in Siberia; that's gotta be awkward, too).<BR/><BR/>Anyway, Bekah, when it comes to women's footwear, you're my hero. What is more, you always look lovely, sensible as well as fashionable, and appropriately modest in your apparel. So, thanks for chiming in.<BR/><BR/>Truth Questioner, as far as this man is concerned, you ladies are more than welcome to keep the high heels and the hose ;-) They look better on y'all, anyway. (I'm not planning to shave my legs, either.)<BR/><BR/>My own wardrobe is amazingly simple, even if it's not very fashionable: either a t-shirt, jeans and tennis shoes, or a clerical shirt, black slacks and dress shoes. Which probably means that I'm about the last person in the world to be giving fashion advice to anyone!<BR/><BR/>That's the great thing about a blog, though. Anyone can be his own self-proclaimed expert on anything. . . . That's thinking out loud with tongue-in-cheek ;-)Rev. Rick Stuckwischhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10664716292792101540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9048575444859487507.post-67255802598211081352008-04-23T16:43:00.000-04:002008-04-23T16:43:00.000-04:00Hmm, well the future daughter-in-law is trying to ...Hmm, well the future daughter-in-law is trying to think carefully about this ;-) <BR/><BR/>I think high heals do make a woman's legs/calves look longer and leaner. And as you know, I personally love my high heals for church and special occasions ;-) But as far as Spring in Siberia...that's stretching it! I think it's just one of those things men (and maybe women too!) don't fully understand :-pMonkey Laughshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09686961510450714747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9048575444859487507.post-88608600777141575092008-04-21T00:49:00.000-04:002008-04-21T00:49:00.000-04:00In addition to showing off the calves, high heels ...In addition to showing off the calves, high heels make one look more slender by adding to a woman's height without adding to her weight. I suspect this is why women still wear them with jeans. <BR/><BR/>I never wear high heels, because when you're a 6' 3" woman, you really don't need to be any taller. (And also because it's hard to find women's shoes in my size, so I usually wear men's.)<BR/><BR/>Even if I was shorter, I doubt that high heels would appeal to me. I'll take functionality and comfort over fashion any day.Cindy R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17639370291865261582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9048575444859487507.post-3662965157919135122008-04-20T14:58:00.000-04:002008-04-20T14:58:00.000-04:00Random comment, but I can't resist: A good friend ...Random comment, but I can't resist: A good friend I made at Pheobe recalled to my attention a small bit of trivia which I had before then forgotten and which since then have found extremely amusing.<BR/><BR/>Did any of you gentlemen realize that both high-heeled shoes and hose were originally male clothing?<BR/><BR/>My personal theory is that the gender uncomfortable-clothing reversal is simply men's silent revenge for feminist protests...(not really of course!)sarahlaughedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13497856947371058556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9048575444859487507.post-20210692174114172972008-04-19T15:12:00.000-04:002008-04-19T15:12:00.000-04:00This was quite an amusing post, I will have to dir...This was quite an amusing post, I will have to direct your future daughter-in-law to it ;-)Monkey Laughshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13847881714622405651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9048575444859487507.post-58712311512247894002008-04-19T12:38:00.000-04:002008-04-19T12:38:00.000-04:00From the girl who wears negative-heel Birkenstocks...From the girl who wears negative-heel Birkenstocks all the time -- I look majorly DORKY in a dress. Heels definitely make the legs look prettier!<BR/><BR/>And I agree with you about seeing an older couple walking arm-in-arm, or holding hands, and how that <I>does</I> just make a person feel so much better about the world. I thought something similar when we moved recently, and often would see a mom or dad out taking a walk with a teenage kid. There's just something lovely about that too, instead of always seeing the teens out in groups of teens. <BR/><BR/>I remember a prof who would come to visit RF for the summer. He and his wife would walk around campus holding hands, and look at each other with so much love in their eyes, and it always warmed the heart to see them.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16307213773466556564noreply@blogger.com