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November 03, 2009 |
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Podiatrists Must Flourish
FOUND by L.
in San Francisco, California
I found this stuffed in a small wooden shoe inherited from my mother's side of the family. I wonder why the author bothered to explain that the shoes "mean absolutely nothing." Should they mean something?
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We collect FOUND stuff: love letters, birthday cards, kids' homework,
to-do lists, ticket stubs, poetry on napkins, telephone bills, doodles -
anything that gives a glimpse into someone
else's life. Anything goes...
I think when the note says the shoes mean nothing, it means they aren't a cherished family heirloom or whatever, so the descendants can feel free to toss or gift them if they choose.
"Traditional native dress" sounds so condescending. National, or regional, or local certainly. "Native?" Only to an outsider. Like calling someone else's language a "dialect" unless it actually is a derivation.
nd little lambs eat ivy.
a kid'll eat ivy too,
wooden sho
Please... no "promenade on the dikes" jokes.
too easy.
Shoe boot
and shoo-be-doo;
Shoe boot
and shoo-be-doo.
(Clearly, I've got nothing on this one so far.)
Except this: 1937 must have been an interesting time to be in Holland buying wooden shoes.
From wikipedia...
Volendam is a popular tourist attraction in the Netherlands, well-known for its old fishing boats and the traditional clothing still worn by some residents. The women's costume of Volendam, with its high, pointed bonnet, is one of the most recognizable of the Dutch traditional costumes, and is often featured on tourist postcards and posters (although there are believed to be fewer than 50 women now wearing the costume as part of their daily lives, most of them elderly). There is a regular ferry connection to Marken, a peninsula close by. Volendam also features a small museum about its history and clothing style, and visitors can have their pictures taken in traditional Dutch costumes.
"Shoes like this are actually worse...podiatrists must flourish." I remember my grandmother's feet..Yikes! The shoes they wore back in the 30's and 40's...her toes were wrecked and she had to where all kinds of padded mole skin thingies stuck all over her feet and toes.
And I don't think she ever paraded on a dike.
I've been to Volendaam. Wonderful old city. My daughters and i had our picture taken in the old dress, which was very cool. My father, who was dutch, actually wore wooden shoes, a lot of the time, never had problems with his feet.
Holland in 1937 would have been an interesting pplace, indeed.
Do you know why dutchmen wear wooden shoes??
To keep the woodpeckers away from their heads.
and my spam protection was 420. I can still smell the marijuana as i strolled past the cafes.
Ever drink Bailey's out of a wooden shoe?
"Old Gregggg"
All this talk about wooden shoes - are they actually clogs?
Because clogs are actually very comfortable, or so I was once led believe.
I love the handwriting. Beautiful. Especially the extravagent crossing of the T's. I'm betting that the writer (male?) was an artist.
And I didn't find the word "native" to be condescending at all. Now the word "outsider" ... that's condescending.
It's my understanding that the wooden shoes had a functional purpose. Holland being the Netherlands had a lot of (how shall I say this delicately).."Moist" ground. The wooden shoes have a very wide footprint and are less likely to sink into the wet ground.
Dutch people, Is this true? Found readers want to know.
But how can you say they mean nothing? They are Jackboots, Grandpapa.... And we all know you were in Holland in 1939 not 1937. ...and what about all that goose-stepping I see you doing out in the garage late at night? I've peeked in and you are wearing a Waffen-SS officers outfit! Then there's all those kinky pictures of you promenading around with the dikes....
If everybody put notes like this in their stuff, I would go to garage sales. This is a nice find.
Please post a picture of the shoe, I must know what it looked like.
***Raises hand*** My name is Reading and yes I have an addiction to shoes.
**** (Raises hand after Reading is done)**** My name is Fooch and I have an addiction to shoes.
**** (Raises hand after Reading is done)**** My name is Fooch and I have an addiction to shoes.
@Fooch - I would hope there are plenty of red ones in your collection.
The shoes I have on today mean something to me.
4" heels mean my feet are killing me now. (But they look so hot- it's worth it!)
ROFL @: "promenade on the dikes." That's some fancy-ass English right there. I have never seen the verb "promenade" outside of square dancing (of which I disapprove).
The shoes in question had better be clogs. Or else.
I'm glad you're all enjoying this find as much as I did!
Here's a picture of the shoe. It's hard to tell from the photo, but it's really very small. If it was meant to be worn, it could only have been for a small child or toddler...
http://i36.tinypic.com/2hs2bm8.jpg
I once met a Dutch dyke who wore wooden shoes and rolled her own cigarettes.
I've been waiting alllll day for the first dyke joke.
@Night in Gale - I think it's "Rolled her own Tampon's and kick started her vibrator"
@Highplainsman, sounds like you knew her better than I did.
The shoe pic, very awesome, thanks!
@ feeling in coherent. First dutchie to respond, yes indeed wooden shoes were used because the ground was a little moist. There are not many people who were them anymore these days but when I was a little kid I had them as well, never were uncomfortable.