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  • doodab
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    The pursuit of cheap at all costs has ruined Britain.

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  • MaryPoppins
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    Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
    Thanks for the kind offer, but I'm quite picky about shoes and I find the cheap ones are usually the best. I'm 6'2", why would I want a pair of shoes with 2 inch heels that make you feel as if you are constantly walking down hill?

    You should give Primark another go, the prices are incredible.
    I think your theory around the cheapest being the best, has been blown apart by your own admission.

    I'm 5"1, so I need the heels. 2"? Pah.

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  • HairyArsedBloke
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    Originally posted by Londo Mollari's Dad
    My shoes are too tight, but it doesn't matter because I have forgotten how to dance.
    I fully appreciate the meaning now.

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  • TimberWolf
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    Originally posted by MaryPoppins View Post
    You should let me sort your shoes TW. This thread's had me pissing myself.

    I am scared of Primark. The mess makes my teeth hurt.
    Thanks for the kind offer, but I'm quite picky about shoes and I find the cheap ones are usually the best. I'm 6'2", why would I want a pair of shoes with 2 inch heels that make you feel as if you are constantly walking down hill?

    You should give Primark another go, the prices are incredible.

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  • Peoplesoft bloke
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    Originally posted by PRC1964 View Post
    FFS what has happened to this site?
    Indeed - and to think I got told off for starting a topic about alloy wheels once

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  • PRC1964
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    FFS what has happened to this site? Buy your shoes from John Lobb and you'll be guaranteed they fit.

    I'm not sure that Lidl sell them though.

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  • shoes
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    Too small for what?

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  • DimPrawn
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    Originally posted by MaryPoppins View Post
    You should let me sort your shoes TW. This thread's had me pissing myself.

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    Why, are your shoes too small as well?

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  • MaryPoppins
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    You should let me sort your shoes TW. This thread's had me pissing myself.

    I am scared of Primark. The mess makes my teeth hurt.

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  • TimberWolf
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    Originally posted by xoggoth View Post
    Buy a wrong size pair of trainers just because they were cheap? What a great chap you are! There are all sorts of remedies, like cut a hole in the heel and glue a bit of plastic bottle on. I assume a sensible chap like yourself will have a shed full of old bits of things just in case they might come in useful.

    If that doesn't work, well, they were CHEAP and that's all that really matters in life.

    PS I put an expensive (I had not seen the light back then) pair of leather motorcycle gloves in a microwave to dry them out once. Not a good plan, they came out like liquorice crisps.
    You make cheapness sound unimportant.

    After another warm soaking and walking session today I think they are sadly heading for the bin. So plan A will be to mend my existing trainers, whose soles are flapping about a bit. I had previously tried carpet glue and araldite on them, but neither is up to mending shoes. I suppose I could buy another pair, they were only about a tenner when new, but they are nicely worn in and comfy so it would be a shame to bin them too.

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  • xoggoth
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    Buy a wrong size pair of trainers just because they were cheap? What a great chap you are! There are all sorts of remedies, like cut a hole in the heel and glue a bit of plastic bottle on. I assume a sensible chap like yourself will have a shed full of old bits of things just in case they might come in useful.

    If that doesn't work, well, they were CHEAP and that's all that really matters in life.

    PS I put an expensive (I had not seen the light back then) pair of leather motorcycle gloves in a microwave to dry them out once. Not a good plan, they came out like liquorice crisps.

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  • TimberWolf
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    Originally posted by Lightship
    How about sticking them in the oven at gas mark 6 for half an hour?
    I could give it a go. Other suggestions I've seen include getting someone who has a size larger feet than yourself to wear them for a bit.

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  • sasguru
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    Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
    Okay, I'll give pissing in my shoes a go.
    Just lend them to Wilmslow.

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  • northernladuk
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    Originally posted by MarillionFan View Post
    All of my shoes are handmade from the finest crocodile skin.
    I hear you man. I can't shop in Primark as my bespoke Britton cufflinks always set the alarms off. Shame.

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  • northernladuk
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    Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post
    Okay, I'll give pissing in my shoes a go.

    Oddly enough I end up doing this every Friday and Saturday and my shoes fit perfectly... Hmmm...

    Anyway, amke a change from you contantly pissing in your pants at least... or did you get that sorted?
    Last edited by northernladuk; 22 July 2010, 13:43.

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