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Saturday, November 29. 2014

Quote of the week

"How come looters never steal work boots?"


Some commenter somewhere this week

Posted by The News Junkie in Hot News & Misc. Short Subjects at 12:49 | Comments (10) | Trackback (1)

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Oh, they do. Or at least they did for a little while--it was a "look", jeans or carharts shoved into loosely tied timberlands or other tan workboots.

Unsullied by work, of course. It was look, not a real thing.
#1 William O. B'Livion on 2014-11-29 13:49 (Reply)
Those aren't work boots. They're designer shoes designed to look like work boots.
No reinforced leather, no steel toes, no hard soles that can withstand walking on sharp or hot stuff without damage.

Of course the looters would steal work boots if only there were stores selling them in the areas where they loot (they don't care what they steal, they just grab whatever they can).
But they're can't, because they carefully select their targets to only be stores with luxury items.
#1.1 J.T. Wenting on 2014-11-29 22:05 (Reply)
A look that some politicians like to try and emulate when they come to rural country and try to smooze with the local rednecks. You can see right through that as they don't smell right, and there is no cow-s$%t in the treads of their brand new boots.

Also, a new stand-owner at our farmer's market, who is trying to cater to the "organic, "gluten free" yuppie drone who wants new stuff that looks 'antique-y" demographic that doesn't even shop at our farmer's market. I have to laugh every time I walk by and see him trying to sell the same China made stuff you see in Tractor Supply and Michel's crafts.
#1.2 fjord on 2014-11-30 05:53 (Reply)
Dawn broke as the sun peeped through and lit the stark deserted streets of Ferguson. Not a soul was stirring. Everyone was home drunk or trying to figure out how to operate their new TV.

One Ferguson resident was celebrating the return of TCM to the Dish Network by watching Gone With The Wind on her new TV. A wag quipped that, "As cold as it was, it was better to watch Atlanta burn than Ferguson."

No work boots, steel-toed or otherwise, were harmed in the creation of this reportage.
#2 tennesseered on 2014-11-29 14:39 (Reply)
Someone should remind them.

What can't go on forever, won't.
#3 John the River (Link) on 2014-11-29 19:01 (Reply)
Likely compensated for, though, by an increase in strength. Whereas you probably used to need help or a couple of trips to carry $25 worth of groceries into the house, I'm sure you can now, easily, lug $50 worth in one trip.
#3.1 John Hyland on 2014-11-30 19:09 (Reply)
previous comment intended as reply to JtR's 12:38.....
#3.1.1 John Hyland on 2014-11-30 19:13 (Reply)
One of the better laughs on the news:,looting bottled water out of the dollar store.I guess if ya gonna steal, go big!
#4 RL on 2014-11-30 08:03 (Reply)
In the London riots a couple years ago, the only places that went unscathed were bookstores.
Do they have bookstores in Ferguson?
#5 LS (Link) on 2014-11-30 10:57 (Reply)
The worst thing about getting old is that I just can't walk as well anymore.
I used to be able to walk to three bookstores from my house, now it would take me an hour or two to walk to one.
#5.1 John the River (Link) on 2014-11-30 12:38 (Reply)

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