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Joined: 29 Jun 2005
Location: It's censorship and it's downright blasphemous
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 Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 5:38 am Post subject: How do you tie your shoes? |
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As far as I know there are 2 distinct ways to tie laces.
Loop, swoop, and pull.
Bunny ears, cross, pull.
Is there another way to do it? |
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Cohiba
Joined: 01 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 7:40 am Post subject: WTF! |
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You've got to be kidding me about this post!!!
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desultude
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: Dangling my toes in the Persian Gulf
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| Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 3:38 pm Post subject: |
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| It's Asia, shoes with laces are too much work! On, off, on, off, on, off all day long. Hell, I can't be fussed with anything but mules and slides these days. Shoes with backs are too much trouble. |
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Wangja
Joined: 17 May 2004
Location: Seoul, Yongsan
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| Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 3:41 pm Post subject: |
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| I threw my lace-up brogues away after the first day here, all but 7 years ago. Boots or slip-ons only in Korea. |
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JacktheCat
Joined: 08 May 2004
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| Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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Neither.
Slip ons and velcros for this cat.
It's too much of a pain in the ass having to constantly tie and untie shoes entering and leaving houses in Asia. |
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Demonicat
Joined: 18 Nov 2004
Location: Suwon
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| Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 5:27 pm Post subject: |
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| I'll keep my chuck taylors until the day I die. As far as houses go, I'm don;t go to that many traditional Koreans houses. |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 5:41 pm Post subject: |
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| Chelsea boots, loafers, and velcro. |
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desultude
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: Dangling my toes in the Persian Gulf
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| Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 12:06 am Post subject: |
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| Demonicat wrote: |
| I'll keep my chuck taylors until the day I die. As far as houses go, I'm don;t go to that many traditional Koreans houses. |
It's not about "traditional Korean" houses. I don't know anyone, and I live in a building with at least 50 other waygooks, who wears shoes indoors.
Then there are restaurants and other public places where you shed your shoes. |
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Demonicat
Joined: 18 Nov 2004
Location: Suwon
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| Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 12:43 am Post subject: |
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| I don't go to sit on the floor restaraunts (my bony legs can't do that), and for the record- I only have one friend who take shis shoes off...and he's engaged to a Korean girl. |
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Wangja
Joined: 17 May 2004
Location: Seoul, Yongsan
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| Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 12:55 am Post subject: |
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Very interesting - I don't know anybody here who does NOT take their shoes off.
But I agree 101% about floor-seating restaurants. |
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desultude
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: Dangling my toes in the Persian Gulf
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| Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2005 1:41 am Post subject: |
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I don't mind the floor sitting places- but I'll admit to liking the side of the table where I can lean on the wall after a while.  |
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panthermodern
Joined: 08 Feb 2003
Location: Taxronto
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coolsage
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
Location: The overcast afternoon of the soul
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| Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 1:07 am Post subject: |
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| It's Asia, where you drop your shoes at the door. Slip-ons or loafers are the only way to go. |
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tzechuk
Joined: 20 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 1:23 am Post subject: |
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I really don't think the *take-your-shoes-off-when-you-get-inside* thing is only for Korean.
In England, my mum would shout at me if I wore my shoes anywhere further than the kitchen / conservatory (which is where we keep our shoes). Basically we had to scrub our shoes on the mat at the front door and then go to the kitchen, take shoes off and take them to the conservatory to put our slippers on. Shoes for upstairs is definitely a big no-no! |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib
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| Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 1:30 am Post subject: |
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| tzechuk wrote: |
I really don't think the *take-your-shoes-off-when-you-get-inside* thing is only for Korean.
In England, my mum would shout at me if I wore my shoes anywhere further than the kitchen / conservatory (which is where we keep our shoes). Basically we had to scrub our shoes on the mat at the front door and then go to the kitchen, take shoes off and take them to the conservatory to put our slippers on. Shoes for upstairs is definitely a big no-no! |
Same here. My family had a no-shoe policy in the house for as long as I can remember. Sometimes on TV or movies I see people trapsing around their homes with shoes on, and I think this can't possibly be real. Why would you be so filthy? I mean, if you live in a hut, fine, but if you have an actual home, especially one with carpet, it's barbaric.
As for how to tie your shoes, who knows. I haven't thought about it since I was 4. Most of my shoes have laces, but I rarely untie them. I just slide them off, then step on the back of them and shuffle along until my heel makes it inside the shoe a few minutes later. A lot of Koreans do that, but their heel won't make it inside the shoe. They just shuffle around all day like a lot of Southern black people do. |
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