Products I don't "get,"

[morethanpretty]

as in: understand why.

Cell phone charms
Foot tubes

[Clodfobble]

Those are both Japanese in origin. Which explains a lot, really. A friend of mine brought me some foot tubes (aka toe socks) from Japan years ago just to prove to me they existed. They were printed in a camo pattern and even had a little loop that attached around the middle toe.

[lumberjim]

rubber bracelets

[wolf]

Cell phone charms help you distinguish your identical cell phone from everybody else's identical cell phone. At one point four of my cow orkers had black RAZRs. The Hello Kitty Charm helped me pick mine out of the pack without having to flip it open to see the wallpaper.

Those foot tubes look like a pretty cool idea, especially given the number of bizarre shoe styles inflicted on women. The one that is used as an illustration is perfect for an open-toed sling back ... now US Style toe socks (the ones with individual toes knitted into them), they're stupid.

[ZenGum]

Socks with toes are also called ... glocks ... as in glove socks. This could lead to confusion, but it is hard to imagine someone who would have both kinds.

[Juniper]

My daughter loves toe socks - the ones with the toes in them, not the tube kind. Never heard of them till this thread. The other kind lets you wear flip-flops in December, brrrr! And plus they just look so cute on little pre-teen toesies.

(Little? Did I just say Little? Her feet are bigger than mine!)

I bought her a cell phone charm a couple years ago but we never could figure out how to put it on the phone!

[Aliantha]

I think those tube socks look like a great idea. I have a number of pairs of shoes they'd make more comfortable, and those stupid little cushion things you can get for your high heals are just a nuisance and slip out anyway and make your feet look dumb.

As to the phone charms, last time I looked, mobile phones were just another accessory these days. Is it really a surprise that people would want to personalise their accessories?

[Undertoad]

[morethanpretty]

But Ali those shitty little things would slip and get outta place too. Plus they don't go with dress shoes and they might show.
I understand personalizing ur cell phone but I just would think those things would be damn inconvenient, getting caught on shit what-not. Like Juni said, where the hell do you put it on the cell phone? Mine has a loop antenna, but most cells that I've seen don't have a place to attach.

[Aliantha]

The phones over here (pretty much all of them I believe) have a small loop which accomodates the 'noose-like' attachment on mobile charms.

Actually, my phone doesn't have a loop. lol but one of my old phones did. I didn't have a charm on it, but a wrist strap.

I don't know about the foot bands slipping. I don't think they could possibly slip more than those stupid shoe insert thingies.

[morethanpretty]

LOL @ UT...ppl put balls on their truck hitches here. I was reminded this morning because I drove to work behind a pair.

I always get the shoe inserts that have the glue on 'em Ali. If I wear the little "bootie" socks they slip, and those have ur toes and ankles to hold them in place. The tube socks have nothing holding them in place.

[Flint]

Originally Posted by morethanpretty

LOL @ UT...ppl put balls on their truck hitches here. I was reminded this morning because I drove to work behind a pair.

I bet that got you so hot. I heard those guys with balls on their trucks get laid like crazy.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by morethanpretty

LOL @ UT...ppl put balls on their truck hitches here. I was reminded this morning because I drove to work behind a pair.

I always get the shoe inserts that have the glue on 'em Ali. If I wear the little "bootie" socks they slip, and those have ur toes and ankles to hold them in place. The tube socks have nothing holding them in place.

Some chick who owns a bike clothing shop has one on the back of her motorcycle that are pink.

[Aliantha]

Originally Posted by morethanpretty

I always get the shoe inserts that have the glue on 'em Ali. If I wear the little "bootie" socks they slip, and those have ur toes and ankles to hold them in place. The tube socks have nothing holding them in place.

I don't use the ones with glue because they'll wreck the shoes and leave sticky marks if you take them out or if they wear out...and then you might not be able to get another lot of sticky things to fit in the same spot which will leave you with sticky spots on your feet.

Anyway, I don't wear high heals too much these days, so it doesn't matter too much.

[Lamplighter]

From here:

Designer Siren Elise Wilhelmsen has created “365,”
an interesting clock concept that tells time in a different manner;
instead of just displaying the minutes and the hours, it knits round the clock for 365 days.
Once a full year has passed, the knitting clock will have created
a two-meter scarf for you to use and remember the year by.