Products I don't "get,"

morethanpretty · 11-22-2008, 11:33 PM

as in: understand why.

Cell phone charms
Foot tubes

Clodfobble · 11-23-2008, 12:03 AM

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 · 11-23-2008, 12:07 AM

rubber bracelets

wolf · 11-23-2008, 02:43 AM

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 · 11-23-2008, 04:30 AM

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 · 11-23-2008, 01:35 PM

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 · 11-23-2008, 04:30 PM

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 · 11-23-2008, 07:09 PM

morethanpretty · 11-23-2008, 08:28 PM

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 · 11-23-2008, 08:32 PM

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 · 11-24-2008, 10:05 AM

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 · 11-24-2008, 10:06 AM

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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.

Undertoad · 11-24-2008, 10:22 AM

laf mtp, that's actually how the Achewood topic develops in the previous strip. Todd the drug-addled squirrel notices the sacks, and suggests adding the rest of the package.

Sundae · 11-24-2008, 11:09 AM

Is sex a product?

lumberjim · 11-24-2008, 11:39 AM

I have a skinz on my cell phone. I used to have Led Zeppelin ...it was dark grey with the swan song guy on it.....but i replaced it with a steal your face one i had gotten for jinx. jinx is all about the cliphanger.

11-22-2008, 11:33 PM	#1
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11-23-2008, 12:03 AM	#2
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11-23-2008, 12:07 AM	#3
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11-23-2008, 02:43 AM	#4
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	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. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

11-23-2008, 04:30 AM	#5
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	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. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

11-23-2008, 01:35 PM	#6
Juniper I know, right? Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 1,539	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!

11-23-2008, 04:30 PM	#7
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	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? __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-23-2008, 07:09 PM	#8
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423

11-23-2008, 08:28 PM	#9
morethanpretty Thats "Miss Zipper Neck" to you. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: little town (but not the littlest) in texas Posts: 2,957	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. __________________ Addicts may suck dick for coke, but love came up with the idea to put a dick in there to begin with. -Jack O'Brien

11-23-2008, 08:32 PM	#10
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	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. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

11-24-2008, 10:05 AM	#11
morethanpretty Thats "Miss Zipper Neck" to you. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: little town (but not the littlest) in texas Posts: 2,957	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. __________________ Addicts may suck dick for coke, but love came up with the idea to put a dick in there to begin with. -Jack O'Brien

11-24-2008, 10:22 AM	#13
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	laf mtp, that's actually how the Achewood topic develops in the previous strip. Todd the drug-addled squirrel notices the sacks, and suggests adding the rest of the package.

11-24-2008, 11:09 AM	#14
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	Is sex a product?

11-24-2008, 11:39 AM	#15
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	I have a skinz on my cell phone. I used to have Led Zeppelin ...it was dark grey with the swan song guy on it.....but i replaced it with a steal your face one i had gotten for jinx. jinx is all about the cliphanger. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

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