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I saw a woman in the Science Museum today, who really could only be described as having "let herself go"

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MrsSchadenfreude · 16/04/2007 21:59

Grey streaky "hanging" hair, huge arse and fat tum in grey tracky bottoms, footglove shoes, shapeless burgundy tunic top and hanging tits. She really looked like she had given up on life. In contrast, she had three dear little, divinely trendily dressed girls with her. She had obviously put a lot of thought and effort into what they were going to wear (down to the very funky hat one of them was wearing) but hadn't even spent five minutes on herself.

Why?

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VeniVidiVickiQV · 16/04/2007 23:17

am ROFL at this thread

harpsichordcarrier · 16/04/2007 23:18
expatinscotland · 16/04/2007 23:18

She alreayd has a Scottish accent. They both do.

As DH pointed out, I'm the only one they hear speaking like this.

She gets frustrated because she can't have what she wants.

Well, that's just a cryin' shame, isn't it?

PrincessPeaHead · 16/04/2007 23:18

apparently I have a french accent when I speak greek

go figure

expatinscotland · 16/04/2007 23:18

Absolutely, PPH!

I stated that before, wedges are practice for the real thing.

My 60-something mother wears wedges on the beach, fgs.

harpsichordcarrier · 16/04/2007 23:19

yes, and these have an ankle strap too...still can't flipping walk in them
As Birkenstocks are to Heels, so I am to Naomi Campbell

PrincessPeaHead · 16/04/2007 23:19

your mother sounds so fantastic expat, everytime you talk about her I think "go expatmom". She sounds so cool

NorksBride · 16/04/2007 23:19

A man in the shoe shop tried to force some Crocs onto me on Saturday. "We only have one pair left and they're your size" he gushed. They were hideous. They were bright green. I left his dubious emporium at once.

Rhubarb · 16/04/2007 23:19

I have no accent to speak of.

But I do a great Irish one when pissed!

Pruni · 16/04/2007 23:19

Message withdrawn

PrincessPeaHead · 16/04/2007 23:20

hmmm. ankle strap might be added complication you don't need.
don't you have any plain wedges that you can practice on?

expatinscotland · 16/04/2007 23:21

She's half-French, half-Hispanic, PPH.

She always makes me laugh.

Especially when she says, 'Bah'.

Reminds me of my grandmother.

She sent me the Croc's. With many misgivings.

'Oh, these are so horrible. They draw attention to the feet. And not in a good way.'

harpsichordcarrier · 16/04/2007 23:21

possibly.

they make me walk funny though

PrincessPeaHead · 16/04/2007 23:21

crocs are really the only shoes that make the bile rise slightly when I see people in them

there are hordes of them in our local sainsburys

enough to turn me completely onto online shopping

expatinscotland · 16/04/2007 23:22

First she tried to lie to me and tell me she could find no such Croc's.

In the entire city of 4+m people.

So I told her, 'Oh, that is too bad. Liz (my sister) will have to send them to me then. Let's hope she doesn't chose the orange ones.'

That brought her round.

PrincessPeaHead · 16/04/2007 23:22

SO WHY DID SHE SEND THEM?

I'm shocked.

I need her email address immediately, she needs a sharp rebuke

Spidermama · 16/04/2007 23:23

I agree about crocs. It's like Dutch national costume but with a panto edge.

Rhubarb · 16/04/2007 23:23

I have 3 pairs of shoes.

Summer trainers.
Walking shoes.
Work shoes.
Pair of winter boots that don't count at shoes.

I don't get the whole shoe thing. They serve a purpose for me, nothing more.

PrincessPeaHead · 16/04/2007 23:24

oooh crossposted

you blackmailed her into it. after all she did for you, you heartless cow of a daughter.

have you no shame? she probably lies in bed, sleepless at night, thinking about her beloved daughter in those FUGLY shoes and wondering if there was anything she could have done to prevent such a disaster

expatinscotland · 16/04/2007 23:24

Because she knew that if she didn't, I would make the local news for wearing orange and gold ones .

She put a note in with the Mary Jane style ones, 'Well, at least they are navy blue. Perhaps you can wear them with a very long skirt so they are not so apparent.'

Greenleeves · 16/04/2007 23:24

I saw a woman wearing bright orange crocs today. It made me squint

PrincessPeaHead · 16/04/2007 23:25

then get off this thread and go and piss on a butterfly or something rhubarb

she sent you MORE THAN ONE pair?

christ.

spidey that is the finest description of crocs ever!

expatinscotland · 16/04/2007 23:25

Oh, trainers!

She owns one pair, for old people games like lawn croquet and boule, because 'they draw attention to the feet. And not in a good way.'

Rhubarb · 16/04/2007 23:25
Spidermama · 16/04/2007 23:26

Prunella Scales wears great big Buffalo wedges. She wants the extra height you see.

I still occasionally wear big spice girl type wedges but I know they're woefully unfashionable. It's always a choice between the devil and the deep blue sea when it comes to my footwear arrangments.

My dh also has feet like paddles. My dd is shaping up to be the same. I feel for her in shoe shops. 'Sorry darling you can't have those. They're for normal people'.