# Chucks, Chucks, Chucks, I GOT CHUCKS!!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 16, 2001, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chucks-chucks-chucks-i-got-chucks/76527 "2001-08-16T06:25:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chucks-chucks-chucks-i-got-chucks/76527/1 "2001-08-16T06:25:16Z")
Navy blue, high top, canvas, honest to God, Chuck Taylor All Stars, that is! Yes, much to my suprise, the shoe of my youth is still being made. I saw someone wearing a pair, and she told me they had them at Foot Locker. Needless to say, I went immediately to Foot Locker. I haven’t had a pair of these since I was 18! (_shudder_ almost 1/2 my life ago!) Needless to say, they look GOOD!. Angels apeared and sang the hallejulia chorus when I put them on. My feet feel like they are 18 again. I GOT CHUCKS!!! _ **I GOT CHUCKS!!!** _ **Weirdave dances madly** :D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D: ---
**Author:** ![Chas.E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e99b99/32.png) [@Chas.E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chas.E)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chucks-chucks-chucks-i-got-chucks/76527/2 "2001-08-16T06:43:26Z")
Ah, if only they still made the old fashioned Vans. Low tops for me. ---
**Author:** ![Kittie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@Kittie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kittie)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chucks-chucks-chucks-i-got-chucks/76527/3 "2001-08-16T06:45:07Z")
_ **Pulls on her own red All Stars and joins Dave dancing** _ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chucks-chucks-chucks-i-got-chucks/76527/4 "2001-08-16T13:21:34Z")
I wear low top black. exclusively. The last time Converse filed for bankruptcy, I went to Foot Locker and bought 4 pairs. I think I may need to buy more, though. ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chucks-chucks-chucks-i-got-chucks/76527/5 "2001-08-16T13:53:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chas.E \* > \*\*Ah, if only they still made the old fashioned Vans. Low tops for me. \*\* Ask and ye shall recieve. Just go to [http://www.vans.com](http://www.vans.com) Under shop online click shoes. Then select Mens/classics. VIOLA! They even have checkered slipons! Now chas, would you like some **JAMS** to go with your vans? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chucks-chucks-chucks-i-got-chucks/76527/6 "2001-08-16T13:56:51Z")
I have hi-tops again after years of low-tops. I found I prefer the low-tops. But I love the Chucks. There’s nothing else like them. Have you seen non-chuck tennis shoes these days? Not only do you have to mortgage your house for a pair, they also look like you just stepped out of some kind of bondage tenticle rape anime. They’re hideously stupid looking. ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chucks-chucks-chucks-i-got-chucks/76527/7 "2001-08-16T14:07:11Z")
And I thought this was gonna be the woodchuck edition of the ‘Evil Nazi Grounghogs’. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chucks-chucks-chucks-i-got-chucks/76527/8 "2001-08-16T14:16:04Z")
Red high-tops - the footwear of choice for me in high school. I remember they came out with all sorts of funky variations - pastel colors, denim with red plaid lining (foldover tops), camo, buncha others. I should go get another pair sometime. I miss 'em. Now if I’d only known about the hammer-and-sickle Doc Martens back then… ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chucks-chucks-chucks-i-got-chucks/76527/9 "2001-08-16T14:37:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Weirddave \* > My feet feel like they are 18 again. Chucks now come filled with helium? [sub]::running away as fast as he possibly can::[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![kferr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71e660/32.png) [@kferr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kferr)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chucks-chucks-chucks-i-got-chucks/76527/10 "2001-08-16T16:46:23Z")
Cool! I’ve got a friend in the US searching for some for me, I’ll tell her to check Foot Locker. My last pair are pretty tatty, only suitable for cutting the grass or wading in rivers. As a kid I had both camo and stars & bars versions. You can see the stars & bars [here](http://www.converse.com/product/product.asp?CatID=4&PFGID=203) ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chucks-chucks-chucks-i-got-chucks/76527/11 "2001-08-16T17:10:47Z")
I always secretly wanted some red chucks, but my feet are size 12 and narrow - they already look like clown feet without me making them look moreso. So it’s standard black for me. ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chucks-chucks-chucks-i-got-chucks/76527/12 "2001-08-16T17:16:31Z")
I had a pair of pseudo-Chucks (hot pink) back in high school, but being the conformist that I **was** , I was too worried about what people would think if I wore them. What a :wally :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Broken\_Doll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbce88/32.png) [@Broken\_Doll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broken_Doll)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chucks-chucks-chucks-i-got-chucks/76527/13 "2001-08-17T02:08:07Z")
I recently bought a pair of bright yellow high tops from Footlocker for $40…we still have Converse here, but the prices are going up soon. _hugs my high tops_ oh how I love you. ---
**Author:** ![Broken\_Doll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbce88/32.png) [@Broken\_Doll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broken_Doll)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chucks-chucks-chucks-i-got-chucks/76527/14 "2001-08-17T02:09:33Z")
Uh, here being Australia. ---
**Author:** ![darksenshi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@darksenshi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/darksenshi)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chucks-chucks-chucks-i-got-chucks/76527/15 "2001-08-17T04:17:39Z")
I love my black One stars (that’s what we call them here in my neck of the woods) I have gone through so many of these shoes!!! My most fave pair was my bright red ones I had in the 7th grade, I used to wear one red one & one black one! Or one pink one & one yellow! I was an oddly dressed kid! Speaking of classic skate shoes… I still have a pair of high top Vision Street Wear skull print that I bought for $50 in the sixth grade. & yes I can still wear them & I’m 25!