# Little things that bug me, part 157

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-me-part-157/335631>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 14, 2005, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-me-part-157/335631 "2005-12-14T20:14:36Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-me-part-157/335631/21 "2005-12-16T13:38:02Z")

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> [@featherlou](#):
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> YEAH!
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> My latest irritation is shoe-shopping, and I blame all of you other women for it. Yes, that’s right - I said “you.” You’re all to blame for buying these incredibly stupid, uncomfortable shoes so that shoe manufacturers think all women want 4 inch stiletto spaghetti strap heels, or shoes with toes so pointy they’d look right at home on the Grinch, or shoes with ridiculous little nipples for heels, or shoes that are completely flat, or shoes with any number of types of asinine heels and toes. I just want a simple, black, slingback pair of pumps, with a low, normal heel. Won’t someone think of the feet? {Sob}

Preach it, sister! The last time I bought a regular pair of black, normal-heel pumps, I had to drive 50 miles to get the last pair in my size from a different store because they were _discontinuing_ them!

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**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\
**Post date:** [December 16, 2005, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-things-that-bug-me-part-157/335631/22 "2005-12-16T15:30:51Z")

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> [@monica](#):
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> But I _love_ my pointy-toed, spike-heeled shoes! It is my opinion that every woman should own at least one pair of horribly impractical shoes. They’re just fun to wear.

I’m _this_ close to starting a pit thread over this topic. Nothing personal, **monica** , it’s just that this kind of thinking is what keeps women’s apparel in the appalling state it’s in.

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