What is it with women and shoes?
Is there a genetic code inherent in women that means that whatever the race, their culture or background, they just act irrationally in or around shoe shops? Many woman have a minimum of five or six pairs, and very often a lot more ...
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| Imelda Marcos loved shoes |
Is there a genetic code inherent in women that means that whatever the race, their culture or background, they just act irrationally in or around shoe shops? Many woman have a minimum of five or six pairs, and very often a lot more ...
It appears that if you are a dictator's wife, or a ruler in your own right, then the shoe gene just becomes more powerful ..... I remember Imelda Marcos (wife of the dictator Pres Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines), and her collection of over a thousand pairs of shoes (1,060 pairs were "liberated" by the revolution), which was exposed when they were forcibly deposed from power in a four day revolution in 1986.
I was reminded of this when Ms Mayawati, the ruler of Uttar Pradesh state in india (Indias most populous and poorest state), was reported recently to have sent an empty private jet in 2008 to collect a pair of new sandals from Mumbai (Bombay) where her favourite brand was made. The cost of this was tens of thousands of rupees of tax payers money, for shoes costing very little and appears to have happened whenever she fancied a new pair.
Incidently this lady ruler puts up statues of herself and encourages her followers to give her money garlands ....
Maybe it really is just genetic .... after all you never see a poor bookmaker, and never see a women's shoe shop go bankrupt.
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| The Imelda Shoe Cupboard Was Extensive. |
I was reminded of this when Ms Mayawati, the ruler of Uttar Pradesh state in india (Indias most populous and poorest state), was reported recently to have sent an empty private jet in 2008 to collect a pair of new sandals from Mumbai (Bombay) where her favourite brand was made. The cost of this was tens of thousands of rupees of tax payers money, for shoes costing very little and appears to have happened whenever she fancied a new pair.
Incidently this lady ruler puts up statues of herself and encourages her followers to give her money garlands ....
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| Ms Mayawati Likes The Trappings Of Power |
Maybe it really is just genetic .... after all you never see a poor bookmaker, and never see a women's shoe shop go bankrupt.
Thanks John,
ReplyDeleteI try to look at things that others might have missed in the media blizzard that we face each day.
No doubt, Women love wearing classy and stylish shoes.
ReplyDeleteLove your writing! Keep the Good Work.
Thanks.
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