To me, the best use of a shoe was in the 1960’s sitcom, “Get Smart,” in which Maxwell Smart’s shoe housed a telephone. Also, the “Cone of Silence” was quite an innovation.
I worry more about the dirt IN the house. If I asked people to take off their shoes, they might find that either their bare or stockinged feed would be well, dirty, by the time they left. Walking barefoot at home is a good test (for me, not my guests) for when the floors need washing.
I really enjoyed this piece. But I had never heard of Richard Reid before, and until I googled him, I totally thought you were making a deadpan joke when you said, "an American Airlines passenger named Richard Reid, flying from Paris to Miami, tried to detonate his shoes. He had filled them with 10 ounces of explosive material, as well as two large feet." It made me smile. :)
To me, the best use of a shoe was in the 1960’s sitcom, “Get Smart,” in which Maxwell Smart’s shoe housed a telephone. Also, the “Cone of Silence” was quite an innovation.
I worry more about the dirt IN the house. If I asked people to take off their shoes, they might find that either their bare or stockinged feed would be well, dirty, by the time they left. Walking barefoot at home is a good test (for me, not my guests) for when the floors need washing.
I really enjoyed this piece. But I had never heard of Richard Reid before, and until I googled him, I totally thought you were making a deadpan joke when you said, "an American Airlines passenger named Richard Reid, flying from Paris to Miami, tried to detonate his shoes. He had filled them with 10 ounces of explosive material, as well as two large feet." It made me smile. :)