ghillie brogues

[chacbalam]

I hate the silly things, I don't think they look good, and I refuse to wear them. For caual wear I usualy use hiking boots ( see pict) and for dressier times, including formal wear I stick to good dress shoes, with or without buckles.

[GlassMan]

I've actually often wondered where the whole "extra long laces" thing came from for ghillie brogues. Does anyone know the actual history of it?

[bubba]

I suspect the very long laces go back to when the hose needed to be wrapped with a thong to stay up. The thong held the footwear snug and wrapped up the leg to hold the leggings in place.

[GlassMan]

I don't know where my mind is this evening.

All of a sudden I had an image in my head of kilt hose being tied in place with a pair of thong underwear - like some frat house flashes or something.

Man that was frightening. Maybe I need to go to bed.

[bubba]

You just HAD to share that image, didn't you! GADS!!!

[Iolaus]

You just HAD to share that image, didn't you! GADS!!!

He's been doing that a lot lately, hasn't he (does "eat by the light of a 'full moon?'" ring a bell?).

[Southern Breeze]

He's been doing that a lot lately, hasn't he (does "eat by the light of a 'full moon?'" ring a bell?).

Well, he IS an ex fireman. An off center sense of humor is required in that line of work.

[UmAnOnion]

I don't know where my mind is this evening.

All of a sudden I had an image in my head of kilt hose being tied in place with a pair of thong underwear - like some frat house flashes or something.

Man that was frightening. Maybe I need to go to bed.

methinks GlassMan has spent a little too much tiome hunched over his worktable making his lovely glass creations - the flux has gone to his brain...