Thank you Patriarchette...
if I haven't yet said it, for getting my ex-stepmother to buy the new old-stock Playboy brand Duckie-style shoes for me on eBay. Did you know that there is a tiny skull intricately carved in the silver work at the exact point of the toe? Jeebus. The only thing that could possibly improve upon the pimp nature of these shoes is if they had taps on them.