Specs and Boots

[innokenti]

Specs from Specsavers. Boots nothing to do with Boots Opticians. First happy, then a little rant to get you going.

I have new specs! Yay! I can actually see now, and they are awesome and I have a second free pair which has tinted lenses. I have discovered that these are useful not only as sunglasses, but as just normal glasses from outside, to make

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[penelope1984]

Well, clearly Russians in general and your dad in particular, have no taste.

What I would be more worried about is your DAD wanting to wear them. Do Russian men also go for ponchos and lace fingerless gloves and all the other gender-specific abysses of taste?

[innokenti]

I have now filed this away as the only legitimate use for the things.

Much obliged.

[xandratheblue]

Excuse me butting in, but I will also attest to their use as slippers - being the kind of person who is cold in all but a heat-wave, having fleece-lined slippers that also keep that bit of ankle between the foot and trouser-hem warm is a godsend. However, these slippers cost, usually about £8-£14, and are not to be worn outdoors as water + fleece = rancid smells and wet feet.

Spending £50+ pounds on outdoor footwear that is awful in rain, snow or other weather, looks awful and doesn't even have arch support in its favour is inexcusable.

[thesilentcynic]

For about three or four months, I wrote marketing material for a company that sold these in the UK - regarding the terminology, they are generally called sheepskin or Ugg-style boots, while UGG refers to the branded items. Purpose wise, arachnekallisti has got it spot on - they were originally used by Australian surfers, this spread to (if I remember rightly) Florida and California, where the term UGG was (controversially) trademarked by Deckers and a series of lawsuits about whether the term was style-specific or brand-specific emerged were filed around the world.

They look god-awful.

[innokenti]

You are a bad, bad man. You helped this happen! You're part of the scourge!

:P