A "sham's" wardrobe is worth more than yours

Ben Gadot

Just think about that the next time you feel like judging a young fella with his trackies tucked into his socks.

I went into a sportswear shop that won't be named yesterday and guffawed at the prices. 80+ for trackie bottoms. Nearly 200 bills for a pair of runners that look ridiculous.

Armchair Andy

A true sham won't have been in any shop and still have all that gear.

greencap

Cant understand the price of trainers these days.

I shopped around and picked up a pair for 40 in tkmaxx.


They may have Clinton'97 written all over them in stars and stripes, but they're every bit as functional as the 190 euro nikes.

Fart

"sham"?

I must be getting old.

Armchair Andy

Fart wrote:

I must be getting old.

Fart wrote:

"sham"?

Never too old Fart, never too old.

RocketRaccoon

You may well guffaw at those prices but they pick up fakes at a market stall for a quarter of the price.

Ben Gadot

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

You may well guffaw at those prices but they pick up fakes at a market stall for a quarter of the price.

Someone's buying them otherwise the place would have no reason to have so many shops.

Beasty

OP - you have no idea what my wardrobe is worth. Well not until now anyway

Have paid over 300 quid for a pair of shorts....

Ben Gadot

Beasty wrote: »

OP - you have no idea what my wardrobe is worth. Well not until now anyway

Have paid over 300 quid for a pair of shorts....

300 quid well spent, the difference between being crippled and breaking records.

Are Am Eye

My wardrobe was very reasonably priced.
Thanks Ikea.

bodice ripper

The minimum amount 200 bills could be in this country is E1000. I doubt it.

Wesser

A sham?
Wtf

A sham???
Where did you get that word?

suicide_circus

Went into JD Sports and asked to try a pair of runners, some ghastly sweatshop produced tat for 80 euro. Anyway the young fella comes out with one shoe so obviously I ask where's the other one. "We're only allowed give one runner at a time". Told him to get the manager and told her to bring me the other shoe which she does eventually. Scrotes be lovin sportswear.

SEPT 23 1989

suicide_circus wrote: »

Went into JD Sports and asked to try a pair of runners, some ghastly sweatshop produced tat for 80 euro. Anyway the young fella comes out with one shoe so obviously I ask where's the other one. "We're only allowed give one runner at a time". Told him to get the manager and told her to bring me the other shoe which she does eventually. Scrotes be lovin sportswear.

Are your feet completely different sizes ?

Cee-Jay-Cee

Ben Gadot wrote: »

Just think about that the next time you feel like judging a young fella with his trackies tucked into his socks.

I went into a sportswear shop that won't be named yesterday and guffawed at the prices. 80+ for trackie bottoms. Nearly 200 bills for a pair of runners that look ridiculous.

You do realise that a true shans gear is counterfeit bought from Facebook groups. You. An kit yourself out in the latest adidas style clothing and shoes for around €80 tops and that's if your paying top dollar. If you know a bloke who knows a bloke it'll cost less than €50.

Ben Gadot

sugarman wrote: »

Except for the fact they wear fake counterfeits bought in Meath St/Moore st/Talot st for the most part.

That's what I thought but what young fella goes around taking the codes off these runners to quote them at some counterfeit shat.

Are Am Eye

Giving the sham two trainers to try out is like a gun store handing ammo to a guy checking out a gun

suicide_circus

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Are your feet completely different sizes ?

No. Do you only try one shoe before buying?

RocketRaccoon

suicide_circus wrote: »

No. Do you only try one shoe before buying?

Yes, always just the right foot.

cml387

suicide_circus wrote: »

No. Do you only try one shoe before buying?

I can see your point and the shops point.

Give a scrote the pair and he'd be out of that shop like Mo Farah. They're called "runners" after all.

suicide_circus

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

Yes, always just the right foot.

Wow ok. Do you just put your right leg in a pair of trousers before buying?

suicide_circus

cml387 wrote: »

I can see your point and the shops point.

Give a scrote the pair and he'd be out of that shop like Mo Farah. They're called "runners" after all.

Oh I can see why they do it but I'm not having that as I'm clearly not a scrote.

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Are your feet completely different sizes ?

Most peoples are. My right foot and right hand (and right boob incidentally) are all a little bigger than their left comrades. If a shoe fits my right foot then I know the size will be grand on my left.

HenryHill

Wesser wrote: »

A sham?
Wtf

A sham???
Where did you get that word?

Dublin

HenryHill

sugarman wrote: »

Except for the fact they wear fake counterfeits bought in Meath St/Moore st/Talot st for the most part.

Lies.

Realt Dearg Sec

suicide_circus wrote: »

cml387 wrote: »

I can see your point and the shops point.

Give a scrote the pair and he'd be out of that shop like Mo Farah. They're called "runners" after all.

Oh I can see why they do it but I'm not having that as I'm clearly not a scrote.

Well we only have your word for that.

What we do know: you were in buying shams shoes from a shams shoes shop, and they didn't trust you with two shoes. Maybe you look like a scrote.

RocketRaccoon

suicide_circus wrote: »

Wow ok. Do you just put your right leg in a pair of trousers before buying?

No but when I am trying on trousers or jeans I am more concerned about the waist so I need to try them on properly. To be honest I have never even considered trying on 2 shoes before buying, am I strange?

suicide_circus

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

No but when I am trying on trousers or jeans I am more concerned about the waist so I need to try them on properly. To be honest I have never even considered trying on 2 shoes before buying, am I strange?

I'm not sure which one of us is strange now. I'd never even consider NOT trying both shoes before buying.

SEPT 23 1989

suicide_circus wrote: »

I'm not sure which one of us is strange now. I'd never even consider NOT trying both shoes before buying.

Have you had problems in past where the other shoe won't fit

Galwayguy35

Wesser wrote: »

A sham?
Wtf

A sham???
Where did you get that word?

Very popular word with the Tuam folk, never heard it used elsewhere though.

RocketRaccoon

suicide_circus wrote: »

I'm not sure which one of us is strange now. I'd never even consider NOT trying both shoes before buying.

This needs some sort of poll....

suicide_circus

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

Have you had problems in past where the other shoe won't fit

It's not just about fitting, it's how they look on me. Besides, I'm pretty certain my feet are not perfectly symmetrical so it's worth making sure the shoes are comfortable on both feet. I'd rather take the extra 30 seconds of trying both on to make sure I'm happy with them.

RWCNT

RocketRaccoon wrote: »

suicide_circus wrote: »

Wow ok. Do you just put your right leg in a pair of trousers before buying?

No but when I am trying on trousers or jeans I am more concerned about the waist so I need to try them on properly. To be honest I have never even considered trying on 2 shoes before buying, am I strange?

I think that is a little bit strange! Dya not like to take a few steps in them to judge how comfortable they are for walking?

Cee-Jay-Cee

LexieOnRale wrote: »

Most peoples are. My right foot and right hand (and right boob incidentally) are all a little bigger than their left comrades. If a shoe fits my right foot then I know the size will be grand on my left.

You sound like a very unbalanced person.

suicide_circus

RWCNT wrote: »

I think that is a little bit strange! Dya not like to take a few steps in them to judge how comfortable they are for walking?

exactly! Do you not walk around the shop a bit to make sure they feel ok?

Cantona's Collars

Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »

You sound like a very unbalanced person.

No,she sounds alright.;):)

For Forks Sake

Wesser wrote: »

A sham?
Wtf

A sham???
Where did you get that word?

Longford. Sham.

Brown Thomas sell Air Max now
The classic ones mainly from what I've noticed ........ nice too.
I prefer my Air Max to my Barkers or Loakes truth be told but some folk do turn their nose at the Air Max.

MadDog76

bodice ripper wrote: »

The minimum amount 200 bills could be in this country is E1000. I doubt it.

I'm guessing you're not Irish?

bodice ripper

MadDog76 wrote:

I'm guessing you're not Irish?

You'd be wrong.

Have I messed something up? A bill is a note, surely. The smallest note is a fiver. 200 fivers would be 1000 euro.

In fact, I'd have thought describing something as "200 bills" is an Americanism anyway, so I don't see how my nationality comes into it...

MadDog76

bodice ripper wrote: »

You'd be wrong.

Have I messed something up? A bill is a note, surely. The smallest note is a fiver. 200 fivers would be 1000 euro.

In fact, I'd have thought describing something as "200 bills" is an Americanism anyway, so I don't see how my nationality comes into it...

"Bills" is a common way of referring to "ones" money-wise in Dublin (probably elsewhere in Ireland too?) with the "ones" being punts, pounds, euros or whatever, ie. "200 bills" is 200 euro in Ireland.

bodice ripper

MadDog76 wrote:

"Bills" is a common way of referring to "ones" money-wise in Dublin (probably elsewhere in Ireland too?) with the "ones" being punts, pounds, euros or whatever, ie. "200 bills" is 200 euro in Ireland.

Never heard bills out of anyone in Dublin til I was in my twenties. I'd be pretty confident it's an Americanism.

Cherry Blossom

In Donegal Shams wore jeans and checked shirts and drove modified cars under their mothers insurance. Its not a word I've heard used here for ten to fifteen years though since modified cars went out of fashion.

suicide_circus

bodice ripper wrote: »

Never heard bills out of anyone in Dublin til I was in my twenties. I'd be pretty confident it's an Americanism.

We're saying lids now

bodice ripper

suicide_circus wrote:

We're saying lids now

Lids I have heard.

RocketRaccoon

suicide_circus wrote: »

We're saying lids now

Ah heyur, a lid is a hat.

Day Lewin

It's Squid. Twenty Squid.
And nobody's feet or hands or eyes are symmetrical.
My left foot is a full half size bigger than my right so in shoe shops I have to beg for the LEFT one, please. That it fits the right foot is irrelevant - that's the small foot.
I think fifty squid is more than plenty to pay for daytime runners - for ordinary wear, that is to say, not serious sportsing.

Are Am Eye

Day Lewin wrote: »

It's Squid. Twenty Squid.
And nobody's feet or hands or eyes are symmetrical.
My left foot is a full half size bigger than my right so in shoe shops I have to beg for the LEFT one, please. That it fits the right foot is irrelevant - that's the small foot.
I think fifty squid is more than plenty to pay for daytime runners - for ordinary wear, that is to say, not serious sportsing.

https://www.sneakerfreaker.com/articles/mismates-people-whose-feet-are-different-sizes/

Tigger

I'm a size 12 shoe

Beyondgone

Tigger wrote: »

I'm a size 12 shoe

Same. Well my left is. My rights an 11. I buy 12s anyway. Someone will make a fortune offering "shoes that fit" as opposed to "shoes of a particular size".

red ears

Every woman in Ireland to every other women in Ireland..

Q: Where'd you get that top?

A: Pennies