Advertisement
Help Keep Boards Alive. Support us by going ad free today. See here: https://subscriptions.boards.ie/.
https://www.boards.ie/group/1878-subscribers-forum

Private Group for paid up members of Boards.ie. Join the club.
Hi all, please see this major site announcement: https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058427594/boards-ie-2026

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

2»

Comments

  • #32
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,801 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #33
    RWCNT
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,430 ✭✭✭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?


  • #34
    Cee-Jay-Cee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,234 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #35
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,801 ✭✭✭✭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?


  • #36
    Cantona's Collars
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,709 ✭✭✭✭Cantona's Collars


    Cee-Jay-Cee wrote: »
    You sound like a very unbalanced person.

    No,she sounds alright.;):)


  • Advertisement
  • #37
    For Forks Sake
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,487 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    Wesser wrote: »
    A sham?
    Wtf

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

    Longford. Sham.


  • #38
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,925 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    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.


  • #39
    MadDog76
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,162 ✭✭✭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?


  • #40
    bodice ripper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭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...


  • #41
    MadDog76
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,162 ✭✭✭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.


  • Advertisement
  • #42
    bodice ripper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭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.


  • #43
    Cherry Blossom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,021 ✭✭✭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.


  • #44
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,801 ✭✭✭✭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


  • #45
    bodice ripper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭bodice ripper


    suicide_circus wrote:
    We're saying lids now


    Lids I have heard.


  • #46
    RocketRaccoon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,737 ✭✭✭RocketRaccoon


    suicide_circus wrote: »
    We're saying lids now

    Ah heyur, a lid is a hat.


  • #47
    Day Lewin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,042 ✭✭✭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.


  • #48
    Are Am Eye
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,166 ✭✭✭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/


  • #49
    Tigger
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,701 ✭✭✭✭Tigger


    I'm a size 12 shoe


  • #50
    Beyondgone
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,166 ✭✭✭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".


  • #51
    red ears
    Closed Accounts Posts: 945 ✭✭✭red ears


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

    Q: Where'd you get that top?

    A: Pennies


  • Advertisement
  • #52
    Flaccus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,972 ✭✭✭Flaccus


    Galwayguy35 wrote: »
    Very popular word with the Tuam folk, never heard it used elsewhere though.

    Used in Limerick alot.


  • #53
    MadDog76
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,162 ✭✭✭MadDog76


    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.

    Here's a clue, the Op said "200 bills" and you were the only poster to misunderstand/question the reference. ;)


  • #54
    MadDog76
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,162 ✭✭✭MadDog76


    MadDog76 wrote: »
    I'm guessing you're not Irish?
    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...

    Out of curiosity I had a look through some of your old posts ........... you're American so that explains the confusion. :)


  • #55
    bodice ripper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭bodice ripper


    MadDog76 wrote:
    Out of curiosity I had a look through some of your old posts ........... you're American so that explains the confusion.

    We've spoken about it before. If you don't like that I am Irish, you will have to take it up with the constitution. And I have lived here all my life, so take your condescension and insert it in the orifice of your choice.

    I got the reference, as 200 euro is more in the range for shoes. It doesn't mean saying 200 bills makes any sense.


  • #56
    MadDog76
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,162 ✭✭✭MadDog76


    bodice ripper wrote: »
    We've spoken about it before. If you don't like that I am Irish, you will have to take it up with the constitution. And I have lived here all my life, so take your condescension and insert it in the orifice of your choice.

    I got the reference, as 200 euro is more in the range for shoes. It doesn't mean saying 200 bills makes any sense.

    Calm down, think I hit a nerve!!! :eek:

    If "we've spoken about it before" I certainly don't remember you or your/our posts. :confused:

    The only reason I knew you weren't Irish is from your confusion over the "bills" reference which, as a True Blue Dub, I've heard countless times over the years and the only reason I knew you were American is from some your posts (as I said) so you need to relax. :)

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=67321566 (post 203)

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=67321566&postcount=203

    You said you were American, not me.


  • #57
    bodice ripper
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,681 ✭✭✭bodice ripper


    As charming and insightful as you seem, I will not be replying to you again.


  • #58
    Murrisk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 889 ✭✭✭Murrisk


    Sham. Is that short for shamdazzler?


  • #59
    petes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,382 ✭✭✭petes


    bodice ripper wrote: »
    As charming and insightful as you seem, I will not be replying to you again.

    AH is such a great place to find people for the ignore list!


  • #60
    Ben Gadot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,767 ✭✭✭Ben Gadot


    red ears wrote: »
    Every woman in Ireland to every other women in Ireland..

    Q: Where'd you get that top?

    A: Pennies

    And it's a spoof half the time.


  • Advertisement
  • #61
    Wanderer78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,746 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    At least we create a load of jobs for Chinese kids with our consumption patterns and massive profits for the minority, which of course 'trickle down'!


Advertisement
Advertisement