They're F***ing Gumboots!
Aghhhhhhh!!!
I saw a pair of these in the gym changing rooms this evening. In Hong Kong.
Had my shower, came back to the locker and a Chinese woman who would have topped the scales at 35kg was getting her sticks into - designer gumboots. I noted the "brand" and looked them up. The idea of a non-farmer voluntarily wearing gumboots is just too friggin' STUPID to fathom.
"If you want a place where people appreciate the benefits of a well-fitting, waterproof boot, Scotland seems a natural choice. Mr Henry Lee Norris most certainitly thought so when he set up shop with his master bookmakers back in 1856. And although Hunter's links to the present day cover over 150 years and an awful lot of advancement, there are things about a pair of Hunters that Henry would still recognise. The care. The craftsmanship. And the refusal to compromise on quality. Today Hunter are equally proud of the things they've changed and the things that stay the same. The weather's just as wet. And the boots are just as good".
$NZ168 + postage
ROTFL!!!!
The Scots are laughing.
I saw a pair of these in the gym changing rooms this evening. In Hong Kong.
Had my shower, came back to the locker and a Chinese woman who would have topped the scales at 35kg was getting her sticks into - designer gumboots. I noted the "brand" and looked them up. The idea of a non-farmer voluntarily wearing gumboots is just too friggin' STUPID to fathom.
"If you want a place where people appreciate the benefits of a well-fitting, waterproof boot, Scotland seems a natural choice. Mr Henry Lee Norris most certainitly thought so when he set up shop with his master bookmakers back in 1856. And although Hunter's links to the present day cover over 150 years and an awful lot of advancement, there are things about a pair of Hunters that Henry would still recognise. The care. The craftsmanship. And the refusal to compromise on quality. Today Hunter are equally proud of the things they've changed and the things that stay the same. The weather's just as wet. And the boots are just as good".
$NZ168 + postage
ROTFL!!!!
The Scots are laughing.
posted by Cactus Kate at 2:47 AM
4 Comments:
Have you seen the Marc Jacobs gumboots? Fur lined, come in a range of colours - they're actually very pretty for walking to work in the rain - not much else though.
Could have been worse.
They could have been red tops.
Fuck me... 168 for hunters.
Mine cost me 15 quid back in 88. I still have them. I wear them for those few times I go hunting firewood. The first time I wore them over here the first lady Barnsleys ginga brother who for the purposes of this story we shall call Gareth (as that is his name) asked me if the buckles on the side were to enable securing the ewe. As he was (and still is) a dairy farmer with hands like bunches of bananas and a fuse as long as all gingas I did not crush him with a witty retort. If I had been a little braver i would have replied YES and then asked him how he secured his ewes when he was performing an act that sounds similar to the name of the national airline of Ireland on them.
Thats as bad as wearing a Drizabone around town- over a suit!
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