We've all heard the urban legend (warning: probably NSFW in the text, but no bad pictures). Apparently, so had shoe manufacturers advertising in comic books:
And just to make sure we fully understand the innuendo:
So much for "size doesn't matter."
I find this interesting...was a size 10 really considered "big" in 1956? I wear a 10 or 11 myself, depending upon style and width, and I never considered myself as having big feet. Do people have bigger feet, now, or am I just uninformed...?
You know what else I love? Comic ads that command you in a series of single-word orders:
WRITE! NOW! DAMMIT!
Ad from Quality's Blackhawk #103 (1956)
And just to make sure we fully understand the innuendo:
So much for "size doesn't matter."
I find this interesting...was a size 10 really considered "big" in 1956? I wear a 10 or 11 myself, depending upon style and width, and I never considered myself as having big feet. Do people have bigger feet, now, or am I just uninformed...?You know what else I love? Comic ads that command you in a series of single-word orders:
WRITE! NOW! DAMMIT!Ad from Quality's Blackhawk #103 (1956)
(cough) I wear a size thirteen.
ReplyDeleteYears ago, I was at a bowling alley in a youth group with a 7' guy (well, he wasn't quite a seven footer yet), and he needed something like 18s. So, yeah, a 16 is big, but not that big.