by White Dove 3 Replies latest social family
My friend from the eastern US said that tennyshoes with rubber covering the toe part were very unpopular and made fun of by calling them fish heads. This never happened in the northwest.
Have you ever heard of this?
In the northwestern US, they were very common at school, but Nike had them beat. The simple cheap all canvas tennyshoes (yes, I know how to spell it right) got made fun of badly. Those were the kind that toes wore through.
In grade school, all my mom would buy me in shoes were the all canvas type: $3 at garage sales.
They wore out very fast, then she'd cut the toes out of them if it was summer. Cheap cheap cheap!!!
I looked poor and dirty when we weren't that bad off.
Why do some mothers go cheap and poor with their kids' school clothes when looks and quality really matter in school? I'm talking about the families who do have enough to buy a decent pair of nice shoes for school. I'm not talking about low income.
Anyway, I bought myself a pair of black "fish heads," and I just love them!
LOL
Well, were rubber toes tennisshoes made fun of in your schools?
