{"id":1941,"date":"2014-09-04T05:30:35","date_gmt":"2014-09-04T15:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=1941"},"modified":"2014-09-04T15:45:34","modified_gmt":"2014-09-05T01:45:34","slug":"counting-your-corns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=1941","title":{"rendered":"Counting your corns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This might get a few ladies upset.<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s okay.<\/p>\n<p>It won&#8217;t be the first time &#8211; or last.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flip-Flop-string.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1945\" src=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flip-Flop-string.png\" alt=\"Flip-Flop string\" width=\"300\" height=\"133\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flip-Flop-string.png 300w, http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Flip-Flop-string-250x110.png 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;ve always had this problem with rubber slippers.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, this is Hawaii and that&#8217;s what we wear.<\/p>\n<p>My problem is some forget that shouldn&#8217;t be all that we wear.<\/p>\n<p>As mom used to say, there&#8217;s a time and place for everything.<br \/>\nThat usually was when I was acting like a jerk, but it can apply here too.<\/p>\n<p>In my younger years, I had too many dates where the lady&#8217;s idea of dressing up was putting on rubber slippers of a\u00a0different color.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s not dressing up.<\/p>\n<p>And that generally put a damper on any desire for a second date.<br \/>\nYeah, I can be really shallow.<\/p>\n<p>Let me see if I can squeeze a word in and explain this to the ladies&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Have you ever noticed most guys get crazy when they visit San Francisco or New York?<\/p>\n<p>Ladies in coats and scarfs and boots and stuff we never see.<\/p>\n<p>Dressed up and looking fine.<\/p>\n<p>People in Kansas think we&#8217;re lucky looking at babes in shorts all the time.<br \/>\nYes indeed, that we are.<\/p>\n<p>But after you see that, or anything, long enough it&#8217;s kind of the same stuff.<\/p>\n<p>Nice but not unusual.<\/p>\n<p>Back to slippers.<br \/>\nThey&#8217;re for knocking around the yard, hitting the beach and maybe running to the store.<\/p>\n<p>They call them shower clogs in parts of the world for a reason.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/High-Heel-Slipper.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1944\" src=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/High-Heel-Slipper.png\" alt=\"High Heel Slipper\" width=\"260\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/High-Heel-Slipper.png 260w, http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/High-Heel-Slipper-250x204.png 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/a>This may be a shock &#8211; they&#8217;re don&#8217;t look so hot when going out to a nice restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>Now I realize women dress for other women and not men.<\/p>\n<p>But if some guy is going to lay out a couple hundred bucks and wear a clean shirt to show you a nice time, the least you can do is look a bit better than knocking around the yard.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But they&#8217;re comfortable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So&#8217;s running around naked but my mother made me stop that when I was a year old.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, someone who puts on high heels and goes partying automatically loses the comfortable argument.<\/p>\n<p>And don&#8217;t forget that some people got really ugly feet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Guy-in-sandle-and-socks.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1943\" src=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Guy-in-sandle-and-socks.png\" alt=\"Guy in sandle and socks\" width=\"221\" height=\"307\" srcset=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Guy-in-sandle-and-socks.png 221w, http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Guy-in-sandle-and-socks-179x250.png 179w, http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Guy-in-sandle-and-socks-215x300.png 215w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/a>And I haven&#8217;t even got to toe rings.<br \/>\nYet.<\/p>\n<p>And just so you don&#8217;t think I&#8217;m picking only on women, I leave you with this delight.<\/p>\n<p>A whole bunch of people reading this are now grumpy.<br \/>\nToo bad.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m right.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-1941\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=1941&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-1941\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=1941&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"http:\/\/grumpyseniors.com\/?p=1941&amp;share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This might get a few ladies upset. 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