The Pundit of Instant has just linked to the Daily Mail story about the ridiculous trend emerging from the rural wilds of northern Mexico, the pointy-toed, botas picuadas, worn by the young men of San Luis Potosi.
Naturally, the few months back, your humble shoeblogger, the Manolo, was among the first bloggers on the interwebs to notice this eruption of ridiculosity, which he compared to the pointy-toed poulaines worn by the dandies of Medieval Europe.
The key to understanding this trend is that it is confined mostly to the teenaged boys, who being the teenaged boys, are suffering from the dual curse of excessive testosterone and low common sense.
But this is the modern era, and mere words alone cannot convey the utter silliness of this fad, not when amateur video abounds.
This video, above, in which the boy tries to explain his boots to the working men, never fails to make the Manolo chuckle.
Finally, if you live in the Southwest, do not worry, soon you will be able to see these boots in person, as they have begun to appear on the feets of peoples in Houston, Oklahoma City, and Dallas!
Why they are just darling. They look like dark elf shoes… all they need is a little bell on the tips… Good grief, what self respecting girl would date such a stupid goober (or is that goobero)?
I recall from reading Paul Johnson that such footwear decor was very common in the Ottoman Empire. Its reappearance in Mexico today is probably nothing but coincidence. HOWEVER there remains some outide chance of jihadist inspiration/sponsorship.
The homocidial proclivities of the Mexican Santa Muerta Cult and
those of towelheaded “martyrs” do share some fundamental dynamics. Just enough to make one wonder.
You all are missing the point: rat stabbers are popular with mojados because they make it easier to climb chain-link fences.
Wow. Those are just ridiculous. How the hell can you use those to kill the cucarachas which retreat into the corners?