Do you prefer noisy, clompy shoes or do you prefer shoes with really quiet soles? And why? Do you feel safer when your walking makes a lot of noise? Do you like sneaking up on people? Are you a tap dancer or a mime? Explain yourself!

Anx said:

It does not matter for me.

I am a feet dragger. I schlep.

But I DO love flip flops. I love the click clack click clack. And my feet are clostrophobic, so I'd wear em all yr if I could.

Personally, I'd consider myself a stalker.

SureThing said:

we must never hang out in summer. the sound of flip flops is seriously like kryptonite to me. do you know what that sound is? it's sweaty feet slapping against dirty rubber. that's not right.

Anx said:

Wow.

Your just swooping and wrecking ALL my dreams today aren't you?

Kill Joy!

novabrkr said:

ok, but do you stalk with taps on your shoes or do you wear like tai chi slippers or something?

it freaks me out when my shoes make no noise at all. makes me think
i'm dreaming or something or going deaf.

shoes that make a lot of noise though, make me want to kill people,
without further provocation. the clacking noise drives me mad. it's
a complete mysterie to me how some people can walk on their shoes,
listening to them all day long *click clack click clack*

especially in long, tiled hallways does my head in

Anx said:

I haven't worn any other kind of footwear than combat boots in years. And I even used to live next to a beach, so go figure.

novabrkr said:

you can nail taps into combat boots. you can nail taps into flip flops if you really wanted to. i think tap dogs do tap dancing in combat boots. how about them apples?

Anx said:

You've got me cornered.

sneaker. Pumas and I LOVE my Tsubo lofers.
i think i'm gonna get his next pair:
http://www.zappos.com/n/p...c/139.html


I hate when I see other people wearing those handicap looking shoes.
They are so 1990's and they just look stupid and childish. Especially on growen folks. Not cute.

novabrkr said:

i knew that would get your goat in a funky place. i'm sly.

tapping is fun!


But I'm usually somewhere in between.

applekisses is a sneaker

CarrieMpls said:

Somewhere in between is the only place I've ever tapped anyone.

And I agree,
it's loads of fun.

depend where i'm going... i mostly wear my chuck taylors EVERYWHERE
during the summer i am an old navy flip flop fanatic

Oh. . . I have some shoes that are super quiet (Airwalks, some repurposed rubber-soled slippers, Vans, Chucks) and some that are loud (ass-stompin' boots, hiking boots, flip flops ). It never occured to me that noise should be a factor in shoe selection. Ya freak.

HereToRockYourWorld said:

you've never thought about the noise your shoes make? i'm always paranoid if i'm wearing clacky shoes that i'm getting on everyone's nerves. i mean, not that shoes are going to make much difference where i'm concerned, but still...!

HereToRockYourWorld said:

I'm a sneaker-abouter. I know where you're coming from with the clack clack noisy shoe thing, Anx.


Years ago - I must have been about 15/16 - I was out with my mates on a Friday night, drinking cider on some bench , and some random local 'tough guy' came up and sat next to us. Some bloke walks past, his feet clip clopping on the pavement, and the guy turned to us and said "Never trust a guy whose heels makes a noise when he walks - gay".

WTF??

I must confess, though, that hearing that and being in the closet (and growing up in the place I did) I was totally paranoid about it for years! I was always looking out for it. So my lightness of touch may have more to do with that than my choice of footwear.

Anx said:

Perhaps you are just a considerate person and I am an obnoxious ass.

I slurp when I drink hot beverages as well.

I'm both the clacker sound from my hard sole shoes and silence with soft sole... but what I do not wear and hate with a natural born passion are shoes that make clapping sounds when I walk like flip flops.

It's all about quiet. Personally, I hate the click clack.

SureThing said:

GIrl, he's been on the flip flop trip for a while now!

Anx said:

You know if you just walk around with a box of tic tacs, you wouldn't have that problem. Plus your breath will always be minty AND you'd always have something to share with the crowd!

superspaceboy said:

that's another thing. i always stuff kleenex in pill bottles or tins of mints if i carry them around with me. otherwise i feel like a human maracca.

HereToRockYourWorld said:

Anx said:

Are you serious?

Anx said:

I know. I had no idea until my girlfriend pointed it out. With GREAT annoyance.