WeRQ4U
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Fri Feb-10-06 04:24 PM
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Anyone here ever have a real Shoe Shine? |
Metta
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Fri Feb-10-06 05:05 PM
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1. A throwback to another time. |
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I've had a few. Mostly when I travel. I look forward to them. ... a chance to make small talk and connect with a former stranger. Perhaps pick up a tip or pointer about a nearby eatery or some such. I like to think it connects me to my dad's time. Thanks for the memories.
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Fri Feb-10-06 05:12 PM
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2. There's this very elderly man who has been giving shoe shines... |
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...on base here for probbly 50 years now. In all honesty, he doesn't do a very good job. But just for the fact that, at close to 90 years of age he still gets up at 5:00am to shine shoes, he gets my business. Plus, he tells some of the dirtiest spanish jokes I've ever heard.
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Fri Feb-10-06 06:54 PM
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3. Why yes, as a matter of fact, I did. |
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I fell for that stupid scam on Bourbon St. "I didn't ask you where you bought 'em, I asked you where you got 'em!" Sheesh. What a :dunce:
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Fri Feb-10-06 07:47 PM
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Edited on Fri Feb-10-06 07:48 PM by DemNoir
When you feel as low as the bottom of a well and can't get out of the mood Do something to perk yourself up and change your attitude Give a tug to your tie Put a crease in your pants But if you really want to feel fine give your shoes a shine
When there's a shine on your shoes there's a melody in your heart With a singable happy feeling a wonderful way to start to face the world every day with a deedle-dum-dee-dah-dah A little melody that is making The worrying world go by
when you walk down the street with a happy-go-lucky beat You'll find a lot in what I'm repeating When there's a shine on your shoes There's a melody in your heart What a wonderful way to start the day!
Now there's a shine that you get in the barber shop There's a shine that you get in the Pullman car There's a shine that you get in the pool room There's a shine that you get in the school room
But it doesn't matter where you get it It'll do a lot of good if you let it A little bit of polish will abolish what's bothering you
when there's a shine on your shoes Melody in your heart Singable happy feeling Wonderful!
Music by Arthur Schwartz; Lyric by Howard Dietz Performed by Fred Astaire
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Fri Feb-10-06 07:51 PM
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5. Yep, had them at the Pentagon |
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Where it paid to be spiffy!
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Fri Feb-10-06 07:57 PM
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6. Last time I called for the shine boy..... |
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..I ended up dead in the trunk of some mafia guys car while he and his crew ate dinner with his Momma. (goodfellas)
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Fri Feb-10-06 08:04 PM
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7. yep, wearing my old thigh high boots. |
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Fri Feb-10-06 08:06 PM
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I splurged once years ago after emerging from the F train for a job interview in the city. It was fun and I looked good. Don't think I got that job, though...
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Fri Feb-10-06 08:06 PM
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9. Yes, when I worked for a big CPA firm |
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and the shined wingtips were a requirement of the job
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Fri Feb-10-06 08:26 PM
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Years ago just to say that I had one. The gentleman who did the service was very nice to me-even though he knew my shoes were cheap he treated me like a queen. And I tipped him well.
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