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Not really a hep question but..
Why are red shoes considered good luck?
I know when we played darts and pool that we would put "noonans" on people when we wanted them to miss, and I believe that is from the movie Caddyshack. We also said "red shoes" for good luck (I still use these when watching football), but I have no idea where it comes from.
I notice a lot of red shoes around here, so I'm hoping someone can enlighten me :)
I know when we played darts and pool that we would put "noonans" on people when we wanted them to miss, and I believe that is from the movie Caddyshack. We also said "red shoes" for good luck (I still use these when watching football), but I have no idea where it comes from.
I notice a lot of red shoes around here, so I'm hoping someone can enlighten me :)
Excuse me, did you order the trouser trout?
♫ Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone ♫ "
Have you all not heard the myth of the Vagina Dentata thats what this all reminds me of.....smells about the same.
♫ Put your sweet lips a little closer to the phone ♫ "
Have you all not heard the myth of the Vagina Dentata thats what this all reminds me of.....smells about the same.
Trish: Egads! Excuse me, did you order the trouser trout?
Trin: ummm.... I'm stuck. I don't know what to say.
Trin: ummm.... I'm stuck. I don't know what to say.
I understand where it started here and that it is totally unrelated to the Chinese custom and/or the fact that I've always said "red shoes" for luck (not worn them). Like I said, I think it's even cooler that a lucky tradition started here spontaneously and I'm getting some red shoes :)
yup, when you get your SVR, wear whatever makes you feel good!
I did wear red stilettos for my EOT, not for my SVR.
For my SVR, I wore a red thong, and drove around in my red car. It was a dare. Was it for luck, love or sex? ... a little bit of everything, I think and it worked wonders. :)
The only weird thing was that I'm hooked on running shoes, so I wore them, too. They were white and orange. :(
I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you and wishing you every success. Your SVR is coming, and I know you'll never give up.
Susan
P.S. It's nice to look like a teeny bopper - I'm stuck in that style almost always and can't grow up or out of it.
I did wear red stilettos for my EOT, not for my SVR.
For my SVR, I wore a red thong, and drove around in my red car. It was a dare. Was it for luck, love or sex? ... a little bit of everything, I think and it worked wonders. :)
The only weird thing was that I'm hooked on running shoes, so I wore them, too. They were white and orange. :(
I'm keeping my fingers crossed for you and wishing you every success. Your SVR is coming, and I know you'll never give up.
Susan
P.S. It's nice to look like a teeny bopper - I'm stuck in that style almost always and can't grow up or out of it.
So, if wearing short-shorts and a skimpy T-shirt and flip-flops, here in steamy Florida is more to my liking and my 'feeling sexy-like a teeny bopper feeling', then I can substitute that for the red high heels stilletto's?? I hope so cuz you won't see me in them things! I'd end up in the ER from a broken ankle cuz I just can't walk in them! AND that wouldn't be much of a celebration then! Just wondering... LOL
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I have to admit that when I wore my red shoes in bed that night of my last injection, I wasn't exactly thinking SVR, or going out on the town, or anything much other than whew, tx is done and I made it to the end, hallelujah.
And I put on the shoes as a symbol of something important (didn't know exactly what) and then went to sleep.
If anything was on my mind when I admired my feet in those shoes, it was that I could start feeling human again, maybe even sexy again, and all with a bit of help from little red stilettos.
I can tell you it was really fun and channeled my mixed emotions into something tangible.
Some sources say red has a physiological effect shown to stimulate the adrenal glands, which helps increase our stamina. I had so little energy that night but I swear the red shoes give me a lift despite hemoglobin in the nines.
Different colors have such different associations, depending on the culture.
In Chinese tradition, red is considered a symbol of integrity and that it can drive away misfortune. So yes, generally, good fortune and luck.
In North America, red is culturally associated with sexuality and love. Valentines are red because hearts are red; red dresses and shoes likewise are romantic and/or sexy.
There's an explanation of color psychology in several books, often in disagreement.
Anyone with an anthropology background remembers Desmond Morris's The Naked Ape. I don't think I'll repeat his lips, etc. thesis here because the guys might go nuts. (To the gals only, Desmond Morris says painting the lips red represents a woman ready for sex because it signals her vagina lips are reddish and swollen! Hot dog!)
Anyway, women colored their nails red in ancient Egypt, and red has probably been part of cultural symbolism, one way or the other forever.
In South Africa, red is a sign of mourning, so go figure.
Anyway, if you try them, please let me know if you get that exciting feeling!
Susan
P.S. Not to complicate things but the Pope traditionally wears red slippers!