Monsieur otb,

"To Suseonline who had 'never worn high heels' and spends her days slamming those 'mens', commiserations Dear and do try to limit those carbs. The sugar overdose explains your constant aggro too! LOL"

I reckon Graham should rescind your beauty parlour license for OLO - you're clearly not suitable to hold such privilege.

Next time you and your good lady are giving your "light suit" and her "strappy heels" an outing - remember these rules:

"Fish should be eaten with a silver fork whenever possible. otherwise with a silver fish knife and fork.

All made dishes such as rissoles and patties, etc. should be eaten with a fork only, and not with a knife and fork.

For sweetbreads and cutlets, etc. a knife and fork are requisite; and, as a matter of course, for poultry , game, etc. (and KFC)

In eating asparagus, a knife and fork should be used, and the points should be cut off and eaten with the fork.

Cucumber should be eaten off the dinner plate, and not off the side plate!

Peas should be eaten with a fork!

(Manners and Rules of Good Society)

But then you know all that.

NB:
"Persons not well received in society, or who have ostracised themselves, have a predilection for public balls, and make every effort to obtain tickets of admission..."

(Just be on the lookout, otb, one never knows what sort of tat is out there attempting to gatecrash these exclusive gatherings.)

Hi there folks...

Mindful of trying to adhere to IS MISE'S topic, and the example he gave of ladies wearing high heels ? Personally I've always been a 'leg man' myself, that is to say I appreciate nice legs on a female. Whether high heels actually accentuate the fine shapeliness of a ladies legs, I suppose it's in the eye of the beholder ? Though personally, I believe they do. Still, what would I know, I'm just an old goat !

I think, by wearing these high 4" heels, it would have to be motivated by two reasons only, I should think ? The first is fashion. And the second, to augment their (already) feminine allure to males. In so doing, could they cause themselves some serious back aliments ? I believe there's a every possibility they could. Therefore if we're to presume, the ladies themselves already appreciate that fact, are they in reality, contributing to their own posture and/or back injuries ?

I guess they are. Though it's not dissimilar to us men, many of us are simply too fat, smoke and drink too much, or knock themselves around, in other ways ? Essentially, it all boils down to the 'foresight of consequences' doesn't it ? Yet we all do some really stupid stuff, secure in the knowledge that it may well prove most harmful to us, but we do it anyway ?

Hi o sung wu, they work for me too.

The first time I saw my youngest, the only one to wear very high heels, in them I was almost shocked. She would have been about 19, & they turned her very athletic legs to sexy, instantly.

Yes by accentuating the muscles in the lower leg it does make them look better, much more toned, but there is another important effect. Ladies feet have grown larger over the years. My father who ran shoe shops for years reckoned by about 3 sizes in 30 years. Those high heals very well disguise these "BIG" feet, adding grace that is just not there in sneakers or thongs.

Having said that, it is not that important. The most fetching my lady has ever looked was in an old pair of sneakers, baggy old shorts & a bikini top, having just taken off my old long sleeved shirt she had been wearing to keep the paint off. We were sitting on the slipway cradle, in the shade of the yacht we had just painted.

She had paint on one ankle, a smear above one knee, & a couple of drops of bright red antifouling paint on her forehead & cheek. She was tanned deeply enough to pass for a Polynesian. She had just let down her long blond hair, bleached almost white by months of sun & salt, & it made an incredible contrast against that tan.

No heels, no matter how high, or expensive ball gown, could have improved on that picture.

"Slippers, Fairy Godmother. I said 'slippers'..." moaned Cinderella, flopping her way to the Charming Ball.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5274864/New-beach-shoes-combine-high-heels-and-flippers.html

'evening to you HASBEEN...

Ah mate you're so 'spot on', whether they wear the most 'fetching' of frocks, or a pair of form fitting jeans with holes in both knees; there's nothing like the perfect female form, to absolutely stun and stupefy me, to the point of me becoming a muddled and incoherent, dribbling old fool !

On the positive side I guess, despite my advancing years, there are some physiological components in my senescent old body, still able to respond in some small way, at the visually alluring female curvature. Ah to be in my twenties again !

Hmm, it seems we have a bunch of dirty old men here, who judge women by their appearance. Of course, these dirty old men totally ignore their own LACK of physical appeal to women. it's basically "one way" sexual attraction. Yes, dirty old men still living in the 18th century. One of them even posted a photo of himself ... gee it was totally YUK: He was old, grey, covered in ugly hair, revolting to look at and was WEARING A SKIRT. Says it all.