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So what exactly are "sixteen hole boots"?
Posted: 09 Jun 2010, 14:53
by SoGone
And while we're on the subject of lyrics, what's "have you ever tried it that way" refer to?
Re: So what exactly are "sixteen hole boots"?
Posted: 09 Jun 2010, 19:39
by Ghost World
SoGone wrote:And while we're on the subject of lyrics, what's "have you ever tried it that way" refer to?
Bumming?
Re: So what exactly are "sixteen hole boots"?
Posted: 09 Jun 2010, 19:59
by sunshine
Re: So what exactly are "sixteen hole boots"?
Posted: 09 Jun 2010, 21:19
by mark
Ever tried it that way - erm yeah I guess that's something to do with gay sex - looks like arse licking in the backdrop film at the end of the song in the introducing the band film....!!!
Re: So what exactly are "sixteen hole boots"?
Posted: 10 Jun 2010, 00:09
by SoGone
Haha, that's what I figured, but there's nothing that explicitly spells it out, so it could have been any number of perverse (?) things.
Re: So what exactly are "sixteen hole boots"?
Posted: 10 Jun 2010, 14:23
by disco bunny
I guess it refers very much to the lyrics before, but has this second "meaning" most refer to.
Well but you never know... I guess it has different meanings for everyone...
Re: So what exactly are "sixteen hole boots"?
Posted: 10 Jun 2010, 19:03
by sunshine
that's the beauty of literature!
Re: So what exactly are "sixteen hole boots"?
Posted: 10 Jun 2010, 21:07
by mark
Re: So what exactly are "sixteen hole boots"?
Posted: 11 Jun 2010, 19:19
by sunshine
Re: So what exactly are "sixteen hole boots"?
Posted: 18 Jun 2010, 22:22
by urchin
I always imagined them to be Doc Martens. I was obsessed with Doc Martens at the time though, so maybe I'm biased haha! All I wanted during my early teens was a pair of bloody Docs!, and my Dad wouldnt let me because he wanted me to look like a 'lady'..
Re: So what exactly are "sixteen hole boots"?
Posted: 26 Jul 2010, 23:41
by sweeney
urchin wrote:I always imagined them to be Doc Martens. I was obsessed with Doc Martens at the time though, so maybe I'm biased haha! All I wanted during my early teens was a pair of bloody Docs!, and my Dad wouldnt let me because he wanted me to look like a 'lady'..
Yep you're right. DM's where sold accolding to lace holes. Can't remember whether they sold 16 holers. I'm guessing they would be the regular ankle boots
Re: So what exactly are "sixteen hole boots"?
Posted: 01 Aug 2010, 10:53
by flow23
urchin wrote:I always imagined them to be Doc Martens. I was obsessed with Doc Martens at the time though, so maybe I'm biased haha! All I wanted during my early teens was a pair of bloody Docs!, and my Dad wouldnt let me because he wanted me to look like a 'lady'..
i think they are dm´s. the 16eyess were later reduced to 14 and 8eyes
Re: So what exactly are "sixteen hole boots"?
Posted: 03 Aug 2010, 03:08
by YaaL
There are two schools:
* you count pairs of eyelets (and that's what DM uses), so 16-hole is almost knee-high
* you count the total number of eyelets, so it's half of above => 16-hole would be the classic just-above-ankle boot, which would be 8-hole in DM naming convention
