Do You Like My Shoes?

Last month a friend of mine came up with a joke that has provided us with endless hours of entertainment. Let’s call it the fugly shoe joke.

The first time I heard the fugly shoe joke, my friend sent me this link over IM and asked me what I thought, because she was considering actually purchasing the fugly shoes. Good thing I’m pretty damn honest because my response went something like, “They look like orthopedic shoes. Why would you want those??”

After learning that she was just kidding and wanted to see what my reaction would be, I remember thinking, “What a stupid joke!” But for some reason I couldn’t stop laughing. And the more I thought about it, the more funny the joke became, especially when we hit on those friends who were just too nice (or too honest!) to tell us what they really thought about our fashion sense.

We were so amused by some of our friends’ reactions that we started compiling a running list of their responses. Thus far, the best one has been:

“Wait. Oh HAIL NO. Unless you're a total ajima! Designed for fitness walking. Oh hail no. That's wrong squared. I wouldnt even be seen around you. You could like wear them at home, but when ppl came over you'd have to hide that shit.”

After playing this joke on so many people, I have to ask myself, “Why do we find this joke so damn funny?” It’s not that my friend and I are mean people. But it’s almost like Punk’d on MTV. Or like My Big Fat Obnoxious Fiance, where everyone’s in on the joke except the main character. Essentially, I think that my friend and I created our own version of reality tv. There is just no substitute for the reaction we could get from our friends by horrifying them with such ugly shoes.

Try it. It’s fun. And addicting. And will also provide you with endless hours of entertainment.