A Fool and Your Money Are Soon Parted

3 12 2012

Portland, Oregon

Them EBT cards will really be working hard the day these things go on sale.

Then Craigslist and E-Bay will work even harder cranking these things to three times the retail sticker price on the secondary market.

UPDATE 12/20

Out in the stores and already there are riots.

4 12 2012: The Friendly Grizzly (05:23:13) :

Uhm… I keep myself way out of the “cultural” “mainstream”. Please, tell me what these things are. Judging from the photo and your narrative, they are some sort of designer rain-boot?
4 12 2012: countenance (12:17:35) :

You’re not aware of St. Michael of Jordan, the Patron Saint of Basketballius? Nor do you recognize his Holy Visage?
21 12 2012: The Friendly Grizzly (08:18:53) :

No. :-{)}
4 12 2012: rjp (06:38:12) :

Those look like boots one would wear when walking on the moon.
21 12 2012: The Friendly Grizzly (08:20:18) :

Or, in the rain. They look like rubbers. Oh, wait. No one of he target audience for these would wear rubbers.

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