Legwarmers- yes or no? - Democratic Underground

LaraMN

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Tue Dec-20-05 12:33 PM
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Legwarmers- yes or no?

I'm semi-ashamed to admit I kind of like the idea of wearing them like this:

:hide: Go ahead. mock me...

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RevCheesehead

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Tue Dec-20-05 12:34 PM
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1. In Minnesota?

:rofl:

no, really -

:rofl:

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LaraMN

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Tue Dec-20-05 12:37 PM
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7. Not outside, in the winter!!!

Although my legs do seem to have a sort of weather-repellant characteristic. I can wear a skirt outside and my jacket-covered arms will get shivery-cold, but my legs just get a little numb.

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RevCheesehead

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Tue Dec-20-05 12:43 PM
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16. I tell the women in my church to go ahead and wear slacks in winter.

That's what I do, anyways.
Oh, and winter = NO SHAVING! :woohoo:

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Taverner

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Tue Dec-20-05 12:35 PM
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2. Thing is...Lara...you could pull them off...

Not everyone could. For example - the model in the pic. They look too much like she's forcing retro...

You on the other hand....could do it.

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LaraMN

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Tue Dec-20-05 12:38 PM
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9. She does look like she's about 12 years old...

I like the fuzziness and the pink-ness (and admittedly the short-ness) of it, though. Maybe it's a sort of extension of my knee-boot fascination.

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Taverner

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Tue Dec-20-05 12:41 PM
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OOoh you do knee boots?

I have a thing for knee boots....:loveya:

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LaraMN

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Tue Dec-20-05 12:49 PM
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17. Oh just a bit...

In fact, I have a collection. They've been my "thing" since High School. I'm currently obsessing over some bronze metallic ones that I can't have, and it's k.i.l.l.i.n.g. me!

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Taverner

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Tue Dec-20-05 12:50 PM
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18. This requires pics! Proof dammit!!!

I tell ya there's nothing like a jeans miniskirt and knee boots....mmmmmmmrowr!

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LaraMN

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Tue Dec-20-05 12:54 PM
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19. Ummm..

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Taverner

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Tue Dec-20-05 01:04 PM
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20. Ok...that settles it...I'm firing up the Prius

Would you rather run off to Acupulco or Punta Del Este?

:evilgrin:

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LaraMN

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Tue Dec-20-05 01:31 PM
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22. Depends- where do they have better chiropractors?

:P Me being a gimp, and all...

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Taverner

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Tue Dec-20-05 01:32 PM
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23. Well I'm thinking Acupulco....

But then again you'd have me as your private cabana boy to make sure you get a good sports massage on call so.....

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LaraMN

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Tue Dec-20-05 01:42 PM
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26. I think some other DU women would gang up on and maul me...

and this would, ironically, be all that was left of me:

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Taverner

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Tue Dec-20-05 01:43 PM
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27. Ahhh but what a backrub that would be

At least your back wouldn't hurt during the rumble ;)

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LaraMN

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Tue Dec-20-05 01:45 PM
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30. No- just everything else!

and I kind of like the rest of me; particularly intact.;)

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Taverner

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Tue Dec-20-05 01:50 PM
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31. Oh well...if you ever get the urge to run to Uruguay...

call me up :evilgrin:

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LaraMN

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Tue Dec-20-05 01:55 PM
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33. I'm seriously thinking about Canada, nowadays...

(for reasons obvious to anyone who frequents a political message board.) I could handle the climate and I *bet* they have legwarmers, knee boots, and jean skirts there!

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Rising Phoenix

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Tue Dec-20-05 01:38 PM
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25. my friend calls them fuck me boots...

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LaraMN

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Tue Dec-20-05 01:44 PM
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29. My friends used to call my combat knee boots (my faves in h.s.)

Lara's "ass kickers." They were great at concerts; I could step on the feet of rude men who cut in front of me, and nobody could injure me below the knees!

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SteppingRazor

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Tue Dec-20-05 12:35 PM
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3. The fashion writer for my paper is in the cubicle next to me...

She says leg warmers are a "don't."

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LaraMN

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Tue Dec-20-05 12:39 PM
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12. Still? Because I'm seeing them in stores...

When boot-cut goes away, and tapered-leg comes back, I think I will be very scared.

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Rising Phoenix

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Tue Dec-20-05 12:36 PM
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4. I think some people can pull them off...

they can be cute... so shoot me...:hide:

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commander bunnypants

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Tue Dec-20-05 12:36 PM
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5. yes pleeeaassss

Hubba Hubba

CB

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XNASA

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Tue Dec-20-05 12:37 PM
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6. Legwarmers only?

:patriot:

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eyepaddle

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Tue Dec-20-05 12:39 PM
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11. ding ding ding! we have a winner!

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jane_pippin

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Tue Dec-20-05 12:38 PM
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8. Yes. I've got some on right now

Although I also have pants on over them.
I don't think I could bring myself to wear them so people could see them unless I was at dance class though.

Perhaps this is some kind of extension of your boot fetish.

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LaraMN

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Tue Dec-20-05 12:40 PM
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13. Ah-hah! I had the same thought!

It's gotta be my boot-thing!

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skygazer

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Tue Dec-20-05 12:39 PM
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10. If you like them, sure

I don't particularly like them so I wouldn't. But I refuse to be chained in what I wear or do by what so-called "fashion" dictates.

(I sure wouldn't wear the crotch-pinching garment that the model in blue is wearing - looks both stupid and uncomfortable. And since she has no ass to speak of, it looks like a little kid who forgot to put her pants on over her underwear)

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kmla

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Tue Dec-20-05 12:41 PM
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14. If you're Jennifer Beals, and this is 1983...

...then it's all good.

Otherwise...........not so much.

:7

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Left Is Write

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Tue Dec-20-05 12:41 PM
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15. No.

I was there the first time legwarmers became a popular fashion accessory. I'm not allowed to do it again.

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tigereye

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Tue Dec-20-05 01:08 PM
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21. um no

I'll take the boots for 100 please.

(another boot afficianado)

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DS1

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Tue Dec-20-05 01:35 PM
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24. My eyes only go up in that picture

leg warmers or not

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Reverend_Smitty

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Tue Dec-20-05 01:43 PM
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28. I was at my professor's house the other night for a Christmas party

and there was this picture of her on the wall in her game room. It must have been taken in the early 80's when she was a dancer (or extra in Flashdance...lol). Well she was wearing the leg warmers and head band. I took great pleasure in singing the theme song from Flashdance every time she walked by. So moral of the story, never wear leg warmers unless you want to get mocked by a punk-ass like me 20 years from now.

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LaraMN

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Tue Dec-20-05 01:53 PM
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32. I remember wearing them when I was about five.

But then, I wore alot of odd get-ups back then. I blame my mother.

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Reverend_Smitty

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Tue Dec-20-05 01:58 PM
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34. When I was young in the late 80's, early 90's...

it seemed like everything I owned was flourescent...I'm gonna blame my mom for that one too

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LaraMN

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Tue Dec-20-05 02:04 PM
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35. Ohhh... remember Hypercolor shirts?

I had pink one that turned purple...or a purple one that turned pink...

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Reverend_Smitty

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Tue Dec-20-05 02:09 PM
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36. I always wanted one...

but never got one. I was told they were too expensive

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LaraMN

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Tue Dec-20-05 02:12 PM
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37. I bought my own; my parents were too thrifty to buy one, either.

It stopped working very well after numerous launderings.

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deek

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Tue Dec-20-05 02:24 PM
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39. here you go! $44

http://www.importsvcint.com/Moodeo-Home.html

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AlCzervik

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Tue Dec-20-05 02:19 PM
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38. if you are a ballet dance then yes, if not----no.

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yellowdogintexas

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Tue Dec-20-05 09:08 PM
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40. I am going to the dance shop to get some: it is so damn cold

in my work station that my legs are numb from the knees down. I have not worked in an office this cold for years, and it is just my legs and feet that get cold. If it were just me, I would worry but everybody is cold.

So I figure a set of leg warmers in the desk drawer could be a good thing.

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SOteric

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Tue Dec-20-05 09:24 PM
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41. I think they look kind of goofy.

But if you like them, wear them. To heck with other people's opinions.

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MissMillie

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Tue Dec-20-05 09:54 PM
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42. your legs might be warmer if you put some clothes on.

just a suggestion.

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