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Now that there is no more shield to be carried before oneself to be ornamented with one's personal insignia and what shield there is is left behind in a car park somewhere remote while one trudges along floors leveled smooth and of vast expanse especially if one is visiting somebody important in the
important one's own castle there is a need to announce to others that one has arrived and travelled over this hallowed place and that one is a person to be respected.
With your sole of arms, you would just shuffle your feet on a mat of dust before disembarking and then leave a trail emblazoned with your personal mark, so that anyone following could just look down and say:
"Gules, nine bezants in saltire cantoned between two boars' heads erased in fess, the dexter contournée Or, armed Argent and langued Azure. Above the Shield is placed an Helm, with a Mantling Gules doubled Or and on a Wreath of the Liveries is set for Crest a thistle slipped and leaved Gules each leaf charged with a bezant, and in an Escrol over the same ..."
custom soles
http://www.halfbake...idea/custom_20soles
"...custom shoes arrive that leave the user-designed foot print." [phoenix, Oct 04 2004]
Jesus Loves You
http://www.shoesofthefisherman.com/
Great for fundraising, beach evangelism and mission trips! [grip, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 21 2004]
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Roman courtesans and prostitutes used to have shoe soles which printed the words "Follow me" whever they walked. Similar? This was done with studs or hobnails, I believe. |
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Can I have a fish on mine? |
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By the way, what the hell is the last paragraph about? Can you draw that please. |
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//...anyone following could just look down and say: |
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"Gules, nine bezants in saltire...// |
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Or, "Stepped in something he shouldn't have" |
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//Gules, nine bezants in saltire...// |
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Golly, nine pedants in satire! |
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...and a partridge in a pear tree. |
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1st person: "Heh, check out my 'filleting' soles!"
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2nd person: "Man, that's some groovy sole terrain--but
hey, check this
out!:
d: ...d; ...d: ...d: ...d; ...d: ...d: ...d; ...d:
...d: ...d: ...d; ...d: ...d: ...d; ...d: ...d: ... |
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