I was re-tying my shoes for about the 5th time today--very annoying--when a question occured to me:
Q: Why did Velcro shoes go out of style? They're so much easier!!
A: Ya got me. I used to love boat shoes, too, and they went way out of style.
All I can really do is observe that velcro's appeal fades over time. Ever look at the velcro from your toddler's shoes? Once they've pounded around in them for a few months, the "clingy" part gets so full of string, grass clippings, dog hair and shmutz that it flaps uselessly off the top of the shoe like a dried slice of ham. I imagine that, inevitably, the same thing happened to adult shoes and people got sick of pulling the springy lint out of them.
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Good point about the shmutz, but by then it's about time to replace the shoes, no? OR they could invent a replacement velcro strap to replace the old....
THAT's IT!! It must be a conspiracy by those greedy shoelace manufacturing corporations. No shortage of Shoelace Lobbyists in Washington, I'll bet. They probably also have secret agents running around America placing shmutz in Velcro straps.
I always thought it was the Shmutz Fairy.
No, it's just an agent. Dressed like a fairy.
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