"Pointy shoes"
Unless I don't want to be, I am always a people-person. I will always go that extra kilometre to please. Although I no longer want to teach, I do want to educate. That is why, I had to react when I got an email from an unnamed source the other day. He/she wrote:
"Will you send me a picture of you next to a windmill? (preferably wearing pointy shoes...really sorry, what are those called?) Or have a picture with all of the above, with you sticking your finger in a dam. That would be an awesome overly gimmicky postcard!! Too bad it's not tulip season...."
Oh, where to start...
- Pointy shoes. They are called "santa's little helper boots". Why do people always focus on the shoes? I once read an article of a
study that found that the first thing women notice about a man is their shoes. Sure, this friend was a woman, and I guess if they are pointy shoes, that would be fair enough. But there is more to Dutch costume than just the shoes. How about the striped red-and-green tights with the pompom on top? - Next to a windmill. Second of all, do people really think that windmills are all over Holland, and that every single town has a windmill? Many towns have several.
- Sticking your finger in a dam hasn't been needed for many years now, and unlike this American friend is led to believe, in Holland is many years ahead in the field of dam-making. Dams don't regularly break anymore.
- Too bad is not tulip season. Rest assured, that somewhere in the world, it is always tulip season.
Ah, what the hell.
Seasons Greetings!
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