Tuesday, December 11, 2007

these boots were made for...

I was Windows shopping recently (what a sad day it will be when I update to Vista and have to retire that joke) and I ran across this:



It's the Women's Nike Glencoe boot.

Nike is clearly branching out from sports to warfare, and about time, I say.

As a Campbell whose own ancestors may have been among those who perpetrated the Glencoe Massacre of 1692, I welcome the appearance of a boot commemorating a time when we were known for more than soup.

A boot whose EVA midsole provides "excellent shock protection," the sort of protection you need when you rise in the middle of the night in the castle where you've been an honored guest for a month, creep down the hall, and stab your host in his sleep!

And yes, I know the whole Campbell-MacDonald rivalry thing was just spin (or at least, I do now, having just Googled it, although I have to admit that everything I knew about the Glencoe Massacre up to now was based on a song, and you really shouldn't trust history that RHYMES) but the fact remains, there was a massacre. People died. (38 people, to be exact, I think there've been more impressive death tolls at Who concerts, but whatever).

They died so that we could have "rugged outdoor shoes with casual flair."

And don't you forget it.