{"id":1434,"date":"2012-02-21T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-02-21T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=1434"},"modified":"2012-02-21T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-02-21T09:00:00","slug":"how-to-wear-boots-untied","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=1434","title":{"rendered":"How to Wear Boots Untied"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-8Mhmou6XpJg\/TzluX5eE_XI\/AAAAAAAADfo\/R0a3G3tsAVg\/s1600\/Wescocombat08.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"302\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-8Mhmou6XpJg\/TzluX5eE_XI\/AAAAAAAADfo\/R0a3G3tsAVg\/s320\/Wescocombat08.jpg?resize=320%2C302\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;\">While I prefer boots that pull on or zip closed, I have some boots in my collection that have laces, and require tying.  Boots with laces have a very rugged, masculine appearance &#8212; provided they are worn correctly (that is, laced up and tied.)<\/p>\n<p>But there goes Google again, directing a visitor to my website. The visitor entered the question, &#8220;how to wear boots untied for men.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a name='more'><\/a>Don&#8217;t believe me? See it here:<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-LENtkLAc7Yo\/TzlvDD8oKLI\/AAAAAAAADf4\/sInWuyUEPiY\/s1600\/Untied.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"61\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-LENtkLAc7Yo\/TzlvDD8oKLI\/AAAAAAAADf4\/sInWuyUEPiY\/s400\/Untied.jpg?resize=400%2C61\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Aw come on, really?  <\/p>\n<p>I just betcha this was entered by a youngster. No adult man would wear boots that laced up without tying them. Not only do untied boots look silly, dorky, &#8220;uncool&#8221; and just plain stupid, wearing boots that way reflects poorly on the intellect of anyone who would wear them that way.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-W0zC24lbUEk\/TzlufajlcII\/AAAAAAAADfw\/CF9DECzteEc\/s1600\/Justinwork03.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-W0zC24lbUEk\/TzlufajlcII\/AAAAAAAADfw\/CF9DECzteEc\/s320\/Justinwork03.jpg?resize=305%2C320\" width=\"305\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><i>Untied boots are NOT a fashion statement<\/i>.  They are a statement that the wearer is lazy or doesn&#8217;t know how to tie shoes (boots).<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, yeah, yeah, you&#8217;re sick of Mommy reminding you to tie your shoes (boots) so that you do not trip.  But there is a reason why she did that &#8212; she cares about you. <\/p>\n<p>Life is short:  tie your boots.  &#8216;nuf said. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While I prefer boots that pull on or zip closed, I have some boots in my collection that have laces, and require tying. Boots with laces have a very rugged, masculine appearance &#8212; provided they are worn correctly (that is, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=1434\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-motorcycle-boots"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1434\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}