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Underbrella
Keep your shoes dry
 
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No matter which method I choose,
The last drops always land on my shoes.
I need something to keep them dry,
It may not work, but you gotta try.

A star wars shield, of nylon brown,
Ensures that your toes won't drown,
To protect the gloss on wingtips, pale,
Here's a product that shouldn't fail.

It zippers to your trouser cuffs,
And protects your shoes from falling... stuff,
So now, when you try to shake and dance,
The last drops land upon your pants. UB^)


UnaBubba, Feb 03 2003

This might help http://www.halfbake...ea/Urinal_20Fairing
In my defence, this link was posted when the idea was a little, uh, inchoate. [my face your, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]

Gender Specifocity Circulating_20shoes
Example of today's gender specific ideas... [PollyNo9, Oct 07 2005]

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       Thanks, [MFY]

UnaBubba, Feb 03 2003
  

       You make it for aunts, and it strays into golden shower territory.

UnaBubba, Feb 03 2003
  

       Pluterday, always interested in nutrition and herbal remedies, has heard that Saw Palmetto may be the answer to UnaBubba’s, er, dribble…

pluterday, Feb 03 2003
  

       You could always go sitting down, you know.

DrCurry, Feb 03 2003
  

       Ahmm... I don't actually suffer this problem, but I have noted that it does seem to afflict some.

UnaBubba, Feb 04 2003
  

       I was thinking of you, at the time.

UnaBubba, Feb 04 2003
  

       Maybe we need some sort of disposable shoe towel.

waugsqueke, Feb 04 2003
  

       <pounces on ambiguity> If the shoes are disposable, why bother with towels ? Better to have disposable towels for shoes, shirley ?

8th of 7, Feb 04 2003
  

       Literary merit notwithstanding, are these shoe coverings not commonly known as spats, gaiters or galoshes?

kropotkin, Feb 04 2003
  

       Possibly, but I don't recall any of them being 16in across, and collapsible.

UnaBubba, Feb 04 2003
  

       But how do you save the under-shoe?
I don’t now how, but nor do you.
The Underbrella makes a start
But whole shoe shielding is the art.
The moisture coming from below
Is worse than airborne moisture flow.
The contact time is so much more
It soaks into each stitching flaw.
At Glastonbury they do it finer
And wrap their shoes in a bin liner...
...although that's not a very elegant solution if you ask me, guv!

DrBob, Feb 04 2003
  

       RAIN SHIELD will keep your toes dry.

futurebird, Feb 04 2003
  

       Every sailor upon the high sea
Knows a tail wind is best when you pee.
Even bell-bottomed fellas
Need wide underbrellas
To keep both shoes lee wee-wee free.

FarmerJohn, Feb 04 2003
  

       Just sit down when you pee...and use toilet paper to wipe when through...then, as you will see...theres no more messy stuff on your shoe.

Blisterbob, Oct 07 2005
  

       just like Circulating Shoes this seems to be pointed at a specific gender... I think I will look at my hubby's feet next time he come out of the bathroom (ew).

PollyNo9, Oct 07 2005
  

       All very well to stipulate sitting, [Blisterbob], but sitting in a urinal doesn't appeal.

UnaBubba, Oct 07 2005
  
      
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