Natasa wrote: <The other day I saw Monty Python's old sketch, Ministry of Silly Walks. Do you think Our Heroes could qualify for a job there?>
Well, there's that curious gliding way Avon moves whenever he has to run in skin-tight leather ...
and Jacqui: <Why do the females so often wear 'silly shoes' - for traipsing around on planets?>
It is a well-known historical fact that fashion and common sense have rarely had much if anything to do with each other ... and the shoes are a necessary part of the 1970s-retro styles sweeping the Federation at this point in time.
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Sally said:
It is a well-known historical fact that fashion and common sense have
rarely
had much if anything to do with each other ... and the shoes are a
necessary
part of the 1970s-retro styles sweeping the Federation at this point in time.
Possibly encouraged by the Federation in an (ineffective) attempt to make it harder to express rebellious impulses?
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"Sally Manton" smanton@hotmail.com wrote:
Natasa wrote: <The other day I saw Monty Python's old sketch, Ministry of Silly Walks. Do you think Our Heroes could qualify for a job there?>
Well, there's that curious gliding way Avon moves whenever he has to run in skin-tight leather ...
and Jacqui: <Why do the females so often wear 'silly shoes' - for traipsing around on planets?>
It is a well-known historical fact that fashion and common sense have rarely had much if anything to do with each other ... and the shoes are a necessary part of the 1970s-retro styles sweeping the Federation at this point in time.
But what about eg Servalan's footwear in 'Orac' - not suitable for going through muddy tunnels.
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