Buttoning up your boots

[u/Longjumping-Box5691]

[u/AliciaXTC]

I'm only licensed to operate Velcro.

[u/craftsmany → u/AliciaXTC]

I don't even think I am licensed for that

[u/penguingod26 → u/craftsmany]

Normally, you don't need one.

Just that guy does

[u/Poopdickmcstinks → u/AliciaXTC]

A license for velcro? What a rip off

[u/The_Ghast_Hunter → u/Poopdickmcstinks]

guy really got hooked in and thrown for a loop.

[u/Equivalent-Chance142 → u/The_Ghast_Hunter]

I don't want to get tangled up in these puns.

[u/graveybrains → u/AliciaXTC]

Only with adult supervision

[u/tehcpengsiudai → u/[deleted]]

It's just a hairy situation.

[u/aFerens → u/tehcpengsiudai]

It threw me for a loop.

[u/Arkhe1n → u/AliciaXTC]

I got upgraded to zippers.

[u/Temporary_Tune5430]

Imagine having to do this when you’re already late for the leprechaun convention. 

[u/att0mic → u/Temporary_Tune5430]

The LepreCon?

[u/LetsTryAnal_ogy → u/att0mic]

Not to be confused with the LeperCon. That’ll get awkward.

[u/Wildlife_Jack → u/LetsTryAnal_ogy]

There's something funny about this comment, but I can't quite put my finger on it.

[u/Lostinthestarscape → u/Wildlife_Jack]

Hmm I'd like to know more, you have my ear

[u/att0mic → u/LetsTryAnal_ogy]

Actually almost sent my original comment misspelled that way but fortunately noticed it in time. I don't imagine a LeperCon would be fun to attend.

[u/amatulic → u/att0mic]

Anyone who read the Artemis Fowl books would know it's LEPRecon, for Lower Elements Police Reconnaissance unit. I recall a bit in one of the books where the fairy Holly, a lead character and an officer in LEPRecon, is glad that her standard uniform no longer includes those ridiculous big buckles and funny hats.

[u/satanseedforhire → u/amatulic]

I haven't thought about those books in years!

[u/The_Ghast_Hunter → u/satanseedforhire]

Wonder if it'll ever get a movie

[u/amatulic → u/The_Ghast_Hunter]

It did. Unfortunately it wasn't faithful to the original novel. Relied on a Macguffin to resolve the plot. Sad.

[u/cdnsig → u/att0mic]

Take my upvote and gtfo

[u/heyshutupx-x → u/att0mic]

it was right there

[u/LetMePushTheButton → u/Temporary_Tune5430]

Everybody see the leprechaun say yeah!

[u/howzit- → u/LetMePushTheButton]

I wanna know where the gold at!

[u/StevenAssantisFoot → u/howzit-]

Gimme the gold, i want the gold

[u/blue-mooner → u/StevenAssantisFoot]

Let’s not jump to conclusions, it could have been a crackhead who got a hold of the wrong stuff

[u/PressureHooker → u/blue-mooner]

If only I had an amateur sketch of this leprechaun to help me identify it!

[u/pimpmastahanhduece → u/PressureHooker]

"This antileprechaun flute was passed down through my family."

[u/blue-mooner → u/pimpmastahanhduece]

And you’re just there to help out, right?

[u/ThhomassJ → u/PressureHooker]

[u/Potato_Stains → u/StevenAssantisFoot]

I think this was the first viral video of its kind that I can remember when YouTube was brand spanking new. 2005-06 ish.
The song edit is hilarious.

[u/Healthy_Gap_4265 → u/LetMePushTheButton]

Yeah!

[u/BlasterONassis → u/LetMePushTheButton]

It could be a crackhead!

[u/produce_this → u/LetMePushTheButton]

This is a Leprechaun flute (scaffolding connection) that was passed down from my grandfather from his grandfather..

[u/Durt-Wyzerdd → u/produce_this]

Damn if that vid isn't YouTube gold 🥇

[u/Prophet-of-Ganja → u/LetMePushTheButton]

“Yeah!”

[u/thepukingdwarf → u/LetMePushTheButton]

I got a tattoo from an artist who met the leprechaun-spotter. I only know this because while I was getting tattooed, I noticed a photo on the wall of the tattoo artist and the dude from the news standing together and asked "holy shit, is that the 'everyone who seen the leprechaun say yeahuh!!' guy?" He confirmed it was the dude and he was pretty shocked I even noticed, also said the dudes goofy attitude seemed genuine and not just an act for the news

Anyway, thanks for coming to my TED talk

[u/bakenmake → u/LetMePushTheButton]

Correction: “Who all seen the leprechaun…say yeah?!?”

[u/yourballsareshowing_ → u/Temporary_Tune5430]

[u/DadsRGR8 → u/Temporary_Tune5430]

I always wondered how a buttonhook worked. Thanks!

[u/ABeerForSasquatch → u/DadsRGR8]

I've always wondered what you do when your buttonhook gapes your buttonhole.

[u/Novel-Valuable-7193 → u/Temporary_Tune5430]

This is the best comment, no need to read others lol

[u/Klin24 → u/Temporary_Tune5430]

"They're magically inconvenient!"

[u/sskylar → u/Temporary_Tune5430]

[u/ToxicBTCMaximalist]

Imagine not being TSA pre-check and wearing those boots.

[u/Phoenix_Lazarus → u/ToxicBTCMaximalist]

If you have boots like that, you're not going through TSA to fly.

[u/ToxicBTCMaximalist → u/Phoenix_Lazarus]

Given the shrinking of legroom I assumed leprechauns would be content flying major airlines.

[u/Battered_Botanicals → u/ToxicBTCMaximalist]

They shove them in the overhead bins :(

[u/PGnautz → u/Phoenix_Lazarus]

Do you travel by rainbow instead?

[u/hrafnafadhir → u/Phoenix_Lazarus]

If you wear boots like that you’re always fly.

[u/DulceEtBanana → u/Phoenix_Lazarus]

Yeah you'd walk on the plane, put your hockey mask and machete in the overhead, sit down and enjoy your flight like everyone else.

[u/AccountWasFound → u/Phoenix_Lazarus]

You can get reproduction boots like that for not an insane amount, honestly if they came in wide I would have bought some years ago....

[u/Jan_Asra → u/Phoenix_Lazarus]

don't private planes still get checked?

[u/TeddyTheCognihacker → u/Jan_Asra]

They do not.

[u/utukore → u/TeddyTheCognihacker]

Few year back a story dropped that some dealers had clocked on to this and so they started renting a private jet to import kilos of cocaine without risk using a smaller local airport. Had been happening years before anyone booked them. No checks at all so people, guns, drugs etc were all easy to move. Just had to pay the 150k hire fee per shipment.

[u/HoneyBucketsOfOats → u/ToxicBTCMaximalist]

So everyone in front of me every time I fly

[u/BarnesWorthy → u/ToxicBTCMaximalist]

Looks like they also have zippers on the sides

[u/logualaure → u/BarnesWorthy]

I believe that's a seam.

[u/Altruistic-Resort-56]

I'll be damned I guess that's what a buttonhook is

[u/mebutnew → u/Altruistic-Resort-56]

Should I have already heard of a buttonhook?

[u/Pistoolio → u/mebutnew]

It’s often used in football as a route a receiver can run, or it can mean to make a tight turn around a corner or through a doorway.

[u/osirisfrost42 → u/Altruistic-Resort-56]

[u/ThisMeansRooR → u/Altruistic-Resort-56]

You could borrow one of those sickle probes from your dentist in a pinch

[u/Whowutwhen → u/Altruistic-Resort-56]

My exact reaction lol

[u/I_Suck_At_This_Too]

When the arthritis in my hands was so bad this would have been really useful. Couldn't even button my shirt.

[u/Zombi3Kush → u/I_Suck_At_This_Too]

Damn that sounds horrible. Is it better now?

[u/[deleted] → u/Zombi3Kush]

They didn’t respond so i guess not

[u/NormaScock69 → u/[deleted]]

Rest in peace op

[u/I_Suck_At_This_Too → u/Zombi3Kush]

It's better but not gone. I have some permanent damage in my finger joints from it. I can still do most things. I'd need hand surgery to fix it.

[u/ACertainNeighborino → u/I_Suck_At_This_Too]

If you still have issues, I highly recommend seeing an Occupational Therapist. The common button hook handle is larger where you can use a gross grasp (whole fist) and is easier on the finger joints

[u/I_Suck_At_This_Too → u/ACertainNeighborino]

I'm pretty much ok now but I'll keep that in mind.

[u/ACertainNeighborino → u/I_Suck_At_This_Too]

I'm glad you're doing better :)

[u/GoatCovfefe]

I don't have the patience for these boots.

[u/ober0330]

How is this satisfying? All I can think about is how you have to carry that damn hook everywhere!

[u/qgmonkey → u/ober0330]

Nonsense, your hand servant carries it for you

[u/Tumblrrito → u/qgmonkey]

Surely you meant your foot servant

[u/SurfinHippy → u/Tumblrrito]

Much more fitting, and don’t call me Shirley!

[u/GoatCovfefe → u/Tumblrrito]

I don't often audibly guffaw at reddit comments, but I'll be damned if yours didn't make me guffaw.

[u/Imaginary_Poetry5044 → u/Tumblrrito]

If you're really rich, they're a Button Hook Servant.

[u/CIA_napkin → u/qgmonkey]

This guy...the poorest of folk, amirite?🧐

[u/Aselleus → u/ober0330]

A gentleman never takes their shoes off other than the privacy of their own boudoir. Not even their wives are allowed to see their delicant ankles, least she leaves him for a thick-ankled commoner.

[u/AshlynnCashlynn → u/Aselleus]

fucking LOL

[u/pauldarkandhandsome → u/ober0330]

Gives a whole new meaning to walking around with a hooker

[u/Dean_Learner77 → u/ober0330]

All I can think about is how you can't adjust the tightness like you can with laces. 

[u/captainundershirt]

Ain't nobody got time for that.

[u/Altruistic_Squash_97 → u/captainundershirt]

I was just going to type this!

[u/Dry_Vegetable_1517]

OKAY… now take them off.

[u/ninj4geek → u/Dry_Vegetable_1517]

Gotta buy me dinner first

[u/Longjumping-Box5691 → u/Dry_Vegetable_1517]

Can anyone confirm the buttonhook works in reverse?

[u/Tuscanthecow → u/Longjumping-Box5691]

Just reverse the video... Duh!

[u/tobito- → u/Tuscanthecow]

Why the fuck is this the only comment that made me audibly laugh? Wtf is wrong with my humor? 😂

[u/intergalacticspy → u/Longjumping-Box5691]

You don’t need a button hook to unbutton the buttons.

[u/just_a_hunk]

This is like the same thing they do to get tires on a rim.

[u/lena_vernon]

“You’re late for the third time this week”

[u/TheGothDragon → u/lena_vernon]

“Sorry, I had to button my shoes with a hook wrench thing!”

[u/spada3 → u/TheGothDragon]

hook wrench thing

Button hook.

[u/Japjer]

No, no thank you.

I don't want to spend 15 minutes taking these things off. We invented buttons that can be done by hand for a reason.

"Difficult" doesn't mean "fancy."

[u/UnlikelyPlatypus89 → u/Japjer]

I agree. But I have to say I hate boots with zippers. It saves time and for styles like knee highs i dont know if it is even possible to not have zippers. But I very much dislike zippers. My soul pair of boots’ only flaw is the zipper.

[u/Dark-Federalist-2411]

Those boots are fantastic. I’d look for any excuse to wear those if I owned a pair.

[u/StevenAssantisFoot → u/Dark-Federalist-2411]

American Duchess makes some. They also sell buttonhooks

[u/eidnarb → u/StevenAssantisFoot]

How absolutely fabulous! Thank you for showing me to go down the rabbit hole with Alice searching for historical shoes!

[u/StevenAssantisFoot → u/eidnarb]

They are very well-made and comfortable as well as looking wonderful. I splurged on a pair for my wedding and they are so nice. I plan on getting another pair but i can't decide which ones. They have sales pretty often.

[u/Charming-Fig-2544 → u/Dark-Federalist-2411]

Here are some in a different color and priced to sell. I'm considering buying them. I love leather boots.

https://www.jobearboots.com/shop/black-leather-and-aubergine-suede-victorian-mens-button-boots-1-fmhyy

[u/HAILsexySATAN]

Can you please take your shoes off in the house?

“I can not”

[u/MrFif33]

Is THAT what a buttonhook was/is used for? 🤯

[u/JikkaThesorus]

[u/want_a_muffin]

I remember watching Chicago Cubs baseball on WGN back in the 1980s. The pitcher made a fake pickoff move to first base before turning to try a pickoff at 3rd—as if the runner on 3rd would try to score when he saw the pitcher start to throw to 1st. It didn’t work—the runner on 3rd didn’t move. Harry Caray said, “That move went out of style with high-button shoes.” I never knew what he meant…until now, almost 40 years later. Thanks for posting!

[u/Past_Lawyer_8254]

Buttons on boots is ridiculous to begin with

[u/56Runningdogz]

The green is incredibly satisfying, too. Great boots!

[u/numba-1-stunna]

This should be in oddlyupsetting

[u/YoungDiscord]

"Honey? Are you ready?"

"Almost, just screwing on my shoes"

[u/PassMeDatSuga]

oddlypainful

[u/CrazyJosh1987]

Does he like berries and cream?

[u/BeenThruIt]

Now, unbutton them.

[u/lumpthefoff]

That looks annoying AF but at the same time, those boots look sick.

[u/snowdragon11781]

This annoys me to an unreasonable degree for no reason

[u/ilovebabyblayze]

Made me think of Hercule Poirot!

[u/wasntjustfart]

[u/Shanemohanlon]

That doesn’t satisfy me at all, actually it’s frustratingly stupid

[u/DanimalPlays]

Oh boy, I am nowhere near patient enough for that. Looks dope. Would destroy my brain.

[u/cats-pyjamas]

My nana b:1912 was flabbergasted when I bought a pair of Doc Martin's when I was 18. She was like whyyyyy. All they had growing up was boots halfway up the leg that required buttoning up which was tedious as hell I'm picking. Even though the Docs are obviously laces it must have given her flashbacks

[u/Dragon3076]

The boots stay on when meeting the trollop.

[u/merc_1980]

Honey where's my boot tying broche?

[u/Waderriffic]

And half an hour later you’re ready to go

[u/Dry_Common828]

Surely a gentleman's valet does this for him.

[u/Mindless_Base_6697]

Can you imagine if the bottom of your foot started itching wearing these

[u/lionhearted86]

This seems horrible. I'd refer it over to r/oddlyannoying, but they don't seem very active there

[u/whatanerdiam]

A big thank you to the people who invented zippers and elastic.

[u/dugs-special-mission]

[u/Horror-Carpenter2967]

I'm not sure if all of us can do this

[u/Beneficial-Price-842]

They stay on all day cuz taking them off to have to put them back on again just isn't happening

[u/MmaOverSportsball]

No thanks I don’t want to perform surgery to tie my shoes lol

[u/tykaboom]

Imagine trying to take it off in a hurry.

Like if your foot got stuck in something.

Dead.

[u/HugsandHate]

"Would you mind taking your shoes off, please?"

"Oh.. Sorry, I left my shoe button tool at home."

[u/knockatize]

Y’know, my 19th century dandy boot is too tight

I couldn’t get it off last night

A week went by, an’ now it’s July

I finally got it off an’ my girl-friend cry

“You got stink foot! Stink foot, darlin’

Your stink foot puts a hurt on my nose!

Stink foot! Stink foot! I ain’t lyin’

Can you rinse it off, d’you suppose?”

[u/3dwardcnc]

So that's a buttonhook!

[u/ThinNeighborhood2276]

There's something so satisfying about the snug fit and secure feeling once they're all buttoned up.

[u/Tokagenji]

Tedious.. but I would totally fuckin' wear them if they were still in style, together with an 18th century cape.

[u/ParsleyBeneficial123 → u/Tokagenji]

Bring back capes

[u/Dansredditname]

Doesn't everyone have a buttonhook? I keep mine next to the grape scissors

[u/Capital-Progress-391]

Fancy Schmancy

[u/BeeGeeReverse]

this would be hell in an Asian house.

[u/LeeQuidity]

In my head canon: Buttons and buttonholes were the standard for shoes, and it took everybody forever to get everything all cinched up and proper before they went out into society.

And then decades later, some person said, "Why the fuck are we spending half our life cinching up our goddamned shoes, and can't we do it quicker?" And then someone got the local newspaper to print a Ye Olde Lyfe Hackke that suggested using a curled wire or paperclip or something to get in there and do it faster. But then people found that the wire or paperclip was too flimsy, and then someone decided to engineer a quality tool for the job, with sturdy metal and a proper handle! And here we are today wondering why the fuck nobody pitched laces, buckles or slip-ons.

[u/AliasNefertiti → u/LeeQuidity]

My guess is crochet hooks were involved at some point. As a crocheter people are always confusing button hooks with crochet hooks.

[u/Repulsive-Neat6776]

Damn. Misplaced my button hook again. Guess I'll just go barefoot.

[u/amatulic]

Great demonstration of why zippers were invented.

Imagine traveling with those and then realizing you left your special tool behind. The opposite of satisfying.

Or if you had to go in and out of an Asian household. My wife is Asian, and yes, we don't wear shoes indoors. That's why I love Crocs. Slip them on to go outside, slip them off to come inside.

[u/AnythingButWhiskey]

These are the shoes the mirror-universe Mr. Rogers wears.

[u/deviltrombone]

Even though I haven't seen "Sybil" in decades, and I know it was later revealed to be a hoax, when I think "buttonhook", it's what I instantly think about.

[u/mothmanismybeau → u/deviltrombone]

I was looking for this comment! Saaaaaame! My whole body cringes in on itself whenever button hooks are mentioned!

[u/Kitchen_Roll_4779]

Imagine getting a rock in your boot.

[u/ZeroDarkThirtyy0030]

Finally a worse invention than shoe laces

[u/bpmdrummerbpm]

This is why I’m always late for work.

[u/Majestic-Joke461]

The TSA hates this person

[u/Nebularrrr]

Imagine trying to get these off tipsy after a night out.

[u/thenotanurse]

I don’t want to take 3-5 business days to “kick off my Sunday shows.”

[u/BottleWhoHoldsWater]

Oh so that's what a button hook is for

[u/Death_Sheep1980]

Huh, so that's how you use a buttonhook.

[u/Axxisol]

[u/coaxialdrift]

He'd get so annoyed if he ever went to Japan!

[u/OkDragonfly4098]

And this is why westerners keep their shoes on in too many indoor locations

Traditions based on fiddly footwear!

[u/Noobnoob99]

That is not satisfying

[u/CriticalCactus47]

No thanks..

[u/woutomatic]

Imagine sexy time...

[u/critical-drinking]

How long did it take to get dressed if this is just the shoes?

[u/dugs-special-mission]

No time for that

[u/aardw0lf11]

I can’t imagine the threads in those buttons holding up to that much twisting for very long.

[u/AlwaysANewDay00]

this might be added in horror movies where the MC is tryna run away from the ghost yet blud gotta button his shoes..

[u/Adventurous_Run_4566]

This just looks annoying

[u/drunk_bender]

Thanks, I hate it

[u/Blue-Jay42]

Convenience wasn't invented until the early 1920s

[u/Vicious007]

My great grandfather had one of these in a box with some spats, and I never knew what it was for until now.

[u/SacredGay]

And that's why the boots stay ON during sex.

[u/TwerkLessons]

I’d wear those.

[u/2NutsDragon]

So you’re trapped in them unless you care that metal spike in your pocket? Level 10 douche canoes.

[u/Sad_Leg1091]

Don’t wear them through TSA screening

[u/Roccofairmont]

And the winner of the making something difficult that is easy award goes to...

[u/nigevellie]

Bro if you need a dentist hook just to put your shoes on. You need to re-examine your life choices.

[u/IAMSTILLHERE2020]

Imagine in an emergency needing to take the boots off.

[u/Midan71]

" sorry i'm late, I was buttoning up my shoes"

[u/OpenGrainAxehandle]

Ahem. Shouldn't your footman be doing this?

[u/CyanidePaws]

I wonder if these were painted with arsenic

[u/ottig]

When you say " I'll be 5 more minutes, maybe more "

[u/pooooork]

Sorry we take our shoes off in this household.

Uhh I forgot my shoe-button pick.

[u/MusicGuy75]

Why am I hearing the original grainy grammaphone version of My Blue Heaven playing in the background??

[u/EmirFassad]

I've always wondered how buttonhooks work.

[u/Daedroth-Dae]

ain't nobody got time for that!

[u/bde959]

What a pain in the ass that would be.

I get frustrated when I have to untie my shoes to put them on.

[u/tehsecretgoldfish]

my grandmother collected button hooks. I used to get her one every Christmas. I have the collection now.

[u/grizzlyat0ms]

The arch of my foot would start itching the second I snapped the top button.

[u/Schowzy]

can't wait for that tool to show up on r/whatisthisthing and someone will know exactly what it is instantly.

[u/Emergency_Accident52]

Oh fuck that! 🤣🤣🤣

[u/Graehaus]

Dear, where’s the Allen wrench? We are going to be late!

[u/Dannysmartful]

Does anybody else get like PTSD from watching this from remembering the movie Sybil???

[u/Fancy_Art_6383]

Those Spatz are fresh!

[u/Sucessful_Test1555]

Slip ons are my favorite.

[u/dogmetal]

[u/A--Creative-Username]

Looks convenient

[u/NormandFutz]

thats gunna take soo long to get off when i pee