Sigh

Why must I agree with Megan McArdle ?

I, too, wore the bread bags. And so did pretty much everyone in my school who didn't have rain boots (and there were a lot of us). I always walked to school, even in kindergarten, and my mother (and step-mother) would make me wear the bags when it was raining or snowing because that's the best way to tromp through two miles of wet and not wreck your feet.

Joni Ernst is a doofus, but bread bags over (or inside) your shoes were plenty common in the 70s and 80s, in upstate NY.

3 thoughts on “Sigh

  1. ChrisR

    I grew up in the Midwest in the ’80s and remember wearing bread bags, mostly inside my shoes. It was so much nicer than having feet that were both cold *and* soaking wet, but it was of course embarrassing to me as a kid. Lucky for me, my bus stop was just in front of my house, but there was always a lot of snow and your feet/shoes would never be dry for long.

    It seems strange that people would make fun of her for talking about wearing them. It’s almost like a Nelson-style “Ha Ha”.

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