{"id":1790,"date":"2010-12-29T06:16:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-29T14:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tiedfeetguy.com\/2010\/12\/29\/ad-men-its-the-thought-that-counts-i-guess\/"},"modified":"2010-12-29T06:16:00","modified_gmt":"2010-12-29T14:16:00","slug":"ad-men-its-the-thought-that-counts-i-guess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tiedfeetguy.com\/2010\/12\/29\/ad-men-its-the-thought-that-counts-i-guess\/","title":{"rendered":"Ad Men, It&#8217;s the thought that counts (I guess)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So I&#8217;m with my BF&#8217;s family for post-holiday gifts. Sam&#8217;s Mom gives us  socks.\u00a0 Not only socks, but socks that &#8220;wick away odor. Your feet will  never smell again.&#8221;  We thank her, and soon as she steps away, I poke  Sam in the chest and whisper sternly to him, &#8220;You can never wear these  socks when I&#8217;m around.&#8221;  <\/p>\n<p>He admitted on the way home that he fought to keep a straight face.  Well, she meant well. \ud83d\ude09\u00a0 Just thought you would all get a kick out of that.<br \/>\u00a0 <br \/>Onto today&#8217;s post, a bit of nostalgia.\u00a0 Long ago, before the internet (and yes, there was a time in my life where there was no internet), as a young teen, I used to peruse the models in the Sunday newspaper ads for Macy&#8217;s, JC Penny&#8217;s, Target, etc. \u00a0These are guys from clothing ads, and they&#8217;re still hot. \u00a0Especially when barefoot! \u00a0And it brings me back to my childhood. \u00a0\ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_Xjthi5RpJ_8\/TRIy2ABmVjI\/AAAAAAAAIRY\/f7iyQckvtLM\/s1600\/mattloewen49mm6k.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" linkindex=\"25\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"317\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_Xjthi5RpJ_8\/TRIy2ABmVjI\/AAAAAAAAIRY\/f7iyQckvtLM\/s320\/mattloewen49mm6k.jpg\" width=\"320\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_Xjthi5RpJ_8\/TRIy3q_GF2I\/AAAAAAAAIRc\/YFULYgiwTUA\/s1600\/mattloewen348muq.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" linkindex=\"26\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_Xjthi5RpJ_8\/TRIy3q_GF2I\/AAAAAAAAIRc\/YFULYgiwTUA\/s320\/mattloewen348muq.jpg\" width=\"163\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_Xjthi5RpJ_8\/TRIzItn8qFI\/AAAAAAAAIRg\/k5Naxtn3CsY\/s1600\/9ca80c9c965d58e8b34e385316df77f3.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" linkindex=\"27\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_Xjthi5RpJ_8\/TRIzItn8qFI\/AAAAAAAAIRg\/k5Naxtn3CsY\/s320\/9ca80c9c965d58e8b34e385316df77f3.jpg\" width=\"262\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_Xjthi5RpJ_8\/TRIzKP4cL6I\/AAAAAAAAIRk\/Kr4tTmysSTw\/s1600\/adamgregory.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" linkindex=\"28\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_Xjthi5RpJ_8\/TRIzKP4cL6I\/AAAAAAAAIRk\/Kr4tTmysSTw\/s320\/adamgregory.jpg\" width=\"202\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_Xjthi5RpJ_8\/TRIzP9iMgVI\/AAAAAAAAIRo\/mcSwXAK-Hd8\/s1600\/bbf90879121c22e23ce95c422deec845.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" linkindex=\"29\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_Xjthi5RpJ_8\/TRIzP9iMgVI\/AAAAAAAAIRo\/mcSwXAK-Hd8\/s320\/bbf90879121c22e23ce95c422deec845.jpg\" width=\"239\"><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So I&#8217;m with my BF&#8217;s family for post-holiday gifts. 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