I can really relate to this one! At high altitude one finds oneself talking to one’s feet fairly often, and sometimes they talk back :)! Not sure I want to hear what my feet say about me in their private conversations, though…
Maybe like Ponce de Leon he was searching for the fountain of youth. If so, he seemed to have walked his youth and happiness away, if this portrait is any indication…he doesn’t look very happy.
After 4,000 miles, the feet should tell the shoes to shut the hell up & get some perspective. Bcz into my 15th hour of hiking over rocky/wet/muddy/hilly/uncomfortable adjective ad infinitum, it’s my feet that are bitchin’, not my boots! 😛
Actually, Columbus studied Marco Polo’s book very carefully esp mileage calculations. It gave Columbus some idea of how long it would take to get there by sailing west so he was not living in fantasy in believing in the voyage. That is why he thought he was in Indonesia when actually in the Bahamas and Antilles. The earth is 1/3 bigger than his calculations.
33 responses to “Marco Polo’s Shoes by Carl D’Agostino”
sixthsymph
January 14th, 2012 at 03:07
I can really relate to this one! At high altitude one finds oneself talking to one’s feet fairly often, and sometimes they talk back :)! Not sure I want to hear what my feet say about me in their private conversations, though…
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Carl D'Agostino
January 14th, 2012 at 07:24
Had you in mind drawing this one.
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monicastangledweb
January 14th, 2012 at 01:34
If shoes could talk–tee hee! Poor Marco’s feet. That’s a lot of walking!
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Carl D'Agostino
January 14th, 2012 at 07:23
Shoes and feet take us everywhere. We even have dream shoes I suppose.
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sonsothunder
January 13th, 2012 at 20:50
Maybe like Ponce de Leon he was searching for the fountain of youth. If so, he seemed to have walked his youth and happiness away, if this portrait is any indication…he doesn’t look very happy.
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Carl D'Agostino
January 14th, 2012 at 07:21
Having grown up in Florida I know all about him. Thanks for adding the pic. He is ailing from drinking swamp water.
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Sylver Blaque
January 13th, 2012 at 20:23
After 4,000 miles, the feet should tell the shoes to shut the hell up & get some perspective. Bcz into my 15th hour of hiking over rocky/wet/muddy/hilly/uncomfortable adjective ad infinitum, it’s my feet that are bitchin’, not my boots! 😛
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Carl D'Agostino
January 14th, 2012 at 07:29
Perhaps one should alternate and walk one one’s hands part of the way.
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nursemyra
January 13th, 2012 at 18:55
They look sturdy enough for a lot of walking. But where’s his horse?
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Carl D'Agostino
January 13th, 2012 at 19:04
He is not yet under the protection of the Khan and bandits stole the horses. They are in big trouble.
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totsymae1011
January 13th, 2012 at 17:02
If they were laced types, they could get together and tie each other up.
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Carl D'Agostino
January 13th, 2012 at 18:38
People are so inconsiderate of their shoes.
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suzicate
January 13th, 2012 at 14:11
I’m surprised he wasn’t wearing water fins!
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Carl D'Agostino
January 13th, 2012 at 18:38
Actually, Columbus studied Marco Polo’s book very carefully esp mileage calculations. It gave Columbus some idea of how long it would take to get there by sailing west so he was not living in fantasy in believing in the voyage. That is why he thought he was in Indonesia when actually in the Bahamas and Antilles. The earth is 1/3 bigger than his calculations.
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Mark Petruska
January 13th, 2012 at 13:52
Considering that “Marco Polo” is a game played in a pool, I’d have thought the guy SWAM to Cathay.
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Carl D'Agostino
January 13th, 2012 at 18:33
I still do not understand what that is all about. I just wish the kids would shut up.
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Stephen Page (eudaimonia)
January 13th, 2012 at 12:21
So one boot says to the other, “you got any soul, man?”
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Carl D'Agostino
January 13th, 2012 at 13:12
Sure, my owner is James Brown.
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Tori Nelson
January 13th, 2012 at 11:26
Walk a mile in his shoes? I don’t think so. Something tells me it would always be more than a mile 🙂
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Carl D'Agostino
January 13th, 2012 at 13:11
Yeah. Asia’s a tad bigger than Dorothy’s Kansas.
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pattisj
January 13th, 2012 at 15:59
It was a mile “as the crow flies.” 🙂
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Carl D'Agostino
January 14th, 2012 at 17:23
The crows know things we don’t and can’t imagine.
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territerri
January 13th, 2012 at 10:31
Those shoes are wishing they weren’t his SOLE form of transportation! 😉
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Carl D'Agostino
January 13th, 2012 at 13:10
Thatsa 10 ! You are hereby declared a citizen of Pundom. He got “booted” out of Venice.
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flynn1959
January 13th, 2012 at 10:11
Do I hear Nancy Sinatra in the background singing???
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Carl D'Agostino
January 13th, 2012 at 13:08
I was waiting for that one.
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Angelia Sims
January 13th, 2012 at 09:52
Just keep on trucking….. I bet they just need a nap and then they won’t be so cranky. 🙂
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Carl D'Agostino
January 13th, 2012 at 13:07
Well something’s gotta give here. Why couldn’t Marco wait till trains were invented? Venetians are so impatient.
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cristina
January 13th, 2012 at 09:07
good one da.
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Carl D'Agostino
January 13th, 2012 at 13:05
See you on the beach. Wear sandals not shoes.
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Maxi Malone
January 13th, 2012 at 08:09
One foot in front of the other will take you anywhere…
Blessings – Maxi
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Carl D'Agostino
January 13th, 2012 at 13:04
I don’t think the shoes are interested in hearing that.
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Sylver Blaque
January 13th, 2012 at 20:17
Lol!
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