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In reply to the discussion: Who among us wore bread bags on our shoes while growing up? [View all]AgingAmerican
(12,958 posts)Because we would be out for hours and hours and needed our feet dry.
I remember putting them over our shoes too, to run and slide down a snow hill on our feet.
For those not privy to Hooky Bobbing or Bumper Towing or skitching, here is a primer:
Stand near a stop sign when the roads are all compact snow. When a car stops, get behind it sitting on your heels and hold onto the bumper. The car pulls you and you slide on your feet. You hold on as long as possible. If more than one grabs the same bumper, whoever is the last person standing wins. The faster the car went, the funner the ride. The trick is to grab on without the driver noticing. Otherwise they would either a: stop and make you get off, or b: try to shake you by driving crazy, which was hella fun.
My mom used to get pissed, because dress shoes were the best to slide on the road, so we used them to hooky bob. She also hated it because she said it was dangerous.