Shyheels

Blondie

Clyde

Pink Panther

Yes, a gal would have to get costumed-up like she was doing a tribute act for ABBA before her 'statement' would likely to be noticed. And even then...

On the other hand I seem to recall that President Obama was pilloried last year for wearing a (conservative) brown suit instead of the requisite black, dark blue, or charcoal grey. Kind of sad that a conservative brown suit on that most A-list of celebrity males could be considered too edgy...

True, stupid people can and do buy Fords. The subliminal message in the ad though is that while you (the consumer) may well be a moron, you can buy your way into an appearance of intelligence and this purchase (your new Ford) is one that will help with that. You will be makng an intelligent statement, even if you hadn't the wit to do it in your own.

As to heels, it is true too that putting on shoes or boots is not, to most adults, an intellectual achievement, but intelligence is not confined merely to IQ and problem solving abilities. There is visual or artistic intelligence, for example, as well as situational, social and emotional intelligence. Surely taste and a sense of style comes into this, or knowing how to push a boundary - if that is what you are doing - and doing it enviably well.

Echo

Vlad

Vikings

Firing

Snake Oil

Lobby

Gdansk

Episcopal

Cathedral

Cardinal

Cupid

Cockles

Daimler

Almondine

Torah

George Burns

Maybe they could have seen it coming if they'd had that extra height...

I don't doubt it. For one thing, you would carry it off with such aplomb nobody would think twice and, two, I doubt your boots and heels would have had anything to do with your injury.

No, I am thinking of a young galloot with a dislocated knee and shoulder being asked "how did you hurt yourself?" and the injured party goes all wide-eyed and says "well, there I was, out of the saddle, on my Pinarello Dogma F8, in 53x11, trying to beat my Strava record around Richmond Park and damned if my stilettos didn't get jammed in the drivetrain..."

And they roll their eyes and mutter "Darwin Award..."

H.G. Wells

The link doesn't work, Thighbootguy, although I suspect, with a decent amount of imagination I can work out the scene. 

These kinds of activities - whether it is attempting human-powered flight off the garage roof or trying to ride a bicycle in stiletto-heeled thigh boots - probably ought to make one think ahead and work out what the story is going to be when it all goes pear-shaped and you're asked how you injured yourself by the admitting nurse at A&E (or the ER in American-speak).  My feeling for such things has always been that if you can't come up with a story that won't make you look like a right goose, perhaps the proposed hey!-hold-my-beer-and-watch-this activity should remain on the drawing board.