Comments on: Put The Brakes On The Heeley Fad!

By: Venomous Kate

Venomous Kate — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 02:59:59 +0000

Frankly, under those circumstances, I believe it ought to be perfectly acceptable to discipline someone else’s kids.

By: kimsch

kimsch — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 01:35:46 +0000

Today, at the grocery store, one mom, three children say 12, 10 and 8 all wearing heelies, at a chokepoint in the store. Mom just said, “I said watch out when you’ve got those on!”. All three children nearly ran Little Guy and me over. Then, of course, Little Guy says, “Mom, I want some Heelies.” I told him no, they are too dangerous. He believed me since we were just about bowled over…

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:43:02 +0000

NBC News last night did a report on those and said kids should be wearing: helmets, knee guards, and elbow guards. In other words the same things they wear SKATEBOARDING. Would you let a kid skateboarding inside, other than skateboard track that is designed for it?!?

/soapbox

I am old and yes sometimes we do forget why we are there. So will you, eventually.

By: Venomous Kate

Venomous Kate — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 13:35:26 +0000

I find it hilarious that so many of these kids — my own daughter included — who want Heeleys would never, ever be caught dead in a roller rink.

By: Jeff St Real

Jeff St Real — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 12:38:45 +0000

My son’s been begging us for months to get Heeleys for his birthday. Well, his birthday is tomorrow, and he ain’t getting no damn Heeleys.

There’s always a couple kids that have everything, and often have things two or three years before they are old enough, and of course they torture the ones that don’t have these things.

“Why don’t you have Heeleys yet?” “Ask your parents for some Heeleys!”. “I will buy you Heeley’s for your birthday!”

Oh, no you won’t you little thug. My son already has a bicycle and a skateboard, and numerous other means of killing himself and others. We don’t need to add rolling sneakers to the list.

By: Kim

Kim — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:37:41 +0000

Our local grocery banned them and I keep meaning to stop by the customer service desk and thank the manager.

By: wg

wg — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 03:59:19 +0000

Hear hear! Fly, that’s precisely what I was going to say.

My 10 year old insisted on getting a pair of Heeley’s from a friend of hers who had outgrown them. Mind you, the child in question is, and I kid you not, the single most accident prone kid I’ve ever met (and that includes my buddy Crash the cop, who has, literally crashed at least one of everything). Putting wheels under that kid is an open invitation to disaster, which is why the wheels suddenly, inexplicably, and mysteriously vanished from the shoes late one night.

By: FlyRice

FlyRice — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 03:15:55 +0000

I hate Heeley’s and I hate kids that wear Heeley’s, and I probably hate parents that buy their children Heeley’s. It’s another reason for non-disiplined children to be more obnoxious than they were before…and also another reason to want to hit them really hard. Or you could do what I do, and stick your foot out infront of them as they try to zoom by you and then pretend nothing happened and the stupid kid just fell all by themselves.

By: kimsch

kimsch — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 00:17:55 +0000

And Mom will probably sue the grocery store and the electric cart manufacturer.

By: Non Sequitur

Non Sequitur — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

[IMG] I’ve blitched about this before. But I read a post over atElectric Venomthat just got me all pissed about the situation all over again (thanks VK). Heely are those misbegotten shoes with the wheels in the heels. They are designed for OUTDOOR use. Using them indoors, like in grocery stores, restaurants, shopping malls, etc.