The Sam Vimes "Boots" Theory of Socio-Economic Unfairness'

[The_Zombine]

Dunno if any of you folks read Terry Pratchett, but this one is kinda relevant. Cant remember from which story though.

The reason the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money.
Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. Those were the kind of boots Vimes always bought, and wore until the soles were so thin that he could tell where he was in the city on a foggy night by the feel of the cobbles.
But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that'd still be keeping his feet dry in ten years' time, while a poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet.
This was the Captain Samuel Vimes "Boots" theory of socioeconomic unfairness.

[essex boy]

LOL, Dunno about that,I brought designer label shoes which fell apart in 6 months while cheap shoes lasted twice as long

[The_Zombine]

are you sure they were original and not fong kong? anyway, each theory is supposed to have its opposite that prooves it.

[essex boy]

Yep,original Ben Sherman from a reputable shop.
I was not impressed lol.