This is what the item name says on the receipt from Wal*Mart if you purchase Steel-toed safety boots:

"Iron Tough"

My poor, wee head. Obviously, the brand name of the boots is Iron Tough. But I read "Tough" not as rhyming with "Rough," but with "Dough."

So, to me, it sounded in my wee head like

"Iron Toe."

Which is a good name for a pair of

(.head.go.splodey.)

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