Flip Flops : Aye or Nay?

[Scheherazade]

What is the verdict on these as season to be flip-flopped is upon us?

[papayahed]

I wear them but I despise them with the fire of 1000 suns.

[tonywalt]

I go barefoot (not at work thought- that's discouraged in finance)

[Calidore]

I wear them but I despise them with the fire of 1000 suns.

I don't blame you; I can't think of a shoe that would offer less protection against the fire of 1000 suns, or even one sun.

[Lokasenna]

...and as I look out the window at the pouring rain, the gutters overflowing in their inability to contain the flood, and the odd flash of lightning filling the sky, I think to myself: 'Is this flip-flop weather?'

Flippers and aqua-lung weather. Possibly.

[Paulclem]

Nay, nay and thrice times nay. I like footwear that grips me not that I have to grip to wear. There are also too many toe stubbing, twisting and grazing opportunities. I'm just not a flip flop type.

[The Atheist]

Compulsory in New Zealand in summer.

Bad for your feet and downright dangerous in rain or wet conditions.


There are also too many toe stubbing, twisting and grazing opportunities.

Don't you struggle getting them on over the boots?

I once sliced an insane piece out of my foot wearing jandals (as we call them). Drinking may have been involved.

Someone got the smart idea of exploring the tidal rocks at the end of the beach. One slip onto razor-sharp Pacific oysters and my foot was mincemeat.

Boots are good on rocks.

[YesNo]

Some of my relatives have shoes like flip-flops available for you to wear when you enter. I guess they are better known as "house slippers". You take off your regular shoes when you enter and then wear those, but I prefer socks or being barefoot inside.

I think I have seen people wear these on sand beaches, but the beaches I have frequented most recently require more protection. There are shoes, I think they are called "water shoes", that slide on covering more of the foot and can be worn in water. They give you a better grip on the rocks underneath the water.

[JBI]

I wear them in the shower so I don't slip and fall on my face. I do the slipping on the way back from the shower on my wet flip flops.

[aliengirl]

Not appropriate for the scorching summer sun. I prefer something more covered while going out.

[aliengirl]

Some of my relatives have shoes like flip-flops available for you to wear when you enter. I guess they are better known as "house slippers". You take off your regular shoes when you enter and then wear those, but I prefer socks or being barefoot inside.


That's how we do it. Some people prefer to remain barefoot in summer but I feel quite uncomfortable doing so.

[tonywalt]

There's alot of black topping roads on the island. That's when I run fast!- barefoot

[aliengirl]

There is something wrong with the site right now. I'm unable to see my replies and ended up posting them twice. :/

[Iain Sparrow]

It appears the site software has received an automatic update, and that update is causing problems!

I really hate beta testing software.

[Iain Sparrow]

It appears the site software has received an automatic update, and that update is causing problems!

I really hate beta testing software.

[qimissung]

Am I the only one who checked Aye!? It would have been a more accurate answer without the exclamation point. I wear them in the summer. Very cool to go along with our 100 degree weather. I rarely wear sunglasses, though. Go figure. :coolgleamA:

[Snowqueen]

Yes, but only when the weather is pleasant. I prefer sandals in summer because my delicate feet can't stand the scorching heat. :D

[qimissung]

I'm sure your feet are very delicate, Snowqueen. In winter, does the cold bother you very much, anyway? (:D)

[Lokasenna]

...and NOW we've got flip-flop weather, though I'm more of sandals man myself...

[cacian]

Yes! they are very wearable. :D

[Snowqueen]

I'm sure your feet are very delicate, Snowqueen. In winter, does the cold bother you very much, anyway? (:D)

:lol: “The cold never bothered me anyway!” Hey, Qimi do you really think me that silly to wear flip flops with my socks on? Sneakers and court shoes are the best for my delicate feet in winter. :smilewinkgrin:

[YesNo]

I was at a DBacks vs Mets baseball game in Phoenix recently and it seemed that maybe 20% of the people attending in the indoor stadium were wearing flip-flops. Maybe I should get a pair.

What's the difference between flip-flops and sandals?

[qimissung]

Well, sandals buckle onto your feet, but flip-flops just have a thing that tucks between your big toe and the toe next to it, so they flop around on the back of your feet.

[Sancho]

Yep
I've been guilty of fashioning footwear out of an old automobile tire and some rope.

As somebody else mentioned, I've also heard of them referred to as "shower shoes". In the army they were a must in those big ole communal showers, that is if you preferred your feet without fungus. I had a Puerto Rican drill sergeant way back then who used to like to say to us, "Jew guys, jew need to wear jore chower chews in the chower!"

[Hawkman]

Flip flops are an integral element of entertainment on board ship. First thing in the morning, the crew crawl forth from their stinking pits and, gathering up and clutching those fragrant necessities of the ritual dhobi, they slip into their flip flops and process to the showers. As this activity inevitably involves negotiating various ladders and hatches, and, being on board a ship which is on the high seas, requires that this is done in an unstable environment prone to sudden lurching and rolling, the casual observer only has to count the seconds before they are rewarded with the sound of screams echoing through the passages and corridors which permit general movement of personnel between compartments. The screams are usually accompanied by those distinctive clattering thuds which announce that a once proud bipedal hominid has descended a ladder in a manner that was not intended by the ladder's designer. On tracing the commotion to its source, one finds one or more crewmen lying in a snotty heap below a hatch, bruised and in some cases punctured and abraded to such an extent that they are leaking body fluids all over the deck. The cause? Well, traditionally, this is due to what is technically referred to as "a blow out". This phrase indicates that the portion of the flip flop that loops over the top of the foot and is secured to the sole has come adrift, precipitating the kind of fall that Lucifer would recognise.

I call upon you all to google death by flip flop. You'll be amazed by the results, which will not only offer you the inexplicable opportunity to gaze with awe upon photographs of people who have been shot, but will also provide medical reasons for not wearing them. These seem to focus mainly on the unpleasant micro organisms that they harbour. However, you will also be able to find reports of the kinds of accidents caused by the flip flop, particularly when driving, for the design of the flip flop is particularly conducive to the instigation of road traffic accidents. It remains only to speculate whether the humble flip flop was invented by a descendent of Darwin, as they seem admirably suited to the process of natural selection. Eventually, those who wear them will become extinct, having succumbed to the many and varied opportunities for self-destruction which they provide.

[Lokasenna]

Flip flops are an integral element of entertainment on board ship. First thing in the morning, the crew crawl forth from their stinking pits and, gathering up and clutching those fragrant necessities of the ritual dhobi, they slip into their flip flops and process to the showers. As this activity inevitably involves negotiating various ladders and hatches, and, being on board a ship which is on the high seas, requires that this is done in an unstable environment prone to sudden lurching and rolling, the casual observer only has to count the seconds before they are rewarded with the sound of screams echoing through the passages and corridors which permit general movement of personnel between compartments. The screams are usually accompanied by those distinctive clattering thuds which announce that a once proud bipedal hominid has descended a ladder in a manner that was not intended by the ladder's designer. On tracing the commotion to its source, one finds one or more crewmen lying in a snotty heap below a hatch, bruised and in some cases punctured and abraded to such an extent that they are leaking body fluids all over the deck. The cause? Well, traditionally, this is due to what is technically referred to as "a blow out". This phrase indicates that the portion of the flip flop that loops over the top of the foot and is secured to the sole has come adrift, precipitating the kind of fall that Lucifer would recognise.

I call upon you all to google death by flip flop. You'll be amazed by the results, which will not only offer you the inexplicable opportunity to gaze with awe upon photographs of people who have been shot, but will also provide medical reasons for not wearing them. These seem to focus mainly on the unpleasant micro organisms that they harbour. However, you will also be able to find reports of the kinds of accidents caused by the flip flop, particularly when driving, for the design of the flip flop is particularly conducive to the instigation of road traffic accidents. It remains only to speculate whether the humble flip flop was invented by a descendent of Darwin, as they seem admirably suited to the process of natural selection. Eventually, those who wear them will become extinct, having succumbed to the many and varied opportunities for self-destruction which they provide.

Bloody hell, that was an education. 'Death by flip-flop' - who would have thought it?

[Iain Sparrow]

Flip flops are an integral element of entertainment on board ship. First thing in the morning, the crew crawl forth from their stinking pits and, gathering up and clutching those fragrant necessities of the ritual dhobi, they slip into their flip flops and process to the showers. As this activity inevitably involves negotiating various ladders and hatches, and, being on board a ship which is on the high seas, requires that this is done in an unstable environment prone to sudden lurching and rolling, the casual observer only has to count the seconds before they are rewarded with the sound of screams echoing through the passages and corridors which permit general movement of personnel between compartments. The screams are usually accompanied by those distinctive clattering thuds which announce that a once proud bipedal hominid has descended a ladder in a manner that was not intended by the ladder's designer. On tracing the commotion to its source, one finds one or more crewmen lying in a snotty heap below a hatch, bruised and in some cases punctured and abraded to such an extent that they are leaking body fluids all over the deck. The cause? Well, traditionally, this is due to what is technically referred to as "a blow out". This phrase indicates that the portion of the flip flop that loops over the top of the foot and is secured to the sole has come adrift, precipitating the kind of fall that Lucifer would recognise.

I call upon you all to google death by flip flop. You'll be amazed by the results, which will not only offer you the inexplicable opportunity to gaze with awe upon photographs of people who have been shot, but will also provide medical reasons for not wearing them. These seem to focus mainly on the unpleasant micro organisms that they harbour. However, you will also be able to find reports of the kinds of accidents caused by the flip flop, particularly when driving, for the design of the flip flop is particularly conducive to the instigation of road traffic accidents. It remains only to speculate whether the humble flip flop was invented by a descendent of Darwin, as they seem admirably suited to the process of natural selection. Eventually, those who wear them will become extinct, having succumbed to the many and varied opportunities for self-destruction which they provide.

Googled, "death by flip flop"... I had heard about people driving their car in flip flops and causing an accident, sometimes ending in a fatality... but never imagined they were instruments of death on that scale, of earning the wearer a Darwin Award.:)

[Sancho]

Safety's for sissies. And besides, death by flip-flop beats dying of piles.

[Whosis]

Flip-flops are great around the house, but I usually won't be seen outside with them. :p

[Hawkman]

Safety's for sissies. And besides, death by flip-flop beats dying of piles.

Well there's such a thing as the calculated risk and then there's being suicidal :D Do you think Sasquatch would wear flip-flops? Talking of Sasquatch, did you know that the Yeti, supposedly a distant cousin, has actually been proven to be a hybrid polar/grizzly bear? I bet Sasquatch is too. Much more plausible than all those bits of shaky super 8 film depicting a man in a monkey suit playing up to the camera. Whereas the man in a monkey suit might be able to drive, albeit at an increased risk of getting his furry foot stuck on the gas pedal, thereby causing an RTA, I doubt if many hybrid bears can actually drive, so it probably wouldn't make too much difference whether they wore flip-flops or not... Just thinking it through, you know....

[qimissung]

Are you making fun of people who believe in Sasquatch? 'Cause it sure sounds like you are. Put up yer dukes, Hawkman, me and Sasqy can take you on anytime...
:cool:

[Sancho]

^Yeah!

But I have to admit you've got point there, Hawk'.

Hey, have you seen those "messin' with Sasquatch" commercials? Whoooeee they crack me up, and they are positive proof of his existence:

http://youtu.be/FJI9OG5QKYE

I doubt Sasquatch wears flip-flops, but I'll bet those messin' with him do. And while El Sancho can easily make a year's worth of flip-flops out of a standard automobile tire, Sasquatch would probably need to use a bulldozer tire.

In fact I'll bet Sasquatch doesn't wear his seatbelt either, and I'm certain he doesn't wear a helmet while cycling. So El Sanch' and The Sasq' have that in common too.

Anyway, in this world, if you have a hard head, it'll carry you far.

[YesNo]

Hey, have you seen those "messin' with Sasquatch" commercials? Whoooeee they crack me up, and they are positive proof of his existence:

http://youtu.be/FJI9OG5QKYE


Those commercials make me hope Sasquatch exists.

Sandals do have more support on the back of the foot. I got them confused, qimissung.