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Flip flops

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  • #32
    seachto7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,863 ✭✭✭seachto7


    glasso wrote: »
    Espadrilles are a better option.

    The Toms ones, or the ones which are exactly the same, but cost about €5 in Spain?


  • #33
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 19,205 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    seachto7 wrote: »
    The Toms ones, or the ones which are exactly the same, but cost about €5 in Spain?

    I don't buy the Tom's ones - I'm not a moron. I stretch to €10 to €12 for a pair though - wouldn't be caught dead in a €5 pair :D


  • #34
    seachto7
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,863 ✭✭✭seachto7


    glasso wrote: »
    I don't buy the Tom's ones - I'm not a moron. I stretch to €10 to €12 for a pair though - wouldn't be caught dead in a €5 pair :D


    haha, ;)


  • #35
    chakotha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 912 ✭✭✭chakotha


    I put them on as soon as I get home during the Summer.

    They're too much of a nuisance to walk anywhere in though.


  • #36
    Junkyard Tom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,115 ✭✭✭✭Junkyard Tom


    Poor Anne Frank was caught because she was wearing the flipping things around the attic.


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  • #37
    Shenshen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,453 ✭✭✭Shenshen


    I wear them all summer long around the house. Ideally I'd prefer to be barefoot, but that somehow freaks out my husband. So these are the next best thing.

    I don't really wear them for walking around much. I'd want to go faster than they'd let me.


  • #38
    Graces7
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,634 ✭✭✭✭Graces7


    Junkyard Tom wrote: »
    Poor Anne Frank was caught because she was wearing the flipping things around the attic.

    ??? proof of that please?


  • #39
    crossmolinalad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 832 ✭✭✭crossmolinalad


    Shenshen wrote: »
    I wear them all summer long around the house. Ideally I'd prefer to be barefoot, but that somehow freaks out my husband. So these are the next best thing.

    I don't really wear them for walking around much. I'd want to go faster than they'd let me.


    Me the same
    In summer and winter around the house but only those you wear socks with


  • #40
    Shenshen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,453 ✭✭✭Shenshen


    crossmolinalad wrote: »
    Me the same
    In summer and winter around the house but only those you wear socks with

    What, like those Japanese socks with a dent between the toes?


  • #41
    whoopsadoodles
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,058 ✭✭✭whoopsadoodles


    I wear them going swimming or to the gym showers.

    Love being barefoot at home.


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  • #42
    Conor Bourke
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 17,426 ✭✭✭✭Conor Bourke


    Toms (and their ilk) are some of the ugliest shoes I've ever seen, and they stink.

    I'm an unashamed flip flop lover. I apparently have nice feet so it's not like I'm subjecting gnarled, hairy, bunions on the people I meet on a nice summers day.

    Got a pair of Haviana's last summer, they're class.


  • #43
    crossmolinalad
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 832 ✭✭✭crossmolinalad


    Shenshen wrote: »
    What, like those Japanese socks with a dent between the toes?
    No I don't know if they are flip flops but have the ones without the "wire" between the toes
    In Holland they both types called flip flops


  • #44
    The Davestator
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,690 ✭✭✭The Davestator


    What did the man with two left buy for his holidays?

    A pair of flip flips


  • #45
    Milly33
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,663 ✭✭✭Milly33


    Always where them hot or cold, they are the tit's.. Hate wearing shoes, but in fairness I kept the feet and toes in good nick so they don't look like gargoyle feet or anything.. Got a pair of those glove shoes too must unpack them.. Great job


  • #46
    Pyr0
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,967 ✭✭✭Pyr0


    Cornelius Crow wrote: »
    Got a pair of Haviana's last summer, they're class.

    Flip flops are never class!


  • #47
    Junkyard Tom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,115 ✭✭✭✭Junkyard Tom


    Graces7 wrote: »
    ??? proof of that please?

    I might be getting flip-flops confused with clogs.


  • #48
    Special Circumstances
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,540 ✭✭✭Special Circumstances


    Junkyard Tom wrote: »
    I might be getting flip-flops confused with clogs.

    Wrong dictator I think, twas pol pot would have you killed for wearing flip flops I believe.


  • #49
    Aglomerado
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,819 ✭✭✭Aglomerado


    Special Circumstances wrote: »
    Wrong dictator I think, twas pol pot would have you killed for wearing flip flops I believe.

    Pol pot needs to be in charge of my workplace around May 1st. He'd have a killing spree! :mad::D


  • #50
    Conor Bourke
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 17,426 ✭✭✭✭Conor Bourke


    Spotted these monstrosities in Tiger just now, now they're gack


  • #51
    Skylinehead
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,690 ✭✭✭✭Skylinehead


    Junkyard Tom wrote: »
    Poor Anne Frank was caught because she was wearing the flipping things around the attic.

    That's how bad they are - if you wear flip flops Nazis will come and get you.


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  • #52
    pragmatic1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,573 ✭✭✭pragmatic1


    They're skanking. I'm not a fan of feet, bordering on a phobia. Sandals are bad enough.


  • #53
    DuffleBag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 688 ✭✭✭DuffleBag


    crossmolinalad wrote: »
    Me the same
    In summer and winter around the house but only those you wear socks with

    Think you're getting flip flops mixed up with slides. ;)


  • #54
    __Alex__
    Closed Accounts Posts: 473 ✭✭__Alex__


    glasso wrote: »
    they make sense in countries where you have an actual summer where your feet would sweat a lot in heat but don't have much of a place in Ireland.
    however, even in Australia most decent bars/restaurants won't let people wearing them in.
    Espadrilles are a better option.

    +1 on espadrilles. Keep your feet simultaneously cool and covered.

    At home though, I go barefoot all year round.


  • #55
    eisenberg1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,387 ✭✭✭eisenberg1


    Outside of work I live in them.
    Crocs though are woeful. I have heard it said that wearing crocs is like a
    Straight man getting a BJ from another man..............it actually feels quiet nice, the problem is when you look down.


  • #56
    __Alex__
    Closed Accounts Posts: 473 ✭✭__Alex__


    My sister has a pair of crocs that are quite nice. No holes and much more dainty and streamlined than the usual kind.


  • #57
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 19,205 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    __Alex__ wrote: »
    My sister has a pair of crocs that are quite nice. No holes and much more dainty and streamlined than the usual kind.

    Crocs in all forms are an abomination.


  • #58
    Pinch Flat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,779 ✭✭✭Pinch Flat


    I wear socks under my sandals. Keeps the feet nice and toasty.


  • #59
    uch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,035 ✭✭✭uch


    I'm Left Handed so mine are Flop Flips

    22/25



  • #60
    CruelCoin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,463 ✭✭✭CruelCoin


    Sandals no socks, 365 days in the year.

    Free and breezy does it.


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  • #61
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,499 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Men wearing them is just the worst.


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