Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 I hate shoes. I never wear them at home, and as soon as it is remotely warm enough, I switch to flip flops when going outside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrulous Glaahk SamSniped Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 Flip flops and sandals do NOT work when playing basketball in your driveway. And I suggest not trying it . However, 90% of the time, I wear flip flops or sandals. Speaking of which, I should go find those... Post #V of the challenge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 I value my image too much to even own a pair of sandals or flip flops. Next you'll all be sharing stories of your crocs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 Originally Posted By: SereNikki Next you'll all be sharing stories of your crocs. *shudders* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 Barefoot inside (or slippers if very cold), shoes when outside. Too much mud and debris and mud and animal poop and mud to walk around barefoot outside very often. Dikiyoba did go barefoot yesterday since Dikiyoba was at a lake with a nice, soft muddy bottom and silty wet shoes suck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Goldengirl Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 Originally Posted By: SereNikki I value my image too much to even own a pair of sandals or flip flops. Next you'll all be sharing stories of your crocs. I understand the revilement of crocs. Who wouldn't, after all? What I do not comprehend is the disdain for flip flops and sandals. Would someone care to explain why they are viewed as lesser? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 Because they protect your feet be do not conceal them. While not quite as risqué as revealing some body parts, there is a certain taboo against visible feet in public. I find them quite uncomfortable, besides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Andraste Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 I've developed the most fabulous sandal tan this summer. Barefoot is better, but frowned upon in public Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Callie Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 Originally Posted By: Andraste Barefoot is better, but frowned upon in public Yes, even children seem to disapprove of it. I was walking barefoot while visiting someone at an apartment complex and a three or four-year old child ran up to me and said "Scooz me, scooz me mister, nice shoooz!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall A less presumptuous name. Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 I do own a pare of Birkenstock sandals, but that's it. And I don't wear them frequently, mostly just when the tile floors are killing my feet or I'm in a rush. I never wore them to school, and if I'm just going outside, I'd rather go barefoot unless it just rained. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Harehunter Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 The best way I know to prevent getting blisters, is to wear two pair of socks, a thin pair inside the outer sock. 10-kilometer road marches never caused me any trouble. And I thought I had forgotten about those nasty little thorns that played havoc with my bicycle tires when we lived in New Mexico. That really gets my goat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast The Mystic Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 I usually go barefoot at home unless I'm cold; then I put on a pair of socks, and sometimes shoes. When I go into the basement, however, I almost always wear shoes; my father does woodworking as a hobby, and his workshop is down there. Walking barefoot in our basement, no matter how well and often we clean it, is an invitation to get a splinter or three. I haven't worn slippers or flip flops in about 20 years. I don't think I've ever worn sandals. There's not enough money in the world to get me to try crocs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Cairo Jim Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 One thing I hate wearing on my feet is thongs. Sandals aren't bad, but they aren't that good either. Most of the time, if I want to go anywhere in town I would have to keep my feet covered, as there is usually broken glass and who knows what else floating around. So I just end up wearing my work boots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Originally Posted By: Cairo Jim One thing I hate wearing on my feet is thongs. Don't laugh, don't laugh... Bwahahaha. Aw, Dikiyoba laughed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Understated Ur-Drakon Tyranicus Posted June 23, 2012 Share Posted June 23, 2012 Originally Posted By: Dikiyoba Originally Posted By: Cairo Jim One thing I hate wearing on my feet is thongs. Don't laugh, don't laugh... Bwahahaha. Aw, Dikiyoba laughed. I had the same reaction, even though I know they call flip flops thongs in Australia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Cairo Jim Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 It almost didn't click in what you were laughing at. It took a minute. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Harehunter Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 And this is one of the most amusing things about language; when a word in one culture has quite a different meaning in another. Or in this case, a word that I remember well as relating to a type of footwear, dropped into disuse over a period of just a few decades, and now refers to a type of underwear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 This one is a reasonably mild case. Imagine the trouble a Brit could get into trying to bum a cigarette in NYC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Originally Posted By: Actaeon This one is a reasonably mild case. Imagine the trouble a Brit could get into trying to bum a cigarette in NYC. Exactly. He'd have his British citizenship revoked for one; Brits do not "bum cigarettes", we respectfully enquire as to the availability of spare cigarettes, perchance. That is, of course, only if we have left our pipe at home in the drawing room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Aran Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Originally Posted By: Actaeon This one is a reasonably mild case. Imagine the trouble a Brit could get into trying to bum a cigarette in NYC. Good Omens had this bit where a Brit asks an American for a bundle of sticks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 ITT, we deny the existence of a rough-spoken, uncultured British working class. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Dikiyoba Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Originally Posted By: Actaeon ITT, we deny the existence of a rough-spoken, uncultured British working class. Oh, please. Nikki is rough-spoken, uncultured British working class. Dikiyoba. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easygoing Eyebeast Dantius Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Originally Posted By: Aʀᴀɴ Originally Posted By: Actaeon This one is a reasonably mild case. Imagine the trouble a Brit could get into trying to bum a cigarette in NYC. Good Omens had this bit where a Brit asks an American for a bundle of sticks... Prepackaged frozen meatballs would work along those same lines, I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk nikki. Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Originally Posted By: Dantius Prepackaged frozen meatballs would work along those same lines, I believe. Well no, faggots are something quite apart from meatballs. Have to admit I'm blanking on the sticks though, Aran. And I own that book! And Diki is, as Diki often is, absolutely on the money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Well-Actually War Trall Actaeon Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 "Good Omens" was only a few books ago for me. Perhaps I subconsciously got the idea from it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Ornk Aran Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 Originally Posted By: SereNikki Originally Posted By: Dantius Prepackaged frozen meatballs would work along those same lines, I believe. Well no, faggots are something quite apart from meatballs. Have to admit I'm blanking on the sticks though, Aran. And I own that book! And Diki is, as Diki often is, absolutely on the money. Misremembered; actually the American reads it off the "Witchfinder" business card. Quote: "What's this here," [the guard] said suspiciously, "about us got to give you faggots?" "Oh, we have to have them," said Newt. "We burn them." "Say what?" "We burn them." The guard's face broadened into a grin. And they'd told him England was soft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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