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What a Croc
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| Posted by: James |
4/30/2008 8:30 AM |
Let's get it out in the air first - Crocs are ugly. Some would use the term "fugly" to describe them and they'd be right. While they are perfect for jobs like surgeon or maybe lifeguard, where it doesn't matter if you get them wet, I can see the allure in wearing them even though it looks as though someone wrapped technicolor Swiss cheese around your feet. They are amazingly light but that doesn't hide the overlying fact that they are hideous to look at.
My 4 year old daughter tends to be very "un-James-like" in terms of the gaudiness of her clothes so it came as no surprise to me that she wanted to have a pair of Crocs many months ago. It seems as though most kids have Crocs and while they're great for cleaning off and easy to take on/put off, they still are an eyesore. Yes, I know I'm fixating but when do I actually NOT fixate on things? This blog would cease to exist if I didn't dwell on the minutiae. I'm not an old fuddy duddy who thinks they should be banned or anything and I definitely have less of a problem with this style than, say, kids wearing their pants below their ass cheeks which then shows 90% of the surface of their boxers. Hell, I prefer seeing Crocs to watching nimrods wear their baseball hats to the side as though they just came out of a headlock.
I do give Ally credit; when she wants something, she wants to stand out so the fact that she wanted the jewel-encrusted Crocs shown below came as no surprise. They've lasted longer than any other shoe she's had and so I have to tip my non-tilted cap to the creator of this durable abomination.
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Re: What a Croc |
By Muuurph on
4/30/2008 9:23 AM |
| OOh boy, one of my favorite pet peeves. Personally, I think these "shoes" are fine for little girls. They're supposed to wear goofy looking stuff. However, let me relate a story or two... (could really use some html right here) At a cub scout pack meeting I saw a boy wearing these and I said to my wife "who dresses their son like that?" Then she who knows all says to me "Look at his father" Sure enough, the DAD's wearing them too!!! This is a true WTF? moment for me. It seems so completely incongruous to me that a man can wear these and NOT be gay. This scourge is apparently more prevalent than I knew. Recently one of my younger son's friends came over for a "play date"-don't get my started on that, and his dad had on all matching Univ. of Ill. clothes, including orange crocs! Cripes man, what the Hell are you thinking?? I still hold to the belief that no straight man actually consciously goes out and buys these things for himself. So that means these guys just wear whatever their yuppie-fied wives buy them and tell them to wear. Now in the past I've extolled the wisdom in embracing the fact that when you're a white guy in your 30s (or 40s) with kids living in the suburbs, you're not cool (see James' blog about Minivans and station wagons). But c'mon now boys, let's at least pretend you have a pair and not wear something that belongs on 4 year old girls. ................................ At least this comment should help lessen the belief that the south suburbs of Chicago are filled with nothing but beer guzzling, wife beater T wearers. We too, have our wanna-be homer-sexuals. ............... <br><br><end of rant> ................................................... <br>*disclaimer: I have no problem with gays, actually have some gay friends, and I understand it's not a choice, and whatever turns you on that's fine. It's the guys who have no balls at all that bug me. |
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Re: What a Croc |
By Milo on
4/30/2008 9:39 AM |
| I wear my Crocs to cut the grass, but I wear my wife beater while doing so, can I still keep my man card? Used to just use old gym shoes for the grass, but the Crocs slip right on, hose off and seemingly never wear out. However, they never leave my yard. |
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Re: What a Croc o'crap |
By Syl on
4/30/2008 10:12 AM |
| Oh sure, next you'll be writing that the women put the shoes ON their men every morning. There is a certain responsibility for dressing your own damn self a an adult..............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................YOu know we are all so freakin' liberal out here, but still... When my sailing buddy's friend -who is now living in Hawaii- showed up to sail wearing Crocs - he got a good ration. His best excuse was they are great for work - he's working in a restaurant. But that didn't explain what the hell he was doing wearing/packing that junk over to the mainland....................His girlfriend - now wife- was wearing them too. ...............................................................................................................................................................................They remind me of a taxi ride to the airport in Vegas a few years ago. The driver said - wait until summer, those shoes (Jelly's) will melt on their feet when they touch the sidewalk. |
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Re: What a Croc |
By Erich on
4/30/2008 10:48 AM |
| Hey Brett, just cuz your card has the "wo" cut off of it, doesn't mean it was/is a "man" card ya fruitcake! |
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Re: What a Croc |
By KB's on
4/30/2008 11:16 AM |
| Gotta agree with Erich on this one. |
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Re: What a Croc |
By Milo on
4/30/2008 12:50 PM |
| Son of a bitch, I thought it was legit, I got it from James' supplier and everything. I better call Rio's supplier! |
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Re: What a Croc |
By Jason's Mom on
4/30/2008 1:00 PM |
| Crocs are in for old ladies, too, and I love my 3 pair (black, red, blue, but no jewels), but I get a shock no matter what I touch. Scientists, please explain. |
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Re: What a Croc |
By KB's on
4/30/2008 2:05 PM |
| Jason's Mom - The polyester is the one that is shocking you. Time to ditch the leisure-like suit. ... BTW Fleece is also polyester |
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Re: What a Croc |
By Bers on
4/30/2008 3:03 PM |
| James....have you ever gotten your kids ready for camp or anything and told them to "go put your shoes on"......its a lot easier then lacing up shoes that they are going to take off anyway.<br><br>Milo....did you wear black knee socks too????? |
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Re: What a Croc |
By James on
4/30/2008 3:07 PM |
| Jason's Mom - You get a pass for wearing your Crocs. Milo - NO! For those of you who don't know Milo, he's a large man. Very large. Not "fat large" but "muscle large". And I would kill to see a picture of you in your lady gardening shoes. ;) |
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Re: What a Croc |
By Milo on
4/30/2008 3:25 PM |
| Since you can't fix this html tttpwww thingy, I know it is too much to ask to include pics. Maybe I'll send them to your blackberry! For now, picture Red Green without the flannel in Black Crocs and White knee socks! |
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Re: What a Croc |
By KB's on
4/30/2008 4:48 PM |
| Milo - Are those the Harley edition Crocs? They were all the rage at Daytona Bike week this year. |
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Re: What a Croc |
By JA3 on
4/30/2008 5:38 PM |
| I have to wear supportive footwear anytime I'm vertical, or my feet and ankles suffer the consequences. Even after my weight loss, a half hour standing in bare feet will mean a week of pain. Unfortunately, I also hate wearing shoes and socks. ------------------------ Thus, I've worn out and repaired a pair of Birkenstocks every 12-18 months for over a decade, until last year. I'd always ignored Crocs because I assumed they were crazy expensive, but when I found out I could get them for about $20, I tried them out for Labor Day vacation. I've worn them daily ever since, but only for around-the-house, in the yard, and at the airport. Let the escalator rip my toe off, but as long as the TSA is insisting on scanning my shoes, I'm wearing something I can take on/off without effort. ----------- Question my masculinity if you must, but as my old Norfolk neighbors might say, "All Y'all can go suck it." |
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Re: What a great pledge |
By Respeckt the Canadian on
5/1/2008 9:21 AM |
| Ah - I love the Red Green (innovations)! Did you see the one where he built his own backhoe - brilliant!! Caddy windows and sunroof provide the power... let's just say the things the man can do with a ladder and a trash can are amazing!!<br> |
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Re: What a load |
By Syl on
5/1/2008 9:26 AM |
| Jason's mom - you are generating your own charge by walking around with the polyesters - carpets make it worse since they are also made of the stuff. Try to remember to touch the wood part of the door before you touch the metal knob/handle - this discharges the static to the wood so -hopefully- the knob won't have as much of a chance to shock you. |
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Re: What a Croc |
By Jason's Mom on
5/1/2008 12:29 PM |
| I didn't realize Crocs were made of polyester...that's like sliding across the carpet wearing a shiny disco shirt from 1972... |
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