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Archaeologists Found a 1,600-Year-Old Roman Mosaic of Flip-Flops. They Look Weirdly Trendy.
Popular Mechanics ^ | August 11, 2025 | Tim Newcomb

Posted on 08/22/2025 12:36:46 PM PDT by Red Badger

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1 posted on 08/22/2025 12:36:46 PM PDT by Red Badger
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To: SunkenCiv

Flip-Flop PinGGG!..............


2 posted on 08/22/2025 12:37:10 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

The Flip-Flopping Fashionista looks to have been fully flatfooted.


3 posted on 08/22/2025 12:39:48 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Red Badger

I don’t see why it was a ‘surprise’. It’s a logical design for a sandal.


4 posted on 08/22/2025 12:44:11 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Jamestown1630

Well, it’s not Bruno Maglis..................


5 posted on 08/22/2025 12:46:23 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

I thought every middle class man at the time wore sandals?


6 posted on 08/22/2025 12:47:07 PM PDT by paudio (MATH: 45<47)
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To: Red Badger

Flip flops are for peasants who have to be told not to shit in the well water.


7 posted on 08/22/2025 12:47:56 PM PDT by nonliberal (Russia is not my enemy.)
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To: lee martell; vpintheak

8 posted on 08/22/2025 12:51:20 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Tell It Right

Poor Granny. Easier to just show her the results of a Shopping Spree, vs trying to explain.


9 posted on 08/22/2025 1:08:28 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Red Badger

Bell bottoms are next.


10 posted on 08/22/2025 1:10:27 PM PDT by Track9 (Make haste slowly. )
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To: Red Badger
These gals were wearing them...


11 posted on 08/22/2025 1:11:16 PM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they. control you. )
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Everyone knows flip-flops (chanclas) were invented by Mexican mothers to throw forcefully and with great accuracy across the room at their smart mouth kids. Ask me how I know.
12 posted on 08/22/2025 1:16:00 PM PDT by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
Thanks Red Badger.

13 posted on 08/22/2025 1:25:12 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (NeverTrumpin' -- it's not just for DNC shills anymore -- oh, wait, yeah it is.)
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To: Red Badger

How else?


14 posted on 08/22/2025 1:39:12 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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To: aquila48

The swimsuit competition for Miss Sicily, 400 AD….


15 posted on 08/22/2025 1:40:14 PM PDT by telescope115 (Ad Astra, Ad Deum…)
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To: Red Badger

The Latin inscription reads: “Stand here to pee in this pot.”


16 posted on 08/22/2025 1:59:42 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

The Latin inscription reads: “Stand here to pee in this pot.”


LOL, I think you are correct.


17 posted on 08/22/2025 2:36:47 PM PDT by RCFlyer
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To: Red Badger

A surfboard mosaic would be the clincher.


18 posted on 08/22/2025 3:26:41 PM PDT by rfp1234 (E Porcibus Unum)
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To: Red Badger

Waiting to see some crocs...


19 posted on 08/22/2025 4:39:02 PM PDT by Adder (End fascism...defeat all Democrats.)
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To: Red Badger

Scheduled to be destroyed by the islamic italiban in 2033.


20 posted on 08/22/2025 4:46:12 PM PDT by eldoradude (Think for yourself...)
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