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Crocs now rival flip-flops as the most annoyingly omnipresent style of summer footwear. City streets are inundated with shuffling phalanxes of men and women with bright orange, yellow and red Bozo feet.

They're truly hideous.

1 posted on 06/22/2007 8:27:27 AM PDT by Millee
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To: Millee

They are the STUPIDEST thing to hit design since the one-sided tank top...


2 posted on 06/22/2007 8:30:32 AM PDT by AntiKev ("No damage. The world's still turning isn't it?" - Stereo Goes Stellar - Blow Me A Holloway)
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To: Millee
I can’t believe how many business shows are boosting croc’s stock.. seem to just be a flash in the pan in my opinion, kind of like investing in day-glo in the 80s.
3 posted on 06/22/2007 8:31:32 AM PDT by mnehring (Virtus Junxit Mors Non Separabit)
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To: Millee

They are truly ugly, but I’d take them over Heelys any day!


4 posted on 06/22/2007 8:34:13 AM PDT by Hoodlum91 (I support global warming.)
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To: Millee

What is this? The fashion scoop du jour? LOL!


5 posted on 06/22/2007 8:40:49 AM PDT by Paperdoll ( Vote for Duncan Hunter in the Primaries for America's sake!)
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To: Millee
SOME entertainers are wearing them in Vegas now!


6 posted on 06/22/2007 8:41:41 AM PDT by weegee (Libs want us to learn to live with terrorism, but if a gun is used they want to rewrite the Const.)
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To: Millee

I’ve never seen black ones.


8 posted on 06/22/2007 8:44:45 AM PDT by sarasota
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Damn things are all over my house. I can’t even interest my dog in chewing up the daughter’s clunkers.


11 posted on 06/22/2007 8:54:30 AM PDT by Thrownatbirth (.....when the sidewalks are safe for the little guy.)
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To: Millee
I like my Crocs. They are very comfortable and manage to accommodate my foot problems better than most shoes. That said, I wouldn’t wear them to work or to a restaurant.

The writer seemed miffed that people would wear socks with Crocs (and by extension, any sandal-type thing, I guess). I’ve never really understood this objection. Not everybody likes sweaty footwear.

13 posted on 06/22/2007 8:57:55 AM PDT by Gingersnap
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To: Millee; Gabz; SoftballMominVA; dandelion

truly ugly shoes! the only use i can imagine for them
would be mucky outside work. you could hose ‘em off
when you’re done. :)


14 posted on 06/22/2007 9:08:31 AM PDT by leda (19yrs ... only 4,981yrs to go ;))
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I love my lime green Crocs for wearing outside at my house to do chores, but I wouldn’t wear them anywhere in public that was not the casual section of a resort destination. People wear flip flops in the city too, and they are really no different than Crocs, i.e., extreme casual wear.

Does anyone remember those multi-colored rubber Chris Craft or L.L. Bean rain shoes/boots that were big in the 1980s? I still have a yellow pair and a beige pair of boots.


15 posted on 06/22/2007 9:09:10 AM PDT by Cecily
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To: Millee

They are! My boss wears them to work. I laughed at him the first time he came in with them on. I told him he looked like a dork ;-) I myself prefer flip flops.


20 posted on 06/22/2007 10:02:31 AM PDT by girlscout
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A number of people I know who work all day standing swear by them.


22 posted on 06/22/2007 10:07:39 AM PDT by swmobuffalo (The only good terrorist is a dead terrorist.)
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To: Millee

They look about as comfortable as taping sandpaper to your feet and walking.


27 posted on 06/22/2007 10:19:48 AM PDT by 1L
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To: Millee

President Bush takes a fashion misstep pairing socks with Crocs before a bike ride in Washington.Photo Credit: Ron Sachs via Bloomberg News Photo

29 posted on 06/22/2007 4:55:19 PM PDT by rawhide
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These are probably a Father’s Day present from his daughters. After all, the did buy him an iPod.


30 posted on 06/22/2007 4:56:59 PM PDT by rawhide
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Ugly in ANY color!

What are they made out of petroleum (plastic)?

32 posted on 06/22/2007 5:06:28 PM PDT by Syncro
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My Crocs thoroughly embody conservative principles. They do their job better than any other shoe I've ever worn and cost less than most.

I thought a Conservative was someone who (among other things) valued things which perform well and that superficialities were at best secondary, if not negligible. Function before form, that kinda thing. Like, the opposite of ... fashion.

I am on my feet all day through 12-hour shifts at the hospital. Crocs are comfy, durable, leightweight, provide secure traction even when unpleasant things are spilled on the floor - and they come in black. Shoes that cost more and are acceptably pretty may be fine for sitting behind a desk, but charming textured leathers and smart gold buckles mean little when running to a cardiac arrest.

Hollywood people obsesses over the way things look. Such things should be beneath us. There are plenty of websites for fashion-police wannabees.

Crocs (and their offbrand imitators) are nearly the best thing that's ever happened to anyone who works on their feet, and most folks who have actually tried them want to wear them all the time ...

because when the priority is function they are better than most alternatives...

so it's kinda a "walk a mile in my shoes" thing ...

in a literal as well as figurative sense.

If the priority isn't function, then there must be something on television that you'll like.

34 posted on 06/22/2007 6:14:06 PM PDT by WireAndWood (I may have a short attention span but)
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