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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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To: SunkenCiv
    Flip-Flop PinGGG!..............
 
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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....................)
 
To: Red Badger
    The Flip-Flopping Fashionista looks to have been fully flatfooted.
 
To: Red Badger
    I don’t see why it was a ‘surprise’. It’s a logical design for a sandal.
 
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posted on 
08/22/2025 12:44:11 PM PDT
by 
Jamestown1630
("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
 
To: Jamestown1630
    Well, it’s not Bruno Maglis..................
 
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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....................)
 
To: Red Badger
    I thought every middle class man at the time wore sandals?
 
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posted on 
08/22/2025 12:47:07 PM PDT
by 
paudio
(MATH: 45<47)
 
To: Red Badger
    Flip flops are for peasants who have to be told not to shit in the well water.
 
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posted on 
08/22/2025 12:47:56 PM PDT
by 
nonliberal
(Russia is not my enemy.)
 
To: lee martell; vpintheak
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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.)
 
To: Tell It Right
    Poor Granny. Easier to just show her the results of a Shopping Spree, vs trying to explain.
 
To: Red Badger
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posted on 
08/22/2025 1:10:27 PM PDT
by 
Track9
(Make haste slowly. )
 
To: Red Badger
    These gals were wearing them...
 
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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. )
 
    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.
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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!)
 
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
    Thanks Red Badger.

 
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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.)
 
To: Red Badger
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posted on 
08/22/2025 1:39:12 PM PDT
by 
SkyDancer
(                                    ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
 
To: aquila48
    The swimsuit competition for Miss Sicily, 400 AD….
 
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posted on 
08/22/2025 1:40:14 PM PDT
by 
telescope115
(Ad Astra, Ad Deum…)
 
To: Red Badger
    The Latin inscription reads: “Stand here to pee in this pot.”
 
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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.)
 
To: BenLurkin
    The Latin inscription reads: “Stand here to pee in this pot.”
LOL, I think you are correct.
 
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posted on 
08/22/2025 2:36:47 PM PDT
by 
RCFlyer
 
To: Red Badger
    A surfboard mosaic would be the clincher.
 
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posted on 
08/22/2025 3:26:41 PM PDT
by 
rfp1234
(E Porcibus Unum)
 
To: Red Badger
    Waiting to see some crocs...
 
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posted on 
08/22/2025 4:39:02 PM PDT
by 
Adder
(End fascism...defeat all Democrats.)
 
To: Red Badger
    Scheduled to be destroyed by the islamic italiban in 2033.
 
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posted on 
08/22/2025 4:46:12 PM PDT
by 
eldoradude
(Think for yourself...)
 
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