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To: paulat

don’t the azzies and brits call them thongs?

thongs = flip flop

does anyone know if it’s still in use?

just curious


80 posted on 09/06/2007 7:20:51 PM PDT by a_chronic_whiner
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To: a_chronic_whiner

Flips flops were always thongs in Arizona from the 60’s on. They only became flip flops when the rest of the country discovered them. In the beginning we used them only for swimming because a Phoenix pooldeck could burn your feet off.


85 posted on 09/06/2007 7:30:53 PM PDT by donna (If America is not a Christian nation, it will be part of the Islamic nation. Take your pick.)
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