Right. What have I forgotten: Too late - Slippers: Really?

[Crackle]

He should know, being the flip flop king...

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That's pretty hideous. I don't come close to those standards.

 

[coffeejo]

That's pretty hideous. I don't come close to those standards.

True.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Can I propose slip-on sandals?

 

[rich p]

True.

Are you sure?

 

[Hill Wimp]

Oh my, how this thread has disintegrated

Slip ons whatever next.

 

[coffeejo]

Are you sure?

I've never met him, but even so, it seems to me that he falls short by a substantial distance.

 

[rich p]

I've never met him, but even so, it seems to me that he falls short by a substantial distance.

I have and it's a close run thing.
Nicky wins by a short toe though

 

[raleighnut]

So where do these fit into the scheme of flip flop. slip on, sandal or slingback then,

 

[nickyboy]

So where do these fit into the scheme of flip flop. slip on, sandal or slingback then,

I'm surprised you need to ask. It's not a shoe as it doesn't cover one's feet. It's not a flip flop as it has a slingback thingy. Therefore it must be a sandal

I'm struggling to understand what's so difficult about this

 

[nickyboy]

I've never met him[/B], but even so, it seems to me that he falls short by a substantial distance.

I find it pays to choose one's acquaintances carefully

 

[rich p]

I was once flustered in Oz by a woman who insisted she'd left her thongs in my apartment. Turned out that thong is Aussie for flip flops. That's my story anyway.

 

[MossCommuter]

I'm surprised you need to ask. It's not a shoe as it doesn't cover one's feet. It's not a flip flop as it has a slingback thingy. Therefore it must be a sandal

I'm struggling to understand what's so difficult about this

Flandals

 

[Crackle]

I have and it's a close run thing.
Nicky wins by a short toe though

A short, odd, aquatic looking toe

 

[nickyboy]

Flandals

They're like some DNA mutant. Reminds me of Jeff Goldblum in The Fly (not that someone cool like him would ever wear a pair of those)

 

[Wobblers]

Now look, I'm getting rather cross now

Flip Flops can always be identified by the thongy thing between the big and second toe. If it doesn't have this it can't be a flip flop and therefore must be a sandal (I won't even lower myself to consider a "flandal" which sounds like an Austrian dessert you might see on GBBO)

Confusingly, sandals can either have or not have the thongy thing. But one thing's for sure, flip flops must have them. End of.

Good grief, all this pedantry whilst missing the major, important point:

Crackle was wearing WHITE SOCKS with sandals!


Really, enough of all this displacement activity, let's get back to our proper job of pointing and laughing.

Oi! @Crackle! Hahaha!