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Originally Posted by analog
I see a lot of nurses wearing them, so they must be really comfortable... but, damn, they're ugly. (the shoes, not the nurses... some of those are kind of alright  ) |
A hospital here in Toronto has banned them as they are not sanitary for nurses & doctors who could get body fluids dumped on their feet. All because of the holes in them.
I first saw these shoes when I was visiting my brother back in '04 who had a banged up dirty old white pair. He said that they were perfectly made for sea-kayaking because they floated, were light and didn't smell up your feet like sports sandals did.
Back then, though, they were known as Holey Soles, and didn't have a strap. More like a true clog. and had just opened up in Vancouver (off to google that name). I heard that Crocs was an American company that bought up Holey Soles.
ah, it's still Holey Soles,
http://www.holeysoles.com/flashsite/aboutus.htm
so, maybe Crocs is a competitor/suitor of Holey Soles. At any rate, I have a black pair that I picked up that summer of '04 (free from the warehouse) and use around the house/yard. I find that in the winter, the snow gives me a soaker if I'm just running out to the garbage, or the BBQ...
Oh yes, you can now purchase "jewellry" for your Crocs/HS. they can be inserted into the holes like buttons.
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Originally Posted by newtx
Crocs are for comfort. I would compare them to the old AMC pacer. Remember that one. Picture a fish bowl that you can drive. Birkenstocks and Crocs are more comfortable to me than going barefoot.
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Yes, Wayne's World car!
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Originally Posted by Martian
I get that crocs are good for boaters and people who work in kitchens and such..
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I worked in a kitchen. I wouldn't wear this in a kitchen, not with the risk of spilling something hot on my feet, or dropping a knife, cleaver or pot!
I wore real clogs (Holiday Inn cook in high school) in the kitchen. the wooden kind with leather uppers that were all the rage in '77. They barely afforded protection.