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Post by Arch Stanton on May 14, 2018 11:48:28 GMT
I've just been on holiday to my home village in Lancashire. In complete fairness to it it's a dump, but for some reason most of my friends and family haven't had the sense to move away.... So I go there on holiday (by mistake). However that's pretty irrelevant, or would be if it wasn't for this latest Death Match, which concerns itself with the question: Should men be banned from wearing flip flops? Especially when not on a beach or in a desert.
Often this foul practice is conducted whilst on holiday and some wearers say they are comfortable and allow air to cool one's feet in hot weather. Whereas I say men who wear flip flops should be birched! They look like t*ssers in them and if something happens that requires manly action, the flip flop wearer is rendered ineffective due to his inappropriate footwear. Real men don't wear flip flops, I'm tellin' ya.. I'd rather be seen in Jesus sandals than flip flops. ...Anyway these Death Matches aren't all about me. So it's up to you to vote on.  |
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Post by jno on May 14, 2018 12:10:45 GMT
Flip flops ... now then, when I travel to the UK I see men wearing these: - when it rains - in sub-zero temperatures - because they are simply too lazy to put a decent pair of shoes on (because they may or may not be too fat to do their shoelaces up) in these circumstances, it's a NO WAY from me. However, wearing brogues, black socks and a top hat in countries where temperatures regularly exceed 30 degrees i.e. not oop north, then I don't see flip flops as an issue. I believe this is a matter of where one is born and to which temperatures one acclimatises too as a youngster. I reckon Arch is suffering from a condition similar to non-UK born nationals and their inability to like Marmite, grow up without ever eating it and it's a pukefest especially if you just ain't used to it. Without wanting to change the topic, it is only primarily in the UK where school uniform is popular. Many I know outside the UK wonder 'why?' and most British people I speak to about this struggle to accept any argument that this might be just totally unnecessary, quoting standards/respect etc. when in my experience this having no relevance to how kids behave. I digress but the point is, different folks different strokes. I believe flip flops are a cultural norm to many, a form of dress to those from warmer climates and as such would not say I dislike them if worn appropriately, i.e. not in the three examples first listed above. Thus, I choose 'Yes' but without any insinuations about what man bags might mean in different parts of the world.  |
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Post by Arch Stanton on May 14, 2018 12:55:18 GMT
As you know I live in Cornwall jno, so maybe you are right in that over the years my tolerance for these fashion accessories (let's be honest, they're not really footwear are they) has probably been whittled down by idiots wearing them all year round. Admit it though jno, you own a pair don't you? .................................I knew it!!   Cultural norm, traditional dress....... No that's bullsh*t. I've seen those dudes chillin out in their countries on tele. They're all walking round in Nike trainers and t-shirts that proclaim 'I Heart New York'.. No doubt that have been nicked from where they make them in the sweat shop factory down the road. No self respecting native of a hot country would be seen dead in flip flops. It's not the twentieth century any more jno. The only idiots that actually wear flip flops are people from the western world, who traipse around town centres in them, like the living dead. David Attenborough goes all over the world exploring, looking at animals and plants in hot places. I never see him in flip flops. Never saw Johnny Morris in em either I'll bet. |
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Post by Zimbo on May 14, 2018 13:40:01 GMT
Have to agree with Arch. Blokes in flip flops, sliders, etc is just wrong.
I also don't like to see women with manky feet wearing them. Women should only wear them with a good pedicure.
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Post by Arch Stanton on May 14, 2018 13:56:33 GMT
Have to agree with Arch. Blokes in flip flops, sliders, etc is just wrong. I also don't like to see women with manky feet wearing them. Women should only wear them with a good pedicure. Yes sliders are awful. I didn't know what they were called but I just google imaged them and they are just as bad as flip flops. Women are aloud to wear stupid and inappropriate footwear, I have no problem with that... High heels, flip flops, sliders..... They could where stilts set in rocket propelled roller skates for all I care. It's a total double standard I know, but wearing flip flops is like sitting down to pee, unless men are in a very unstable lavatorial situation (e.g. a moving carriage, spaceship etc) or are unable to stand (too drunk or ceiling too low etc) they shouldn't be doing it. It's just not right. |
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Post by jno on May 14, 2018 19:52:25 GMT
No self respecting native of a hot country would be seen dead in flip flops. I have never read such a load of horse in my life. Are you honestly suggesting all Indian, Pakistani, Saudi, Kuwaiti, Spanish, Portuguese, Mexican, Maltese, {insert any hot country here} men in their native countries consciously avoid the wearing of flip flips because it makes them lose some of their self respect? Let's be fair here, the only ones losing their self respect in hot foreign countries are inebriated Northern European tourists from various countries (not just the ones repeatedly chanting "Engerlaaand" I hasten to add) who have no idea how to survive in this strange phenomenon called sunshine. The Spanish refer to them as 'guiri gambas' which sums 'em up perfectly. Worth googling, if we are to suggest what is embarrassing if the sun comes out for sun-starved Brits, p*ssed-up arrogant chanting guiri gambas are way further up if not top of the losing of self respect league than a native of the country doing his or her thing in a pair of flip flops in my opinion. I must say though, when I lived in Cornwall, the number of flip flips on public display was higher than the average bear, likewise in Merthyr Tydfil, just with white socks. Not that I am being judgmental based on what people decide to wear. Live and let live I say, if people want flip flops and others want white socks, up to them and I ain't gonna judge 'em. In fairness to Nick Knowles, he's a **** whatever he wears.  |
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Post by chrisclark1977 on May 15, 2018 1:38:48 GMT
I wear them. We call them jandals
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Post by daz on May 15, 2018 6:03:58 GMT
No, just no. I'm not quick to judge people, unless I see them wearing colours of two certain football teams from Glasgow, but Flip Flops are a blight on mankind. One of the worst places to see some git wearing them is in cafe or other food establishments in the summer, you sit down for a cup of tea and a cake and some f***** comes in wearing a pair of them and puts me right off my food. YUK. jno - You should ban yourself for a while for defending them, there is no excuse.  |
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Post by daz on May 15, 2018 6:06:13 GMT
Arch for Prime Minister!
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Post by jno on May 15, 2018 8:34:58 GMT
jno - You should ban yourself for a while for defending them, there is no excuse. The only thing I am defending is not judging the entire masculine gender based on what they wear.*  * exception: Nick Knowles Arch for new presenter on Judge Judy more like! |
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Post by daz on May 15, 2018 18:55:55 GMT
We were at Dover Castle back in 2011 and doing the guided tour and this guy had on a pair who sported the most freakish toes and disgusting nails you have ever seen, it freaked me right out. It was my then 4 year old son who had pointed them out.
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Post by chrisclark1977 on May 15, 2018 20:38:29 GMT
Are you a socks and sandals guy, Arch?  |
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Post by plasticpenguin on May 15, 2018 23:52:38 GMT
Hate flip flops. That bit between your toes makes me cringe.
Even worse for different reasons: Men who wear sandals... with socks.
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Post by daz on May 16, 2018 5:57:25 GMT
Are you a socks and sandals guy, Arch? Given his first post on the subject, I reckon this question should be aimed at jno. I am quite sure he is trying to tell us he likes flip flops/Sandals, with socks, to round off his Lederhosen.  |
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Post by Arch Stanton on May 16, 2018 6:03:24 GMT
Are you a socks and sandals guy, Arch? No. But if it was life or death I would choose Jesus sandals over flip flops. The nearest footwear I have to any of that ilk are some trainers that have holes in. Which I used to use for rock climbing. |
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Post by Arch Stanton on May 16, 2018 6:06:06 GMT
Are you a socks and sandals guy, Arch? Given his first post on the subject, I reckon this question should be aimed at jno. I am quite sure he is trying to tell us he likes flip flops/Sandals, with socks, to round off his Lederhosen. Agreed. I reckon jno has some flip flops.  Not that this is a witch hunt mind... |
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Post by Arch Stanton on May 16, 2018 6:08:43 GMT
Hate flip flops. That bit between your toes makes me cringe. Even worse for different reasons: Men who wear sandals... with socks. Even worse, men (invariably wide boy types) who wear sunglasses on the back of their shaved heads. !?! Looks utterly stupid. |
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Post by thewoodster on May 16, 2018 8:54:24 GMT
The Jesus sandle thing I get mias,but if your on holiday somewhere hot,the flip flop is a handy essential..lol
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Post by Arch Stanton on May 20, 2018 9:38:38 GMT
Superdry flip flops till it rains or you step in a puddle.
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Post by chopper on May 21, 2018 21:05:25 GMT
Can’t stand the things - even the sound they make! Good for one thing only,I suppose - the beach!
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Post by Wynn Chester on May 22, 2018 9:21:14 GMT
Having never worn them, I bought a pair of flip flops for the gym (between changing and shower, not for working out) and they were bl*ody uncomfortable and a trip hazard waiting to happen. However, I now find myself slipping them on at home when its warm, even though they are still uncomfortable and climbing stairs in them is an accident waiting to happen. But what else can you wear? The Yoof of today are now wearing the slip on variety with socks when out and about and the less said about good old "jesus creeping" sandals and socks, the better!
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Post by KarinB on May 22, 2018 10:36:10 GMT
What a death match topic. (There needs to be a scratching head smilie ) You're a strange one Arch Stanton (and I know you won't take that personally). Flip flops... well I have to call them thongs (because that's what I'm used to calling them in Australia) aren't attractive (that's true) but they are essential at the beach. Yes I know 'thongs' have a completely different meaning in your language, and I don't want to see men in those.  How are you going to walk across the burning hot sand or worse the burning hot asphalt in the carpark getting to your car or to the foreshore? You can't put socks and shoes on. If you're crossing a stream or a creek, you wear thongs as the stones or creek bed could cut your feet. If you go camping or to a swimming pool and walk anywhere near the public showers you'd have to wear thongs or else you'd end up with something nasty between your toes ! |
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Post by jno on May 22, 2018 11:36:50 GMT
How are you going to walk across the burning hot sand or worse the burning hot asphalt in the carpark getting to your car or to the foreshore? You can't put socks and shoes on. If you're crossing a stream or a creek, you wear thongs as the stones or creek bed could cut your feet. If you go camping or to a swimming pool and walk anywhere near the public showers you'd have to wear thongs or else you'd end up with something nasty between your toes ! Arch is from oop-north, such examples are futile, or (so I've 'erd like the diet oop-north), fruitless. Burning hot sand?! Where Arch is from, that is a girl called Sandy, thing wearer and bit of a go-er from a village o'er yonder called Ilkla Moor Baht 'at". Well as votes currently stand, it all seems the pretty even atm. |
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Post by Arch Stanton on May 22, 2018 12:40:32 GMT
How are you going to walk across the burning hot sand or worse the burning hot asphalt in the carpark getting to your car or to the foreshore? You can't put socks and shoes on. If you're crossing a stream or a creek, you wear thongs as the stones or creek bed could cut your feet. If you go camping or to a swimming pool and walk anywhere near the public showers you'd have to wear thongs or else you'd end up with something nasty between your toes ! Arch is from oop-north, such examples are futile, or (so I've 'erd like the diet oop-north), fruitless. Burning hot sand?! Where Arch is from, that is a girl called Sandy, thing wearer and bit of a go-er from a village o'er yonder called Ilkla Moor Baht 'at". Well as votes currently stand, it all seems the pretty even atm. My northern roots have nothing to do with this. It's a question of style, self respect and as the alpha male about town, being able to deal with situations, whilst out and about, should the need arise near you and your loved ones. If all I'm any good for is having cool feet whilst on some sandy beach, then I would question my mindset. I'd think what if I need to unexpectedly hunter-gather, run away from or fight a lion (swap with any potential danger which acquires action) In flip flops I can't do this.. plus I look like a massive tool. I'd be better off in bare feet than flip flops. Some men have it. Some men don't. Those that don't, wear retarded footwear. |
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Post by barrythebook on May 22, 2018 21:18:41 GMT
Well I'm in an obvious minority here but I love wearing them. The easiest footwear to take on and off which makes them great for wearing in the garden - when I walk into the house I slip them off at the door with no bending down to undo laces etc and when at the beach they're easily kicked off if you fancy a paddle PLUS you don't get sand stuck in them like a shoe or boot. I have to wear steel toecapped, ankle support boots at work all week and really look forward to donning my flip flops at the weekend Oh, to ease your mind Arch, the only hunter gathering I do is in the local supermarkets and Lions don't inhabit West Cornwall although there are potential 'other' dangers as you suggest. Certain locales on the outskirts of Camborne are yet to be explored and do not recognise civilisation as we understand it so if venturing within 2 miles of these parts I may take your advice and leave my flippies at home. |
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Post by Arch Stanton on May 22, 2018 21:32:28 GMT
Well I'm in an obvious minority here but I love wearing them. The easiest footwear to take on and off which makes them great for wearing in the garden - when I walk into the house I slip them off at the door with no bending down to undo laces etc and when at the beach they're easily kicked off if you fancy a paddle PLUS you don't get sand stuck in them like a shoe or boot. I have to wear steel toecapped, ankle support boots at work all week and really look forward to donning my flip flops at the weekend Don't worry boys and girls, if I attend a barbecue at Baz's in the near future, I'll be sure to accidentally tred on his foot if he wears them. See how much Baz loves wearing them then. |
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Post by Portland Road on May 22, 2018 21:32:46 GMT
I don't like them, they are impractical - but then again, after years as an active walker and runner, I may have bad feet....  .... As Arch suggests, they are OK around the house as 'slippers', but no good as outdoor footwear - what if you have to hurry across a road to avoid traffic, or up a flight of steps? Or if you are indeed on the beach, they are no good if it is rocky or pebbly, and you are walking the dog....  I have found that males and females in flip-flops can have an air of self-importance, implying that "it's a day off, I'm not doing anything I don't have to, and I expect the weather to be good...  ." And of course the weather doesn't always live up to expectations, and these people become cold and stroppy.... |
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Post by Portland Road on May 22, 2018 21:36:37 GMT
Women are aloud to wear stupid and inappropriate footwear, I have no problem with that... ..... They could where stilts set in rocket propelled roller skates for all I care. ....they would have to beware of low bridges.... |
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Post by Portland Road on May 22, 2018 21:39:31 GMT
....you might miss the other bus, if you had to run for it in flip-flops.... |
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Post by Arch Stanton on May 22, 2018 21:45:12 GMT
....you might miss the other bus, if you had to run for it in flip-flops.... |
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