The Crazy Rants of Samantha BurnsCrocs
Crocs shoes are the new 80's jelly shoes, or so they seem. They look similarly horrid; they are gaining widespread popularity as a fad; and they are bloody cheap.
If you aren't aware of these gaudy loafers, here is a short article on them from 9news.com. All I know is that my cousin owns a pair of them in pink, of all colours, and they look about 2 sizes too big on her already oversized feet. I mean, we're talking Peggy Hill sized feet, and she wonders why everyone tells her the shoes look too big on her feet. Hello, why does everyone want to look horrific? Jelly shoes went out of style for a reason, let's leave them there in the past, m'kay.
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I'll agree, the shoes aren't very attractive. But saying your cousin has "Peggy Hill sized feet" is cold. What did Peggy Hill wear, like a size 14 shoe? I hope your cousin has a good sense of humor if she ever reads this.
Posted by: Amigo | September 12, 2005 04:25 PM
Can you eat them?
Posted by: peemil | September 12, 2005 04:32 PM
Amigo - it's not too cold when it's true, I'm afraid. She'd laugh some.
Peemil - ew, I don't want to be eating worn shoes. How about you test out that theory and get back to us?
Posted by: Sam | September 12, 2005 04:43 PM
Peggy Hill sized feet and she wears Crocs? Is your cousin single?
Posted by: Erasmus | September 12, 2005 04:53 PM
And I was thinking they look pretty cool. Nice shade of blue, have a back strap, look comfy, attention-getting... :)
Posted by: Shelly | September 12, 2005 05:17 PM
Erasmus - you make me laugh. We're talking 40 year old virgin, well 40 in 10 more years. You guessed it, bang on.
Posted by: Sam | September 12, 2005 05:19 PM
My wife has a pair much to my horror, but she says they are the most comfortable things she owns.
I hope the fad passes soon.
Posted by: TWM | September 12, 2005 05:54 PM
Actually, the "Highland" (unventilated) in black is no worse than some of my laze-around-the-house sandals in appearance. Still, I wouldn't wear them away from the house, though, unless it were at a beach or pool or to go rafting or something like that.
Posted by: David | September 12, 2005 06:08 PM
Well you did say they were jelly.
Posted by: peemil | September 12, 2005 06:29 PM
I had the same problem with my humongous feet. I don't own any though.
Posted by: Nettie | September 12, 2005 08:04 PM
For every oddity, there is a place for it on the internet:
http://www.uglydress.com/uglyshoes.html
http://www.shoewawa.com/2005/08/ugly_shoes_exte.html
People may say the crocs are comfortable, but how comfortable can you really be knowing you're wearing some truly fugly footwear? I suspect their tolerance is such that they would be comfortable wearing neon plaid.
Posted by: Dangerous Dan | September 12, 2005 10:02 PM
I know. Yuck!
Posted by: the mad hare | September 13, 2005 12:17 AM
I live in the Denver-Boulder area, and it seems as though my wife and I are the only ones who've thus far resisted buying a pair of Crocs. They're as ubiquitous as the tire tread-rope sandals worn in poor 3rd world countries. The worst is when you see some middle-aged guy in big blue Crocs and support socks; clearly, he's given up.
Posted by: Dave D | September 13, 2005 05:25 AM
They look like 70's Earth shoes except in rubber or plastic or "jelly". They STILL sell Earth shoes though, and I doubt these will have such longevity. I'm a leather loafers/ tennis shoes type of girl myself.
Posted by: Diane | September 13, 2005 07:49 AM
Good heavens!
I remember when those type of shoes first emerged some ten years ago as gardening shoes for about US$35.00. I thought, "Ewww. Plastic Berk-wannabes".
So the dumb things are still around. Uhhh, thanks but no thanks.
Posted by: Maidink | September 13, 2005 08:39 AM
They are all over the place here in the Midwest too. I don't get it. I don't even want to get it. Why relive the blister fiasco from the jellies' fad of the 1980s?
Posted by: Expat | September 13, 2005 11:04 AM
Looks like the updated version of the rubber LL Bean shoes of my youth. Yuppies wore them together with izods and other featureless clothing, usually in pink or green - or both.
Outside of the obvious aethetic judgments one could make, it looks to me as though these would give you pretty bad blisters (and possibly foot odor).
Posted by: Heidi | September 13, 2005 11:52 AM
I was asking if she was single because that combination is just HOT. Crocs on Peggy Hill sized feet have always been my secret fetish.
Posted by: Erasmus | September 17, 2005 03:11 AM