I have these in red/white/blue. Comfy, very comfy, and the material is quite thin so the feet don't get too hot.

I hike a lot, so

ps: Would these sandals be acceptable?

London is awash with The Hybrid, at the moment. What a horrible shoe.

Now those I like.

Cool, I dislike the white soles though.

I saw a motorcyle rider wearing flip flops and shorts. And no helmet, of course. The motherfucker must have a death wish.

Yeah, they'd be better without the white anywhere. Why couldn't they have made the white trim and sole blue instead? I go for subdued colors in footwear. Otherwise I feel like I'm dressed like Ronnie Wood in the 1970s.

The trim around the side is white, but the actual sole underneath is blue.

flip flops in themselves aren't inherently dumb, it's the people who have ugly dirty misshapen feet who feel people need to see their feet

Andrew, they are a bit too juvenile looking for you. You ought to be wearing brogues or something. It's more dignified.

Hey, I'm married. I can wear whatever the fuck I want.

But brogues, huh? Those are like wingtips? Yeah, possibly I could see myself in those. Black socks, plaid shorts, bare white skinny legs, white T-shirt, and my brogues. A good look, I think.

Actually, I like shopping for shoes. You know what I don't like shopping for, though. Pants. Trying on pants is one of the most humiliating things a man can suffer that doesn't involve a woman.

probably all stars or some such equivelant.

Flip flops are fucking uncomfortable, that's all that should need to be said. They're fine for at the swimming pool, when you only have to walk about twenty paces in them, but any further than that and you may as well just take a penknife to the skin between your big toe and the one next to it.

We've already trashed All Stars and their equivalent.

College girls here wear them outside in the winter when it's 10 below zero. It's crazy. I saw one poor girl one winter morning accidently slip off one flip flop and send it skating down the sidewalk 20 feet ahead of her.

It should be part of the entrance examination to be able to understand what footwear matches what season. If someone is stupid enough to wear flip flops in winter, then education will obviously be wasted on them.

Yes. Until I myself understood this, there were some very bleak days.

You wouldn't stand a cat's chance in hell of running a successful record store if you'd carried on with the flip flops, I can tell you.

Everyone in my family has crocs except for me.