You can do anything, but lay off of my red plastic shoes

28 Jan 2009 at 12:07

A Free Man

Parents of toddlers, how much does nap time rock? Can I hear a “Hell, yes!”?

But I’m not here to talk about the joys of a couple of hours of peace and quiet in an otherwise chaotic day. I’m here for an “I told you so” moment. Some of you may remember mocking my admittedly questionable fashion decision to purchase matching red Crocs for Boy Z and I*. Well let me tell you a little story…

Dr. O’C and I went on a rare date night over the weekend to see “Slumdog Millionaire“, which is a fantastic film. It’s rare that Dr. O’C and I both like a film, so you can be assured that anyone would like this one. Check it out if you haven’t already. At any rate, I was wearing my beach shorts, which are a bit shabby and worn down. The pockets no longer reliably do the job for which they were designed and I’m forever losing change and car keys and the like. The film finished and Dr. O’C and I were headed for the car when a couple stopped us and handed me my wallet. They said, “You left this on your seat. We’ve been looking for the guy in the red Crocs.”

I think I’ve made my point. Feel free to post pictures of yourself in your red Crocs with a note regarding both my wisdom and exquisite fashion sense.

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*I’d like to invite the manufacturers of Crocs to go ahead and contact me about a sponsorship deal.

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32 Comments

by The Unbearable Banishment

28 Jan 2009 at 12:32

I wish I had invented Crocs. They’re everywhere. I’d be in Fiji right now instead of freezing my ass off in New Jersey.

Loved Slumdog Millionaire. The only hole in the plot…

SPIOLER ALERT

…is at the very end. Why would they need to look for each other at the train station? All he had to do was dial his brother’s mobile phone. She would have picked up and they could have arranged a meeting. Otherwise, a fine film.
by sarala

28 Jan 2009 at 12:44

Haven’t seen slumdog but want to.
If I can’t make fun of the Crocs can I make fun of the legs they’re attached to?
I have a pair of Crocs (not the clog style) and think they are the most comfortable shoes I’ve had in a long time. They don’t work so well for Chicago in winter and I can’t wear them to work. Only complaints so far.

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by muskrat

28 Jan 2009 at 12:44

Glad you got your wallet, but I ain’t changing my opinion of crocs because of this. Sorry.

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by Toasty

28 Jan 2009 at 12:49

You lucky bastard! Yeah, I’m with muskrat. No crocs for me. I just linked to you in my latest and possibly last post on myinnerteen. I will be starting a new blog. I want to be able to put pics of my girls without worrying that, if family members find my blog, they’ll be appalled at what I say about them… it’s going to be “MyInnerGrownup”. And it’s about time, eh?!
by Coal Miner's Granddaughter

28 Jan 2009 at 12:50

I don’t have red Crocs. Mine are purple, baby! Ty-man and Bubba? Blue. Miss-Miss is rocking the hot pink and J-man is our Red Croc Man. Crocs are awesome!

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by Nichole

28 Jan 2009 at 13:08

Crocs are still gross. Maybe it’s time to get a new pair of shorts.

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by Agnes

28 Jan 2009 at 13:24

Ahhh Nicole…took the words right outta my mouth! Very nice.

Glad you got your wallet back though Chris. Crocs sure do stand out, and in this case at least, it’s a good thing.
by chris

28 Jan 2009 at 13:46

So did you and the Doc knock Crocs after the movie? Yes I’m snickering.

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by Ginny

28 Jan 2009 at 13:57

At least you’re not wearing them with black socks? (and THAT is the closest I can come to a positive comment on this one. Sorry, man. If it makes you feel any better, just this morning, I wondered where I could matching ponchos for the 2 year old and I.)

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by Not Afraid To Use It

28 Jan 2009 at 14:19

Do red Crocs knock-off count? I actually wore them over the weekend to run to the neighbors’ house. I love them for the kids bc in theory, they can put them on without my help. As we are a strict no-shoe-in-the house family, they are great for kicking off the instant one opens the door.

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by heather

28 Jan 2009 at 15:48

Um, I have red Crocs. But mine are official UW – Madison ones (go Badgers), oh, and they were free for students when I attended a soccer game. Jealous?

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by People in the Sun

28 Jan 2009 at 16:10

What’s the point of having a wallet if all you do with your money is spend it on red plastic shoes?

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by admin

28 Jan 2009 at 17:43

TUB – Re Slumdog ending. Very good point. As I always tell Dr. O’C, though, don’t push the story line.

Sarala – I happen to think my legs are my best feature.

Muskrat – Your problem is a complete lack of taste. Except in blogs.

Toasty – You have the same problem as Muskrat. Will look forward to your new manifestation.

CMGD – Hell yeah.

Nichole and Agnes – Welcome to the Tasteless Toasty Muskrat club.

Chris – A gentleman doesn’t kiss and tell. But since I’m not a gentleman…

Ginny – It’s a slippery slope. You start with matching ponchos and then one day come home with plastic shoes.

NATUI – See, you know what I’m talking about. They’re huge in Sweden as an aside.

Heather – Yes I am.

PIS – OK, you win the cleverest comment of the week. But you’re still in the Tasteless Toasty Muskrat club.
by runsdeep

28 Jan 2009 at 18:03

[glances over to back door]… yep, I thought we had some. Good for gardening, not sure about fashion.
by Noble Savage

28 Jan 2009 at 19:16

Another Croc hater here. They just make everyone’s feet look like Fred Flintstone’s! I always think what lurks beneath must be horribly disfigured, covered in corns, callouses, bunions, fungus and hangnails. Surely that’s not the case with Boy Z but you…we just don’t know.

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by Noble Savage

28 Jan 2009 at 19:17

Oh, and “Hell yes!” Naptime does indeed rock.
by Maureen

28 Jan 2009 at 20:28

I agree with muskrat. I’m glad you got your wallet, but I’m not changing my opinion of Crocs because of this. Sorry.

I can’t stand Crocs, especially on adults! I think they are sort of cute on young children but even then I don’t really like them.

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by Angel

28 Jan 2009 at 20:53

Doesn’t the plastic feel all icky in that heat?? I think I hate them so badly because my mind goes back to those horrible jelly shoes my mother made me wear in the 80s. I’ve still never bought a pair of Crocs and just don’t think I can!
by bluestreak

28 Jan 2009 at 21:38

ahahaha. sorry, but i generally feel the way my favorite pirate maddox does about crocs: http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=fashion
by Fube

28 Jan 2009 at 21:57

Hell, yes!
by arizaphale

28 Jan 2009 at 22:37

I just don’t get all this shoe angst! Soft, comfy, colourful, easy on and off, washable, go with everything……
OK maybe they don’t go with everything but did I mention washable?
(Score on the wallet front. Phe-ew!)

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by April

29 Jan 2009 at 02:52

I had a pair of crocs because everyone said they were so comfy and they just didn’t do anything for me. Too soft I think. And they’re pretty much just butt-ugly!

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by Nathan B.

29 Jan 2009 at 02:53

AFM, those red Crocs are the equivalent of wearing a huge red clown nose around OZ. You would’ve been noticed and gotten your wallet back with both.

And I loved all but the last 5 minutes of Slumdog.
by courtney

29 Jan 2009 at 03:22

I’m sure Crocs are comfortable and all, but I still cannot bring myself to put something so hideous on my feet.

It was nice of those people to track you down, though.

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by mickey

29 Jan 2009 at 06:09

The Crocs get the last word.

I fear no one would ever find me in my nondescript Adidas running shoes.

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by admin

29 Jan 2009 at 08:27

Runsdeep – Come on! They’d go great with that Hurley tee of yours.

NS – And you shan’t.

Maureen – I just don’t get all this Croc hating. I was a hater too, but then I tried the bloody things on. Now I’m completely hooked.

Angel – I forgot about Jelly shoes! You’re right, Crocs are the jelly shoes of the 2000’s!

Bluestreak – My feet smell better in Crocs than they do in leather shoes. That’s one of the things I like about them! Why are we talking so much about my feet?

Fube – Hell yeah!

Arizaphale – Washable is the bonus.

April/Nathan/Courtney – I’m not responding to any more Croc hating. Clearly you people are not hip enough to be reading my blog. Mickey, however, is allowed to stay.
by runsdeep

29 Jan 2009 at 10:29

heheh! Glad you remember the T-shirt. I’m getting a bit sensitive ’bout that now. Does it make me one of them fabled Bo’gans?
by admin

29 Jan 2009 at 10:34

I don’t know, do you have a Holden cap?
by muskrat

29 Jan 2009 at 13:08

Lack of taste? Did you see that nice navy suit I had on in my Christmas post? You know, the one where my junk’s in a box? That’s taste, buddy. Seriously good taste.

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by we_be_toys

30 Jan 2009 at 02:36

I laughed at everyone wearing Crocs for the longest time – I mean, come on – they’re plastic, like those heinous Jellies the little girls used to wear. Then a friend of mine gave me a pair (black Maryjanes, not as glam as your red ones) and I’m hooked on them!
Crocs are the shiznet!
by admin

30 Jan 2009 at 08:18

Muskrat – That’s taste all right. Good? Not so much.

WeBeToys- See, you know what I’m talking about. Once you put them on your feet it’s all over.
by Gypsy

31 Jan 2009 at 02:52

CMGD, mine are purple, too. That’s it. We really were separated at birth.

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