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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: sonickteam2 on August 05, 2008, 09:21:00 am
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footwear conversations are always fun here:
stop wearing Crocs (http://www.newsweek.com/id/150240/>1=43002)
like to play a game with my son, Joseph. We sit on a bench in touristy Old Town, Alexandria, Va., and we're not allowed to get up until we see a dozen pairs of Crocs. It usually doesn't take long. But the other day we were stuck at eight after a few minutes, and I was getting a little concerned. Just then my boy leaned over and said, "Don't worry, Dad. A family of dorks will come along any minute." To paraphrase Hank Hill, if he wasn't my son, I would have hugged him right then, I was so proud.
I know what you're thinking: what kind of sick father lets his impressionable young son call people dorks because of the shoes they wear? Well, who else will teach him that wearing sweaty bright purple clown shoes in public is not OK? He certainly won't learn that lesson at school. Teachers seem to be some of the biggest abusers of this horrid fad.
I know what else you're thinking: "I like Crocs â?¦ they're so comfortable. I'll tell you who the dork is â?¦ the guy writing this story, that's who! And who died and made him the fashion authority anyway?" Well, no one. I own pitted-out T shirts that are more than a quarter of a century old, and I've been known to strut around town in some pleated khaki Dockers. I own one belt. A female colleague even told me once I'd be a "perfect candidate for 'Queer Eye for the Straight Guy'." I think she was trying to be helpful. My complete lack of fashion sense actually supports my theory, because even I know these things are an abomination.
Yes, I'm really, really late to the Crocs-bashing party. Really late. Plenty of fashionistas have written screeds over the years. But the damn things are still here, so this is no time to stop fighting. To quote the great John Belushi: "Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell, no!"
I've been following the good work of Web sites like I Hate Crocs Dot Com for some time, even going so far as to submit a photograph of a stuffed skunk spraying a pair of pink Crocs. The fantastic Best Page In The Universe posted a hilarious rant a while back joking that people who bought Crocs on Amazon.com also bought frozen corn dogs, Pabst Blue Ribbon Light and trucker balls, as well as the CD single "Hey There, Delilah" by the Plain White T's. The rant's author, Maddox, writes: "People who wear Crocs go on and on about how comfortable they are, and how it's supposedly odor resistant because it's made out of some kind of anti-bacterial foam â?¦ You know what else it's resistant to? You getting laid."
A popular YouTube video called "Dorcs" parodies the trend: "Wow, but they're so ugly," says an office worker to her friend. "That's how you know they're comfortable," he says. By the end, she's a convert: "I've given fashion the finger, and joined the Dorcs revolution!" The Crocs Empire is acutely aware of us haters. Even their own commercials make fun of the irrational and over-the-top rage their shoes instill in people like me. In one, an unshaven lunatic holds a neon blue Croc in front of his face and screams, "Why are you wearing these!" for 30 seconds. I only wish I'd known about the tryouts for this commercial.
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Yes, I'm really, really late to the Crocs-bashing party. Really late.
No shit.
Next up: Why that Macarena song sucks.
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He's spot on with Old Town, though. That's my daily route for my run, and its insane how many people are wearing those things. Ugh-city.
Originally posted by Bombay Chutney:
Yes, I'm really, really late to the Crocs-bashing party. Really late.
No shit.
Next up: Why that Macarena song sucks. [/b]
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Crocs with socks have officially replaced chicks with dicks as the worst thing ever.
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i don't think they'll be around much longer. (http://finance.google.com/finance?chdnp=1&chdd=1&chds=1&chdv=1&chvs=maximized&chdeh=0&chdet=1217966400000&chddm=98923&q=NASDAQ:CROX&)
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Originally posted by very sonick:
I've been known to strut around town in some pleated khaki Dockers.
stopped reading here
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There's absolutely nothing wrong with Frozen corn dogs, PBR or Hey There Delilah so don't lump them in with Crocs.
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pbr light
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Originally posted by vansmack:
There's absolutely nothing wrong with Frozen corn dogs, PBR or Hey There Delilah so don't lump them in with Crocs.
Because the first three may be used by your standard hipster for ironic effect, but crocs are completely unforgivable?
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I can't help but notice you didn't mention trucker balls...
Originally posted by vansmack:
There's absolutely nothing wrong with Frozen corn dogs, PBR or Hey There Delilah so don't lump them in with Crocs.
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Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
pbr light
I didn't even know that existed....
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Originally posted by nkotb:
I can't help but notice you didn't mention trucker balls...
I don't even know what those are...
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<img src="http://lonestartimes.com/images/2008/01/truck-balls.JPG" alt=" - " />
Originally posted by vansmack:
Originally posted by nkotb:
I can't help but notice you didn't mention trucker balls...
I don't even know what those are... [/b]
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Originally posted by vansmack:
Originally posted by god's shoeshine:
pbr light
I didn't even know that existed.... [/b]
i only know it existed because we used to get jacobs best light in college
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Truck Nutz.....some state yo-yo tried to pass a bill in FL legislature to get them banned, so you know every redneck in the sunshine state went out and bought some.
I personally have no problem with crocs....I do have a problem with people who wear open shoes in general with socks because they are just fucking idiots as it defeats the purpose of open shoes. I own a pair of crocs and use them round the house and walking the dog and going to the beach or when I take my cycling shoes off etc...but don't wear them to go out or anything like that. They are ideal for my purposes though as I quite never mastered the art of walking with flip flops.
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We bought some faux crocs in France for our one year old, and they work great for her.
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yeah, you are correct. chicks with dicks are a real problem!
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Originally posted by walkonby:
yeah, you are correct. chicks with dicks are a real problem!
Not if it's my dick!
;)
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Originally posted by Ever Circling Skeletal Family:
Originally posted by walkonby:
yeah, you are correct. chicks with dicks are a real problem!
Not if it's my dick!
:)
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I read this weekend that PBR is bringing back Schlitz using the orginal formula. +1 for PBR.
Originally posted by vansmack:
There's absolutely nothing wrong with Frozen corn dogs, PBR..
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Right! So we've established:
Chicks with dicks = bad
Chicks with Bics = good
Chicks with chicks = even better
Chicks with hicks = confusing
Chicks with Sixx = slutty
Chicks with Kix = my mother
Chicks with pix = good, if they're free
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<img src="http://www.caaws.ca/girlsatplay/mvp/awards2001/summer01/photos/chicks.jpg" alt=" - " />
what about chicks with sticks?
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Originally posted by Relaxer:
Right! So we've established:
Chicks with dicks = bad
Chicks with Bics = good
Chicks with chicks = even better
Chicks with hicks = confusing
Chicks with Sixx = slutty
Chicks with Kix = my mother
Chicks with pix = good, if they're free
What about....
Chicks with flicks?
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I spent last week with my wife's family at the beach, and overheard one of my newphew-in-laws shout, which watching a comedy, "Those two girls just kissed! Gross!!"
I couldn't help but laugh. In 5 years that'll be all the poor kid thinks about.
Originally posted by Relaxer:
Chicks with chicks = even better
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Originally posted by walkonby:
<img src="http://www.caaws.ca/girlsatplay/mvp/awards2001/summer01/photos/chicks.jpg" alt=" - " />
what about chicks with sticks?
I bet they play softball in the summer!
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Originally posted by Relaxer:
Chicks with Kix = my mother
Your mom is a groupie of a third rate hair metal band (http://www.kix-band.com/kixhome.html)?
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Originally posted by Ever Circling Skeletal Family:
Originally posted by walkonby:
<img src="http://www.caaws.ca/girlsatplay/mvp/awards2001/summer01/photos/chicks.jpg" alt=" - " />
what about chicks with sticks?
I bet they play softball in the summer! [/b]
And coach basketball and do their own carpentry.
Nice one GGW, but my mother was always more of a Dokken chick.
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Originally posted by Relaxer:
Originally posted by Ever Circling Skeletal Family:
Originally posted by walkonby:
<img src="http://www.caaws.ca/girlsatplay/mvp/awards2001/summer01/photos/chicks.jpg" alt=" - " />
what about chicks with sticks?
I bet they play softball in the summer! [/b]
And coach basketball and do their own carpentry.
Nice one GGW, but my mother was always more of a Dokken chick. [/b]
i love how most of what you post is combined with an inner displeasure of gays in general. either you are one secretly and rant out to hide your queer pride, or perhaps you were abused as a child and have just chosen to forget about it? and here i thought only rappers were on the down low.
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Whoops, sorry, was not my intent there. I was channeling Cliff Claven.
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Originally posted by Ever Circling Skeletal Family:
Originally posted by Relaxer:
Right! So we've established:
Chicks with dicks = bad
Chicks with Bics = good
Chicks with chicks = even better
Chicks with hicks = confusing
Chicks with Sixx = slutty
Chicks with Kix = my mother
Chicks with pix = good, if they're free
What about....
Chicks with flicks? [/b]
And chicks with ticks. Ain't that a bitch? :p
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I love how you repeatedly play the wounded gay victim card.
Originally posted by walkonby:
Originally posted by Relaxer:
Originally posted by Ever Circling Skeletal Family:
Originally posted by walkonby:
<img src="http://www.caaws.ca/girlsatplay/mvp/awards2001/summer01/photos/chicks.jpg" alt=" - " />
what about chicks with sticks?
I bet they play softball in the summer! [/b]
And coach basketball and do their own carpentry.
Nice one GGW, but my mother was always more of a Dokken chick. [/b]
i love how most of what you post is combined with an inner displeasure of gays in general. either you are one secretly and rant out to hide your queer pride, or perhaps you were abused as a child and have just chosen to forget about it? and here i thought only rappers were on the down low. [/b]
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Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
I love how you repeatedly play the wounded gay victim card.
Originally posted by walkonby:
Originally posted by Relaxer:
Originally posted by Ever Circling Skeletal Family:
Originally posted by walkonby:
<img src="http://www.caaws.ca/girlsatplay/mvp/awards2001/summer01/photos/chicks.jpg" alt=" - " />
what about chicks with sticks?
I bet they play softball in the summer! [/b]
And coach basketball and do their own carpentry.
Nice one GGW, but my mother was always more of a Dokken chick. [/b]
i love how most of what you post is combined with an inner displeasure of gays in general. either you are one secretly and rant out to hide your queer pride, or perhaps you were abused as a child and have just chosen to forget about it? and here i thought only rappers were on the down low. [/b]
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i get bored easily. sometimes i dream that relaxer is ronald reagan and i am margaret thatcher.
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Originally posted by walkonby:
Originally posted by Charlie Nakatestes,Japanese Golfer:
I love how you repeatedly play the wounded gay victim card.
Originally posted by walkonby:
Originally posted by Relaxer:
Originally posted by Ever Circling Skeletal Family:
Originally posted by walkonby:
<img src="http://www.caaws.ca/girlsatplay/mvp/awards2001/summer01/photos/chicks.jpg" alt=" - " />
what about chicks with sticks?
I bet they play softball in the summer! [/b]
And coach basketball and do their own carpentry.
Nice one GGW, but my mother was always more of a Dokken chick. [/b]
i love how most of what you post is combined with an inner displeasure of gays in general. either you are one secretly and rant out to hide your queer pride, or perhaps you were abused as a child and have just chosen to forget about it? and here i thought only rappers were on the down low. [/b]
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i get bored easily. sometimes i dream that relaxer is ronald reagan and i am margaret thatcher. [/b]
Of course you do, you saucy minx.
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<img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3167/2405392222_1ae4659d71.jpg" alt=" - " />
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Originally posted by walkonby:
i get bored easily. sometimes i dream that relaxer is ronald reagan and i am margaret thatcher.
Oh but we had a time, didn't we English Mommy? Though we both remained steadfast that communism would fail, for the life of me I can't remember who took best picture in 1935. I just had it too.
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i loves me crocs.
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Originally posted by walkonby:
i'm hoping for the one with the tattoos to verbally thrash me. :)
let's just keep our fantasies to ourselves now, mmmkay?