[lbo-talk] today's fashion directive

Dennis Claxton ddclaxton at earthlink.net
Thu Mar 24 23:27:01 PDT 2011


At 10:47 PM 3/24/2011, 123hop at comcast.net wrote:


>Flip-flops should never be worn by anyone, anywhere.
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>...except in grotty public showers where theys save you froma athelets foot.
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>j.

You're right. Even then though, I prefer to call them shower slippers. It's the sound of flip-flops, which the term makes me think of, that bothers me as much as the look. Is flip-flop an example of onomatopoeia?



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