Pluggers by Rick McKee for October 01, 2022

that’s how I knew those kinds of sandals

Then i’m a plugger.

No thongs on me bear feets.

Walking along with each foot stuck in a thong

A “McCartney” song on tip of my tongue…

Perfect

If a plugger wore the other type of thong at the beach, it would be the young-uns collapsing from a heart attack!

Beach Sign seen: “Speedo Limit – Age 35”.

Or an Australian.

Wear out a pair of those every summer :-)

We always called them flip-flops.

Or you bought it too big, and it slipped down…

I love my flip-flops……..

I’m old enough to remember calling them Zorries.

Well now, it isn’t just us pluggers these days. I have seen way too many younger women who have to get out of their car before they have someone else put their car into their garage.. if you know what I mean. For us pluggers, it often isn’t just us making it happen. A lot of meds have a lot to blame… but for the young plummpers, what is their excuse. Nobody at any age should be wearing thongs on anything but their feet, anyway. I have heard that the skin is the largest organ… boy, ain’t that true.

What happened to tire tread sandals? Liked leaving tire tread patterns in the sand.

I can vouch for that.. and the shocked look I got when I inquired at a shoe store for thongs. Evidently I did not get the notification that the term had been replaced.

Good one !

Could never wear ‘thongs’, the ‘toe’-hold’ wore a blister between my big toe and the next one ! ! !

…or Australian

When I was a kid in the 50s a common term was -(racial slur for Japanese) flaps.

“Was”? Always interchangeable with flip flops where I lived. Sketcher slip ons now…

Yep!!!

What if a thong is thomething you thing?

It took me awhile when I started to teach chemistry, to get to where I would say “no flip flops” instead of “no thongs” when were doing a lab.

I thought a thong was thomething you thing!