I Wear Crocs

I Wear Crocs

August 21, 2007 @ 09:26

I enjoyed my debut on the Hawk yesterday morning. I joined Mcarthur and Face at 7:15 on a new segment they've entitled "the bloggers"

We talked about a few things including "Crocs."

I'm new to the croc world. I first noticed them a couple of years ago when a lot of kids were wearing them. Then I noticed a lot of women wearing them. And then last summer I noticed a lot of men wearing them.

To be honest I wasn't comfortable with the man thing. Crocs almost look like toys for your feet. A goofy little novelty thing that I assumed would come and go.

The real turning for me was when neighbour John started to wear them. John is a guy's guy who is a lot like living next to Fred Flintstone. He likes beer, sports and big hunks of meat.

Late last summer I noticed John wearing crocs and when I called him on it, he said they were the most comfortable shoes he'd ever worn.

Comfortable? How the hell could plastic shoes be comfortable?

Well the winter came and went and this spring I saw men wearing crocs everywhere. Including a few at the trailer, but I still didn't bite.

My good friend Darren kept me in check by claiming that crocs were for gay dutch guys.

But then last week my wife walked in with a pair. A pair of authentic crocs, not a pair of the cheap knockoffs a lot of people are wearing, these were the real thing.

But they were beige, and when I put them on I immediately thought of Darren's description.

I felt girly and refused to wear them, even though after putting them on for a few minutes I did not how bloody comfortable they were - like walking on a cushion of air.

Delyse (my wife) told me I should give them a chance. I didn't have to wear the sissy beige pair, she'd go back and exchange them for a dark blue.

And that's what she did and since I slipped them on last Thursday, I keep looking for excuses to put them back on. As crazy as it sounds, wearing these crocs feels better than wearing no shoes at all.

They feel so bloody good I'm going to buy Darren a pair. But probably a pair of the cheap knockoffs because John claims they're just as comfortable as the real thing.

Category: Stuff

12 Responses to "I Wear Crocs"

Danno
August 21, 2007 / 09:41

Hmmm. Gay Dutch guys...Wooden shoes, wooden head, 'woodent listen. Is there no end to Darren's insanity? Is this the demise of the "man's man"?? First the Mullet, then Crocs. I wonder if you could get Miss Vic to allow Porkchop to wear them.
Croc on Freddie

JIM
August 21, 2007 / 12:04

There is nothing wrong with crocs as long as you don't wear socks
you can not sock a crock

I see this and I want to puch
them its like socks in sandles
if you are going to wear socks put on pair of shoes

Doug
August 21, 2007 / 13:23

Freddie please say it isn't so !! Not crocs.

Please don't wear them in pubic. Crocs are garden shoes only and should only be worn in the garden or on the street by little kids.

Not adults. Definitely not men and NOT Freddie P.

Ryan
August 21, 2007 / 13:35

If comfort was the main rationale for what we wear, then we men should also be wearing skirts too..after all, they keep you cool on a hot summer day. Sure you look like a fool, but you're comfortable. After all, they could make manly skirts..maybe dark colours, or with a Valvoline logo or something to toughen them up.

See people, in the not too distant future it'll be like parachute pants or other terrible "fashions" from 25 years ago.

Only difference is this. In a few years, you croc wearers will look back and wonder how the hell you could've worn them, but non croc wearers are laughing at you NOW.

Ryan

LEW
August 21, 2007 / 15:46

Yeah Fred; I'm told Capri's for men are comfortable too, so I hope you enjoy the breeze up your freshly waxed legs.
Now if the dutch wear wooden clogs to keep the woodpeckers off their heads, why are Anglos wearing plastic?

James
August 21, 2007 / 16:17

I'm with you Fred. They're great around the house and the garden. Although..um..yeah I probably wouldn't wear them in town.

Mike from Lowville
August 21, 2007 / 16:55

ROTFLMFAO!

Anonymous
August 21, 2007 / 18:53

A man wearing Crocs? That's just a little bit south of hetro...

Derek

amy
March 13, 2008 / 18:10

i am a heter guy who wears crocs ...i also wear keds and nine-west and skeechers and well all my shoes are made for women but i like the way they make me feel

LNard
March 13, 2008 / 22:23

Freddie, hope you are still enjoying them! My wife got me into them, and now I have 2 pairs, because they do make a great slipper around the house. I have the "offroad" in beige for outdoors, and a grey pair for outdoors. Now just need a new pair for the cottage.

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