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RE: Kiwi Legends: the humble Jandal
It's flip-flops where I come from and thongs are a type of underwear, which was fun when we arrived in Australia!
I don't wear them myself as I find them way too uncomfortable. The cheap nasty ones my mum would buy us in the summer used to give me sores and blisters between my toes, so that probably also put me off them.
I had a bit of a nasty accident while wearing some one year in my youth. Tore something in a foot that took years to heal, after the front of the jandal caught on something and wrenched my foot.
After that, when I had kids I never let them wear any while they were growing.
lol, now all the horror stories are coming out :D
Ouch!
I refused to let my girls wear them growing up too. They have started wearing them this year though as their own choice at 14 and 16. At least they've pretty much finished growing.
It always amazes me how Aussies can run in them! I couldn't run in anything not firmly attached to my foot!
And certainly not quietly, lol. slap slap slap slap slap