I'm pretty sure "thong" is an old Indian word that means "stuck between two body parts that you really don't want something stuck between". (That's why, except for that one tribe in northern California, old Indians didn't wear lointhongs.)
One thing I must admit I do look forward to every summer are all the ladies putting on their thong sandals. They look much cooler than shoes and, quite frankly, are super sexy.
Whether dressed up....
....or dressed down, IMO women generally look nice in sandals. Some men *ahem* even have a near-fetish about them.
Men also wear sandals in the summer to stay a little cooler, but they usually don't pull off the look as well. Let's be honest, unlike women's feet, men's feet just aren't that sexy.
Men don't like dirt in their shoes, or their sandals. It drives us nuts! If there's a bunch of loose dirt or gravel or mud around, chances are good a man will find it and step in it. Women on the other hand rarely if ever find loose gravel or mud while trooping around inside Sak's 5th Avenue or Target.
Every few years I get it in my head that a pair of sandals would be my footwear of choice for the summer, so I buy some. A week later they're usually in the back of my closet. For one thing, I don't like all those straps criss-crossing my feet. They chafe. And they look dorky.
But back to the theme of this post....
....thongs.
How does anyone put up with that little strap of leather or plastic stuck between their toes? It drives me absolutely nucking futs! It's like having something sticky on my hands or a rogue moustache hair that does a 180 and tries to climb up my nose.
Well, this is one of those "every few years", so I recently bought me some cheapo sandals....
So far they're tolerable. Comfortable, actually. I'll take that as a sign that maybe I've mellowed a bit in my old age. But they're still not thong sandals. I doubt I'll ever mellow that much. :)
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