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July 19, 2005
They wore flip-flops to the White House. :
posted by lil_brown_bat to other at 12:48 PM - 43 comments
Now this is a scandal.
posted by smithnyiu at 01:47 PM on July 19, 2005
Being discussed at MeFi too, in case anyone wants to discuss the non-sports angle of this non-story.
posted by scully at 01:48 PM on July 19, 2005
smithnyiu: No. It's a sandal. ;)
posted by scully at 01:49 PM on July 19, 2005
There's a flip-flop controversy at the White House, and this one has nothing to do with President Bush and John Kerry. Uhhh ... absolutely nothing of any consequence has anything to do with John Kerry. And who cares? I bet Dubya still runs around the White House at night in his footie pajamas, with Laura chasing him and trying to lure him to bedtime with a Curious George book.
posted by wfrazerjr at 01:50 PM on July 19, 2005
This is exactly what has happened to the world today. People are complaining about flip-flops. They are shoes (so to speak) that are comfortable. I don't think GW gave a damn about what was on their feet. The country is falling apart and people are complaining about flip-flops. Unreal.
posted by dbt302 at 02:04 PM on July 19, 2005
This is a story?
posted by daddisamm at 02:06 PM on July 19, 2005
Of all the disrespectful things that have occurred in the White House, this doesn’t even break the top 100. Please.
posted by curlyelk at 02:06 PM on July 19, 2005
Non sports-angle? There is a sports angle? Sounds like a good topic for metafilter indeed.
posted by YukonGold at 02:22 PM on July 19, 2005
. The country is falling apart and people are complaining about flip-flops. Unreal. The country is falling apart?????
posted by daddisamm at 02:24 PM on July 19, 2005
Yes, but it's still a terrible faux pas. I'm sure their mothers are horrified. Good lord, have a little self-respect - wear a damn shoe and a fucking tie. Try to also have a suit somewhere between them. All those morons who howl about the disintegration of family values, well for me the real problem is a lack of respect for others/institutions and not being a goddamned island in the middle of society. My fucking roommate drives me crazy with this - always late and underdressed. Get a clue!
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 02:27 PM on July 19, 2005
Sorry - obviously the girls need not wear a suit. I was foaming at the mouth and extrapolating.
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 02:29 PM on July 19, 2005
Better yet, stay home and break the weird tradition that, because you won a sports event, you are required to be part of a photo op with and give a defacto endorsement to a horrible president and his war.
posted by drjimmy11 at 02:32 PM on July 19, 2005
Oh and ps for the "hey you damn kids get off my lawn" set, thats how people dress now. Styles change. . Accept it and move on to a real issue.
posted by drjimmy11 at 02:35 PM on July 19, 2005
WHAT A WASTE OF TIME THIS SHIT IS!!!!!WEEDY MISSISSIPPI HAS SOME REEFER THAT'LL CURE EXTRAPOLIATION
posted by maclmn at 02:35 PM on July 19, 2005
give a defacto endorsement to a horrible president and his war Here we GO. Thanks lbb...
posted by smithnyiu at 02:36 PM on July 19, 2005
Sorry. Bush is wonderful. On a lighter note, women's lacrosse players wearing sensible shoes? Who woulda thunk it?
posted by drjimmy11 at 02:37 PM on July 19, 2005
WHAT A WASTE OF TIME THIS SHIT IS!!!!!WEEDY MISSISSIPPI HAS SOME REEFER THAT'LL CURE EXTRAPOLIATION Awesome
posted by jerseygirl at 02:38 PM on July 19, 2005
Yes, that old Mississippi Extrapolation Reefer. Its Magnolia-tastic (I hear). Sure the President gets sandwiched by a women's lacrosse team in flip-flops but I never do...that bastard.
posted by chris2sy at 03:04 PM on July 19, 2005
women's lacrosse players wearing sensible shoes? Who woulda thunk it? I think you might be confused with some other sport. Women's lacrosse is the one with skirts, no checking and no fucking out of bounds line. Well, there is one, but it's a perceived thing, found only in the mind of the ref. And there are imaginary bubbles around the players' heads as well. As for flip flops, who gives a fuck fuck?
posted by yerfatma at 03:10 PM on July 19, 2005
The country may or may not be falling apart, but the only people talking about this are people with time on their hands. There is no story here. Check the rest of the paper.
posted by chicobangs at 03:23 PM on July 19, 2005
as long as they make the 'flip flop' sound when walking in them that's fine with me. i can't stand the dragging of feet when wearing flip flops. they are like the lightest footwear going! can't you lift your feet up?
posted by gspm at 03:24 PM on July 19, 2005
No dammit! This is important. No sense of fucking decorum drives me batty. Uh, obviously. The good news is I'll have forgotten all about by tomorrow. And if this job had any real work, I wouldn't have the time on my hands. And the rest of the paper just confuses me.
posted by WeedyMcSmokey at 03:26 PM on July 19, 2005
Well, it's pretty hard to hide a shoe-bomb in a flip-flop, so you have to figure White House security was happy about that...
posted by grum@work at 03:36 PM on July 19, 2005
Wal-Mart seels flip-flops that have blinking lights in them.
posted by dbt302 at 03:40 PM on July 19, 2005
sells
posted by dbt302 at 03:41 PM on July 19, 2005
The country is falling apart????? You didn't hear about Florida breaking away from the US and floating down towards Cuba? I say, "Good riddance, America's wang!" Will the Aleutians be next?
posted by NoMich at 03:47 PM on July 19, 2005
Sure the President gets sandwiched by a women's lacrosse team in flip-flops but I never do...that bastard. Bill Clinton's at home right now, saying the same thing...
posted by The_Black_Hand at 03:47 PM on July 19, 2005
Better yet, stay home and break the weird tradition that, because you won a sports event, you are required to be part of a photo op with and give a defacto endorsement to a horrible president and his war. Thats not a nice thing to say!--
posted by daddisamm at 03:47 PM on July 19, 2005
Of all the disrespectful things that have occurred in the White House, this doesn’t even break the top 100. Please. Yep Clinton owns numbers 1 thru 25! ;-)
posted by daddisamm at 03:50 PM on July 19, 2005
You didn't hear about Florida breaking away from the US and floating down towards Cuba? I say, "Good riddance, America's wang!" Will the Aleutians be next? posted by NoMich at 3:47 PM CST on July 19 Actually CA has fallen off several times but the Pacific keeps spitting it back out.
posted by curlyelk at 03:54 PM on July 19, 2005
Must be a slow news day! And who cares? This is a story? Accept it and move on to a real issue. WHAT A WASTE OF TIME THIS SHIT IS!!!!! who gives a fuck fuck? There is no story here. For a meaningless story, this thread sure has legs. Good job, lbb. You sure know how to stir the pot (as it were). ;-)
posted by Texan_lost_in_NY at 04:08 PM on July 19, 2005
Yep Clinton owns numbers 1 thru 25! ;-) Never thought I'd say I miss that guy, but...
posted by smithnyiu at 04:25 PM on July 19, 2005
You may not have to miss him too much longer. Hilary will end up being the next President. Think she'll wear flip-flops?
posted by dbt302 at 04:29 PM on July 19, 2005
Hillary wears flip flops?????? Thats kinda of funny is you think about it!!
posted by daddisamm at 04:32 PM on July 19, 2005
"Who gives a fuck fuck?" Heh.
posted by chicobangs at 04:42 PM on July 19, 2005
no fucking out of bounds Strictly on the field of play? /selective editing
posted by Ufez Jones at 04:57 PM on July 19, 2005
Flip-flops to see a politician. Seems appropriate.
posted by roberts at 05:06 PM on July 19, 2005
Strictly on the field of play? Given the restrictions on contact mentioned above, you can appreciate my frustration.
posted by yerfatma at 05:25 PM on July 19, 2005
would the phrase comfortable with onself be appropriate?
posted by volfire at 07:13 PM on July 19, 2005
Women in comfortable shoes, eh?
posted by rodgerd at 09:26 PM on July 19, 2005
What's comfortable about flip-flops? They're like thongs for your feet.
posted by JJ at 04:05 AM on July 20, 2005
For a meaningless story, this thread sure has legs. Good job, lbb. You sure know how to stir the pot (as it were). ;-) Oh stop it, please. Like the asstards need any help from me. Better this than the distilled toxic racism that we saw in the thread about the Washington team -- here they're just getting all righteously indignant about other people's priorities. I think it was Miss Manners, or maybe Emily Post, who said that one does not refuse an invitation to the White House for anything less than one's own hospitalization or one's mother's funeral (or some such). That seems a bit much to me, but if you do believe that Americans have freedom of association but are not, in fact, free to refrain from this particular association, I think I can be excused my sense of amusement at anyone's being scandalized over a mere choice of footwear.
posted by lil_brown_bat at 08:21 AM on July 20, 2005
Must be a slow news day! Is this for real?