tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18730709.post115877148844858398..comments2023-11-03T04:49:12.668-06:00Comments on Tales of Wit and Charm...: what hell really looks like:Sarah Bellumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16536648074258319524noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18730709.post-1158940523569898112006-09-22T09:55:00.000-06:002006-09-22T09:55:00.000-06:00Anon - Crocs fall in the category defined as BAD, ...Anon - Crocs fall in the category defined as BAD, as described in Paul Fussel's book, BAD or, the Dumbing of America. While items may be merely "bad" - cheap, fraudulent, or unworthy of comment, "BAD" items are distinguished in that they retain all the miserable features of "bad" yet have somehow become desirable, admired, and so forth. Paris Hilton is a classic example of BAD in human form, the Hummer in automobiles. Crocs are hideous, cheap, an affront to both the foot and the eye, yet somehow have acheived a critical-mass cultural appeal (not meant to be ironic) that defies any explanation other than the "manipulation of fools by knaves." I don't know if Ms. Bellum has read the book, but she has a rather trenchant eye for BAD.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18730709.post-1158932934423815102006-09-22T07:48:00.000-06:002006-09-22T07:48:00.000-06:00Can someone please explain why these are such a ha...Can someone please explain why these are such a hated commodity? They are ugly but so are lots of things. What's the scoop?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18730709.post-1158869444820827292006-09-21T14:10:00.000-06:002006-09-21T14:10:00.000-06:00Take them away! Take them away!Take them away! Take them away!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18730709.post-1158851882778901302006-09-21T09:18:00.000-06:002006-09-21T09:18:00.000-06:00ugly plastic shoesugly plastic shoesMelodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12768950331026887423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18730709.post-1158801647519705722006-09-20T19:20:00.000-06:002006-09-20T19:20:00.000-06:00Can you please stop taking pictures of my closet? ...Can you please stop taking pictures of my closet? Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18730709.post-1158788252837779892006-09-20T15:37:00.000-06:002006-09-20T15:37:00.000-06:00what is better is that there are so many companies...what is better is that there are so many companies that have produced knock-offs that even us poor folk can get us a pair! ;)Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08548297569597918771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18730709.post-1158781530532407082006-09-20T13:45:00.000-06:002006-09-20T13:45:00.000-06:00I couldn't agree more. Bleck.I couldn't agree more. Bleck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18730709.post-1158778466558441242006-09-20T12:54:00.000-06:002006-09-20T12:54:00.000-06:00By the way, please tell me that that collection of...By the way, please tell me that that collection of crocs were part of a public safety croc buy-back program and are scheduled for destruction. Sort of like a gun buy-back program, but with greater impact on the public aesthetic...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18730709.post-1158778233025543772006-09-20T12:50:00.000-06:002006-09-20T12:50:00.000-06:00If only the croc inventor were stabbed in the ches...If only the croc inventor were stabbed in the chest by a stingray...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18730709.post-1158775365115947672006-09-20T12:02:00.000-06:002006-09-20T12:02:00.000-06:00How did Crocs ever become so popular? I don't know...How did Crocs ever become so popular? I don't know the history you have with them...but damn they're ugly.Lincolnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17359713195186170706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18730709.post-1158774790963113312006-09-20T11:53:00.000-06:002006-09-20T11:53:00.000-06:00sing it, sista....sing it, sista....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com