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Crocs are evil

Print | Comments () Posted by Suzanne Ryan September 18, 2007 10:38 AM

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I have long hated Crocs, those ugly plastic shoes designed for the garden but suddenly seen in school yards everywhere -- even on boys!

Alas, my seven-year-old daughter has been begging for a pair for years. With the approach of fall, I thought the issue was behind us for now.

Then my daughter's godmother came to town to visit last night. Anxious to spoil, she insisted on taking the child to the mall and buying her a pair of HOT PINK CROCS.

She bought my three-year-old son a pair of blue and green ones, with Mickey Mouse cut-outs.

What could I do but smile? Especially when my friend and her husband own Crocs themselves?

Can you believe the bill came to $60?

As fate would have it, I arrive at work today to find an email from a co-worker advising me about a story of a boy in Virginia who had his toe nail ripped off on an escalator. He was wearing.. wait for it.. Crocs.

My daughter has already pushed to wear her Crocs to school tomorrow. And I don't like to live in fear.

But pink plastic shoes are just wrong.