I’ve been saying these things are the personification of evil!
You may think you’re doing your feet a favor by slipping on a pair of flip-flops, but it turns out the ubiquitous summer sandals are more perilous than they appear.
In the U.K. alone, the National Health Service spends the equivalent of $62 million a year treating injuries, falls and long-term problems caused by the footwear, with over 200,000 people going to seeking medical treatment as a result of wearing the shoes.
via Your Flip-Flops Might Land You in the ER* – Lemondrop.com.
Lost in the 21st Century 
I guess you are saying a big fat “I told you so’?
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Scott,
Not surprising. After all, they’re called “flip-flops,” which might give people a clue.
When I was a kid, we called them “go-aheads.” No idea why. I remember this primarily from Hawaii (where I spent the first few years of life) so it might have been a local term.
But you’d never flip-flop in go-aheads.
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Okay, so I just looked it up — and apparently, go-aheads is the South Pacific term for flip-flops. Had no idea until now.
And then there were tabis in Hawaii, too — little cotton socks you’d put on that had a separation from the big toe.
Very civilized.
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