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Donger
02-17-2006, 05:18 PM
Okay, I need some help.

Back in the 1980s, I used to wear a sort of Chinese sandal. I used to buy them at a Chinese store at Metcalf South. They were black cotton with a dark red, maybe dark brown, sole. We used to call them, forgive me, "Jap Flaps."

My question is, does anyone know what these sandals are actually called and if and where they can still be purchased?

Thank you.
Baby Lee
02-17-2006, 05:23 PM
Will Truman's ghey strappy sandals.
Donger
02-17-2006, 05:24 PM
Will Truman's ghey strappy sandals.

They didn't have straps.
Baby Lee
02-17-2006, 05:27 PM
They didn't have straps.
But they're definitely :thailor:ware.
Bob Dole
02-17-2006, 05:43 PM
Why would anyone call a Chinese sandle a "Jap Flap"?
Rain Man
02-17-2006, 05:44 PM
Why would anyone call a Chinese sandle a "Jap Flap"?


I think it's a reference to World War II.


On another note, I'd like to have a pair of Viet Cong tire sandals. Those would be cool.
Baby Lee
02-17-2006, 05:45 PM
Why would anyone call a Chinese sandle a "Jap Flap"?
Because Mandarin Sandalin' doesn't quite flow.
Donger
02-17-2006, 05:45 PM
Why would anyone call a Chinese sandle a "Jap Flap"?

I was 13 at the time, and we couldn't come up with a good rhyme with Chinese.
Bob Dole
02-17-2006, 05:50 PM
I think it's a reference to World War II.


On another note, I'd like to have a pair of Viet Cong tire sandals. Those would be cool.

Bob Dole still has a pair of leather sandals with tire tread soles that Bob Dole purchased around 1977.
Rain Man
02-17-2006, 05:51 PM
Because Mandarin Sandalin' doesn't quite flow.

Shang high heel? No.
Tiboot? No.
Man-shoe-ria? No


Hey. How about Xiandal?
Baby Lee
02-17-2006, 05:52 PM
Shang high heel? No.
Tiboot? No.
Man-shoe-ria? No


Hey. How about Xiandal?
Had a pair of Ghengis Khan-verse hightops. Those suckers rawked!!