Shared out with the family…..it’s the single people who struggle.

@Zealandia Gotta get them toes workin'......

@Lilac-JadeCanada Yep, put your best foot forward on that one….luckily the remote is digit al.

@Zealandia Yes, the inventor must have had fingers & toes in mind.

Yeah, kiwis wear those too, they’re called jandals.

The name Jandal was created from a combination of the words Japanese and sandal.

I used to drive in mine when I was younger.

BTW, the secondary school I attended is called “Takapuna” the name originates from Haiwaiki.

Here’s a NZ pair of jandals….

@Zealandia English "flip-flops", Australian "thongs".

@Zealandia good for thrashing recalcitrant backsides, preventing bunions & ingrowing toes, not much good for ankle support on rocky ground or parachute landing and IMO f.all useless for hurdling, long & high jumping.
Very useful \ even necessary for Australians who cannot learn how to tie their shoelaces!
I believe the yanks used them in their prisons to stop the inmates preventing their torture by hanging themselves with the laces.

@Zealandia I once saw a pair that a parsimonious English chemist origined Australian had added car tyre tread to to make last longer.

@FrayedBear As a teenager, I recall handmade leather sandals being sold that had car tyre tread soles. I puzzled over how the tyre treads were flattened out for the sandals though.