I am breaking in a new pair of flip-flops and it occurred to me that the manufacturers are not as concerned about women’s safety as they are men’s safety.  How can I tell this you ask?  The next time you are in a store pick up a pair of men’s flip-flops and a pair of women’s, turn them over and look at the soles.  You’ll notice that most men’s flip-flops have traction built into them.  Oh look, the women’s don’t!  In fact, the women’s flip-flops seem designed for slippage.

     Are women less apt to slip than men are?  I think not.  That’s the main reason I will buy a pair of men’s flip-flops rather than a pair of women’s.  The flip-flops I’m breaking in now are women’s and they are slippery.  I should’ve bought another pair of men’s.

     I’ll have to get out the Dremel tool and cut some traction lines into the soles before I slip and break my neck.  If anyone can do that, it will be me.  Chuck knows all about how easy I can do things like that, he was here the day two years ago when I sprained BOTH of my ankles.