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#41608 09/13/2001 1:23 AM
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Max, that is terrible! [giggle e]


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Just a couple of Faldage's dip-thongs.


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Wicked funny ... thanks!




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SICK!!!

The thong is ended, but the malady lingers on.



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The thong is ended, but the malady lingers on.
The thong is ended, butt the malady is in the ends.



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The thong is ended, butt the malady is in the ends.

Too late, your comment is in arrears, even if it did seem astute.


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Hmmm. I thought that thongs were a foot of stringing along ...

Are they called "jandals" anywhere else besides Zild?



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When I was a kid living in Hawaii, everyone called them (them= thongs worn on the feet) "go-aheads."


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Hawai'i now : flip-flops
Perhaps for the noise when walking?


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Flip-flops in the UK as well.

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Flip-flops in the UK as well.

They're usually called flip-flops here too, although some people (well, my dad at least) call them zaris.


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I've also heard them refered to as zoris.



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