# Birkenstocks: Good? Bad? Ugly?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birkenstocks-good-bad-ugly/370916>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 31, 2006, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birkenstocks-good-bad-ugly/370916 "2006-08-31T13:48:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birkenstocks-good-bad-ugly/370916/41 "2006-09-01T14:26:34Z")

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[QUOTE=Jodi]  
I hope to heck they’re comfortable, as ugly as they are. They are the quintessential way to say: “I don’t care how my feet look. I would wrap my feet in dog shit if it was comfy enough.” 😉

Anybody else grow up calling Birks “Jerusalem Cruisers”?  
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Lord Boards 🙂

I loves my birks. 2 pairs, would love to buy a third. I’m trying to convert my husband; not having such luck with that. He’s in the blister period referred to before, but if he could just get through that, I know I’d have him.

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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birkenstocks-good-bad-ugly/370916/42 "2006-09-01T15:16:32Z")

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I’ve got 11 pairs. All slip-on sandals, except for amethyst suede clogs. I know they are ugly but I love them. And they do have more fun colors and patterns than they used to.

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**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2006, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/birkenstocks-good-bad-ugly/370916/43 "2006-09-01T18:15:23Z")

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My last pair I wore for twelve years, probably every day in the summer and a lot of the time the rest of the year. I could have gotten them resoled, but they were faded and in the meantime they had invented narrow sizes, so I got new ones a few years ago. They’re amazingly good value for money and I love mine. Not the most beautiful shoes in the world, but I’ve got pretty shoes for pretty occaisions.

I went to a womens’ college, though, so I’m immune to lesbian footwear.

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