# I can tell the weather's getting warmer

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-tell-the-weathers-getting-warmer/164538>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [March 27, 2003, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-tell-the-weathers-getting-warmer/164538 "2003-03-27T15:51:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-tell-the-weathers-getting-warmer/164538/1 "2003-03-27T15:51:57Z")

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Because I can hear people’s shoes flapping everywhere on campus.

I cannot describe how much I hate that “thwack, thwack” sound that comes from people wearing flip-flop type shoes. It’s most annoying in the library, where among the quiet of the stacks, you suddenly hear:

_ **THWACK, THWACK, THWACK, THWACK** _.

Then someone makes an attempt at a short run/jog to catch up with their friends while wearing them. That’s when you get the staccato thwacking that has a bit of resonance to it.

I hate this type of shoe and the noise they make with a passion.

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**Author:** ![malaka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@malaka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malaka)\
**Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-tell-the-weathers-getting-warmer/164538/2 "2003-03-27T16:17:42Z")

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I like thongs.

Ohhhh…_those_ thongs!

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**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-tell-the-weathers-getting-warmer/164538/3 "2003-03-28T01:16:53Z")

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I was taught that they weren’t supposed to make much,if any sound at all. I haven’t worn them since I was a kid,too flimsy,and too easy to get my foot cut on glass or stub my toe.

I hate hearing them too. It’s just as bad as a teenage girl trying to be sexy and clomping around in heels. Heels,properly worn should make a click,not a clop. People aren’t teaching such things anymore,along with a lot of etiquette.