# My flipflops have died and I need new ones **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 21, 2003, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-flipflops-have-died-and-i-need-new-ones/190021 "2003-07-21T22:16:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mammie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/49beb7/32.png) [@Mammie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mammie)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-flipflops-have-died-and-i-need-new-ones/190021/1 "2003-07-21T22:16:17Z")
I got my current flipflops at WalMart a couple of years ago. They didn’t carry them this year. These are so worn out that I can barely make out the name but I believe they say Lagunas. Does anyone know where I might find them online? Here’s the description. The sole is black rubber, the insole looks like it’s woven grass(?) and the 2 parts across my foot are made of black velvety looking material. They are ultra cheap but I love em. I’ve probably owned at least 20 pairs of these over the years so I think I might have addiction issues with them.😃 ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2003, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-flipflops-have-died-and-i-need-new-ones/190021/2 "2003-07-21T23:07:16Z")
Are you sure they don’t carry them anymore? Maybe they’re just out. The Wal-Marts near me still carry Lagunas, although I can’t say I’ve seen that specific one. ---
**Author:** ![Mammie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/49beb7/32.png) [@Mammie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mammie)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2003, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-flipflops-have-died-and-i-need-new-ones/190021/3 "2003-07-23T19:19:47Z")
Haven’t seen them this year but thanks anyway. Love your name! ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-flipflops-have-died-and-i-need-new-ones/190021/4 "2003-07-24T01:44:30Z")
I went by Wal-Mart tonight to check out what they had, and they are apparently thru with flip-flops for the season, and are only selling from the available stock. I did see some Lagunas that looked sorta like woven grass (in varying colors of “grass”), but they were out of the style I wear. (I wanted to pick up a spare in case my current ones blow out before next season.) ---
**Author:** ![80sHairMetalMaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/8/ed655f/32.png) [@80sHairMetalMaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/80sHairMetalMaven)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-flipflops-have-died-and-i-need-new-ones/190021/5 "2003-07-24T02:30:23Z")
I once owned a pair such as those and wore them till they fell apart. I bought mine at a Payless. You might check there. My current flipflops are sorely lacking…cheap plastic things that give me sores where the plastic thong rubs across my foot if I wear them too often or walk too fast in them.☹ They also let me know that my shoe size in the UK is a 37, which makes me feel bad about my already ski-sized feet. IDBB ---
**Author:** ![Tamex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Tamex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamex)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-flipflops-have-died-and-i-need-new-ones/190021/6 "2003-07-24T03:43:37Z")
Wow. If Wal-Mart really has stopped carrying Laguna flip-flops, then the only things left for me to buy there are Baskin-Robbins sugar free hard candy and Bull Frog sunblock (and that I can occasionally find at Cub Foods). Well, **IDBB** , if your UK shoe size is truly 37, then you do have ski-sized feet. However, if your _European_ shoe size is 37…uh, well, no one has ever called my feet large at all and my European shoe size is 38–which translates to a nice “M” on my Lagunas. Psst…you’re average. ---
**Author:** ![Einmon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Einmon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Einmon)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2003, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-flipflops-have-died-and-i-need-new-ones/190021/7 "2003-07-24T08:05:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by I\_Dig\_Bad\_Boys \* > **They also let me know that my shoe size in the UK is a 37, which makes me feel bad about my already ski-sized feet.** With my shoe size varying from a 40 to a 41 I usually offer my shoes as rowboats to people who want to get across a river 🙂 Having said that, those flip-flops sound nice. I’ll have to go see if the European version of Wal-Mart offers them, too. If you ever find them online, let me know.