Not because you are clumsy and fall through a plate glass door (Linda knew someone who really injured themselves by doing that), but because of 13,900 bacteria that can cling to the Flops. The University of Miami (home of the Flip Flop) did a study on a pair of FF and found all sorts of shocking bacteria way too gross to list here. They even had the lethal germ Staphyloccoccus on them. If you have an open blister or cut on your foot and the germ gets in it, you could be a goner. Also, if you touch your Flips with your hands and then touch your hands to your mouth... another gross-out. Just wearing the FF's for 3 months over the summer months would expose you to all sorts of germs including fecal bacteria and even E. coli. What's a girl to do with all 13 pairs of her favorite J Crew Flip Flops? I guess wash and disinfect the bottoms often, don't wear them indoors and wash your feet right after wearing them. Linda and Tierney love their flip flops and will have to change their wearing habits.
