Stone Soup by Jan Eliot for March 26, 2017

Before they were “flip-flops” they were called “thongs”

you’re a riot, Arnold

I overheard two old ladies talking in Florida and one said “snowbird” and the other one got all upset. “I HATE that term!”

Domestic violence?

Woo Hoo!

Grammys coming home!

By now, you would think that Arnold would know ‘which buttons not to push’ with Grandma ! ! !

Old is at least 10 years more than your current age. So I think old is at least 80.

Uh-oh, trouble in Paradise!

The first time I ever wore flip-flops was in U.S. Navy boot camp, where they were called shower shoes, because we wore them in the shower. I did not wear them after I got out of the service.

Back when I was kid with my sister we called those thongs and still do for the feet. My feet can no longer wear them due to my toe joints. Yup time to see the grandkids.

I got my first thongs the summer I graduated from High School which was in 1959, and they were called thongs. They really hurt my feet til I got used to them, but I didn’t have much choice—I was staying with a friend for a couple of weeks and the strap on my sandals broke the first day or two I was there. The only other shoes I had with me were heels for Sunday.

When I was a kid (born in ‘43) they were called “go aheads” and looked like Japanese sandals. Both were identical so you didn’t have a “right” and a “left” one.

I threw him his flip-flop

Onto his bald top

I was thinkin’ ‘bout flyin’ back home

But he’s not a snowbird

And he don’t like that word

But now his bunions are hurt to the bone

That’s domestic violence

She may have gray hair, but at least she still has all her hair.

Who says snowbirds have to have grey hair or be of a certain age?