Results tagged “flipflops”

Living in Boston, it's easy to forget that people in other cities actually obey walk signs on a regular basis. When this Bostonist gets out of town visitors, she invariably finds herself in the middle of the street, glancing back at a bewildered friend whose law-abiding feet are stuck on the sidewalk. Now the Globe has assembled data to confirm not only that we jaywalk a lot, but also that it might be hurting us. Boston has a higher rate of pedestrian injuries (193 per 100,000 people) than Denver (39 per 100,000), Seattle (89 per 100,000, one of which could have been Manny Ramirez if he'd had a little less luck), and even NYC (124 per 100,000). Our rampant jaywalking is theorized as the cause of these statistics, though the generally high amount of walkers likely also plays a role.

It's a story Bostonist covered weeks ago. Wearing flip flops while walking through town gives you feet covered in fecal matter. Now, the New York press is catching on. A pair of Daily News reporters trudged through the murky streets of New York with nothing on their feet but a pair of flip flops. And the result? "The $3.50 flip-flops harbored approximately 18,100 bacteria of the five most prevalent varieties found. (Unsurprisingly, the pair that made the trip to Coney Island and stopped off in the public restroom had roughly 13,900 more bacteria.)" You don't need to be a cranky old man to add up those numbers and get the right result: Death. [Daily News, via Gothamist]

Pop quiz. What substance covers every square foot of city sidewalks? Correct. Fecal matter. If you don't believe me, try walking a dog for a week. It poops as it pleases. And dog poop is only the dash of bitters on the fecal matter cocktail that covers the streets of Boston. Bird poop. Cat poop. Rat poop. People poop. It's all there, mixing together in rainwater that can only be described as relatively pristine. And it's on the feet of everybody who walks the streets in flip flops. Those people have fecal feet, and fecal feet are bad for you.

TMZ has some exclusive photos of John Kerry getting down with taking photos with college students in Nantucket. We hope he wore his flip-flops. At the "political" party, a girl clad in a green dress buddied up to Kerry and hogged the Bud Light, while her friends made excellent use of penis straws.