Thursday 18 November 2021

Is Bob A Saboteur?

I've never really considered "Crocs" as the sort of fashion item I wish to wear. But I acknowledge that they are a very functional piece of footwear. Like like workers in a fishmarket, where the floor is often wet, medical personnel who need to be able to clean every garment, children who want to run along a pebbly beach and then paddle...

all these people and more find crocs/plastic clogs extremely practical. I treated myself to some garden clogs - and they have proved brilliant - I can go into the Futility Room, take off my slippers and step into my little purple clogs, and dash outside to move the wheelie bins, or grab a handful of salad leaves or whatever.

Bob had two pairs of wellies - one set in Dorset, one here at Cornerstones. He's cut the 'cuffs' from one pair, and now he has some garden clogs too.

We were taught at school that the word 'saboteur' came from the industrial revolution, when French workers threw their shoes [sabots] into the machinery to stop it working. It seems this may be incorrect, the word sabotage originally meant to do your work badly [clomping along noisily in your sabots] as an alternative to going on strike.

Yes Bob has 'destroyed' a pair of wellies - but in such a way as to make them into something very useful.

As long as he doesn't take up clog dancing, I shan't mind!






10 comments:

  1. That's a clever adaptation! I wonder what clever thing you are going to do with the cuffs? Will they be plant protection? Will they be gaiters?
    I bought my 'Crocs' about 14 years ago from the sale rack at my local Tesco for £2. They were a footsize too small but that doesn't matter with Crocs. I bought them for Music camp as they are very good for camping and showering but they've been excellent gardening shoes all these years. They are still going strong.

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    1. The cuffs are in the drawer waiting to find a purpose!

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  2. Clever Idea. The clogs Bob has made are better than crocs - no holes so no wet feet at all - unlike my proper crocs

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    1. The nifty little bit of the back of his heel is useful defence against splashes too

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  3. Very good idea. I'm sure you will come up with an 'Ang-idea'for the cuffs!

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    1. There must be some 'gardening activity' I shall discover which requires them

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  4. What a brilliant idea. Yes I love my slip on gardening rubber clogs too, but since the move I have lost my wellies, how the hell do you lose wellies ... but somehow I have managed to!!

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    1. You are not alone - we were here for almost six months before Bob had located BOTH pairs.

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  5. Bob's "new" gardening booties have good sturdy heels and soles, I notice, so they should last forever.

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  6. Oh, no! I can just see the headlines: "Retired Pastor Questioned About Sabotage!" LOL! Clever thinking to turn the wellies into garden shoes! :)

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