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i don't wear them, but am being badgered into it, my excuse being they all look like pensioners wear or girly, do macho slippers exist?


 
Posted : 10/10/2009 6:08 pm
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Slippers are ace. Just treated myself to some hot Matalan jobbies this very evening. Wearing them right now and they're top performers. Very pleased and only a fiver.


 
Posted : 10/10/2009 6:12 pm
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Buy a comfy pair of trainers - take laces out - slippers ! 😉


 
Posted : 10/10/2009 6:14 pm
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A friend who worked in a skate shop once gave me some DVS Ozzy signature slippers:
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very manly!


 
Posted : 10/10/2009 6:15 pm
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We have a cold house with wooden and tiled flooring downstairs, so slippers are pretty useful.
However I really don't like them on men. The only way around this is for me to purchase the said footwear, then mr b.h doesn't look like a pratt. They're a type of suede mule, sort of trendy.


 
Posted : 10/10/2009 6:15 pm
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So, who buys all the men's slippers in the shops then - I'm guessing women 🙄 . Explains why my lads never wear their Christmas presents 😳 - I've given up buying them now.


 
Posted : 10/10/2009 6:26 pm
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slippers, can they be manly?

No.


 
Posted : 10/10/2009 6:32 pm
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no no no they are the work of the devil without a doubt

they are part of a lifestyle choice that may include leisure shopping as a meaningful concept


 
Posted : 10/10/2009 6:53 pm
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My slippers have Mr. Grumpy on them....they may not be manly but I've yet to meet anyone who doesn't like them 😀


 
Posted : 10/10/2009 6:53 pm
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about to treat myself to a pair from [url= http://www.homeys.co.uk/ ]these guys[/url] so yes they can


 
Posted : 10/10/2009 6:57 pm
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i got some really good boot type ones whilst in norway and i used them to walk thru the bosnian snow with a gun to the kiwi bar to get drunk now you dont get more manly than that 😉


 
Posted : 10/10/2009 6:58 pm
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the devils tools.

Get a decent pair of cricket socks instead. Thick padded soles, warm as you like, and you can do skids on the parquet when the wife isn't looking.

http://romida.co.uk/index.php/clothing/horizon/horizon-marl-grey-county-socks-cat-no-024030.html


 
Posted : 10/10/2009 7:01 pm
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weird you should mention that - I saw some North Face fleece and pertex style ones in Cotswold today and was almost tempted for the first time ever!


 
Posted : 10/10/2009 8:21 pm
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weird you should mention that - I saw some North Face fleece and pertex style ones in Cotswold today and was almost tempted for the first time ever!


 
Posted : 10/10/2009 8:24 pm
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i've got some slippers from Church's the shoe company.


 
Posted : 10/10/2009 8:26 pm
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sort of trendy

Hahahahahaha!


 
Posted : 11/10/2009 8:36 am
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If you ride a Marin, have a beard and smoke a pipe then yes. Otherwise - who cares?


 
Posted : 11/10/2009 8:46 am
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I used to have a pair of these until the puppy chewed them to bits. Sadly no longer available in my size, they were great for bothy trips (waterproof sole) and generally slumming about in the house


 
Posted : 11/10/2009 11:02 am
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Manly?
Nah.

I've got some of these though:
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Proper toasty they are too.


 
Posted : 11/10/2009 7:36 pm
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shoes, socks, bare foot.

No occasion I can think of where slippers are neccesary.

Maybe if I lived down south.


 
Posted : 11/10/2009 7:40 pm
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Don't care about manly or not. Won't wear shoes in the house when I'm just dossing, and I need something on my feet if I have to go outside. Wet paving slabs are uncomfortable in just socks, and I'm not running upstairs to get me shoes. My slippers are suede moccasin types, so shoe-like, and I have an old pair of Merrell Winter Mocs as well.


 
Posted : 11/10/2009 11:34 pm
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All the haters can shut up or get with the proggrame! Slippers are aces. Fact. Theres nothing to dislike about them. They may not look the coolest but you don't have to wear them to the pub do you?


 
Posted : 12/10/2009 2:28 am
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Slippers server a purpose, which as far as I am aware is not to be manly or otherwise!

Can leg warmers be sociable......


 
Posted : 12/10/2009 2:45 am
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[img] http://a248.e.akamai.net/f/248/9086/1.ccd/s7diod-isorigin.scene7.com/is/image/Hammacher/60665?wid=190&op_sharpen=0&qlt=85,1 [/img]

I had a pair of these [url= http://www.hammacher.com/Product/60665 ]bad boys[/url]. Standard issue at NASA apparently. Can't get more manly than that.


 
Posted : 12/10/2009 4:23 am
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Slippers are good. The "outdoor shoe police" are vigilant at ours - it's impossible to get past the mat with shoes on. Which means - cold feet on tiles or slippers. And they rock!


 
Posted : 12/10/2009 7:40 am
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Sheepskin lined crocs are the way forward.


 
Posted : 12/10/2009 7:59 am
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These ones, Kuco?

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Fancy Dan! Do you wear them with the smoking jacket? 😀


 
Posted : 12/10/2009 9:27 am
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[img] http://debenhams.scene7.com/is/image/Debenhams/20090717_098010122260?$ProdLarge$ [/img]
Reet comfy. Don't get what you mean by 'manly' tho'...............did Stephen Gately wear them, is that what you mean?


 
Posted : 12/10/2009 9:36 am
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A bit overpriced mind:
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Posted : 12/10/2009 9:52 am
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Slippers cannot be manly. But I'm pretty sure keeping your house warm enough that you don't need to wear slippers isn't very manly either. 🙂


 
Posted : 12/10/2009 10:09 am