안돼애애애애애!!!
그들이 다가온다. 악의 군대가 행진하고 있습니다. Uggs와 Crocs가 이젠 결합이 된 것이다. 이 것은 바로 Cruggs이랍니다.
The unholy are rising. The legions of the dark forces amass as we speak. Uggs have met Crocs. They are: Cruggs.
[From BoingBoing]
The picture above was taken in the United States, where most of the Crocs fad has been limited to, although I have started seeing them in Korea. Still, the Cruggs thing is new. There is still time. If you see them coming, you can utter the following words in the hope of holding them back. Cross yourself and step slowly backwards as you chant:
위에 그 사진은 미국에서 찍힌 거다. 그리고 크로크스의 유행이 거의 한국에 안 들어왔는데 조금씩 보일 수 있는데도 아직도 크러그는 못 봤지오. 아직도 시간이 남았스니다. 근데 만약에 이 신발들을 한국에서 보게 되면…스토프! 천천히 뒤로 걸으면서 손을 이마에서 가슴으로 십자를 긋으시고 밑에 기도를 하시고:
Our Father, who art in heaven
Hallowed be thy name
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven…하늘에 계신 우리 아버지여,
이름이 거룩히 여김을 받으시오며,
나라이 임하옵시며,
뜻이 하늘에 이룬 것같이 땅에서도 이루어지이다….
Keep chanting these words:
그 다음에 이 말을 단조로운 말투로 계속하면 좋을 것같아요:
Back to Hell, go you! The power of Christ compels you! The power of Christ compels you! The power of Christ compels you! The power of Christ compels you!
다시 지옥으로 가리가! 주님의 힘으로 너를 벌한다! 주님의 힘으로 너를 벌한다! 주님의 힘으로 너를 벌한다! 주님의 힘으로 너를 벌한다!
[From Flickr]
그 신발이 당장 사라지지 않으면 악마의 힘이 그 곳에 너무 쎄나봐요. 도망! 도망! ㅋㅋㅋ
Hopefully, this works. If not, run like hell and stay inside this winter. Cruggs are coming!
new trend?
But yeah. Another “Oh, Korea” moment. ><
I saw this on boingboing too and found myself screaming the same thing. NOOOOO! Who did this and why?!?
The Crocs just started to pop up in Seoul this summer, mostly on kids. I’ve been wondering if they’ll catch on with adults, as they seem to have all over the place. One of my guy friends in NYC said he bought a pair in Japan this summer, and he doesn’t care what people say about him wearing them because he swears they’re super comfortable. I still think crocs look like garden shoes and I hope the Korean public will just skip over this fad and go on to the next one (which I hope will NOT be Cruggs).
I agree. Would you wear slippers to a wedding? Or a funeral? Just because they’re “comfortable?” Like someone said on the Internet – a bathrobe is “comfortable” – but you don’t frickin’ wear it outside!
Grrrr.
Crocs must die!
OMG!!! I SO AGREE WITH YOU! i live in the US so i see them every where and on almost everyone’s feet EXCEPT mine’s hahaha. i will chant with you! ahahha.
Thank you for your show of faith, o’ Janie.
Although you blaspheme by not liking the fabulous pink lady (ㅋㅋㅋ), you do the Lord’s good work by joining the fight against Crocs and Cruggs.
Hee hee.
Thanks for the comments!
Ok, I do have to step in here for a sec to defend crocs. Yes, they’re ugly as can be, but so are a lot of the shoes with four inch heels and bows and ribbons that purport to be fashionable. At least the crocs know it, and are humble about it. They don’t pretend to be anything but comfy.
At least they did . . .
Apparently they’ve mated with the Uggs to produce these awful bastard children. I’ve always hated Uggs from the very first time I saw them strapped to the heels of a fashionista in LA, where we all know there is no call for something stolen off an iceman’s corpse. They are the Hoth Wampa of footwear – ugly, smelly, and likely to eat your foot alive.
So wear your crocs to the market, schlep to the store in them, and make them your casual day favorites, but for God’s sake leave them at home when you trek the urban jungle to the office or a wedding or cocktail party. And like the ugly/cute Mogwai, don’t feed them after midnight lest they have these unholy offspring!