Crocs, Escalators and Japan
I’ve been seeing this story going around this morning:
But a consumer safety group reported 40 incidents in which people, mostly children, had Crocs stuck on escalators from late August until early this month. One five-year-old girl broke her middle toe and three of her toenails were ripped off after her shoe was stuck on the moving stairs, said the group, the National Institute of Technology and Evaluation. Six other people were mildly injured including children as young as two, it said. The remaining 33 people reported that their shoes were damaged.
As much as I really despise Crocs, this smells like a hoax to me. I mean, what is it about a croc that could get stuck in an escalator? It’s a solid chunk of plastic, nothing hanging off the edges… and why would this only be happening in Japan? Sadly for us, this is really popular here in the states, too. And believe me if a 5 year old lost a toe wearing Crocs in the states? Yeah, we’d hear about it.
Shrug, who knows, it smells fish to me, though. Still I hope it helps get people over this Croc phase they all seem to be going through.
September 10th, 2007 at 10:53 am
They must mean the small foot reptiles they wear over there… (a 6 year old Drew Barimore) “alligators in the sewers. “
September 10th, 2007 at 1:57 pm
Did you just make an E.T. reference from a story about kids getting their toes crushed in escalators?? That is teh sh1zz1t! That’s the mark of pop culture zen master!
September 11th, 2007 at 2:05 pm
*bows* I have a selective memory.