Did you know that Scholl Exercise Sandals boxes are the perfect size for holding plastic slide containers? We have several Scholl boxes full of slides in our basement.
I’ve been transferring some old photos from slides to digital. As I sorted through the images choosing which ones to transfer, I contemplated the Scholl’s box.
Exercise sandals? In no way was that footwear appropriate for exercise.
I owned several pairs myself and loved them, but I never once wore them to go for a run, or even a brisk walk for that matter. I would never have considered wearing them to join a pick-up game of ball.
Those sandals count as exercise footwear only if anything we put on our feet to walk around is also to be considered exercise wear: exercise rubber boots, exercise, socks, exercise stilettos.
Great marketing idea, I guess, because people love to think they are exercising, but accurate? I don’t think so.
We’re still falling for similar misleading advertising for diet and exercise products, according to this Saturday Evening Post article: “Con Watch: Avoiding Weight Loss Scams.” Will we never learn?
I’m going to put on my exercise slippers and walk to the fridge while I think about it.
Somerton Smith 
Clever post, Arlene, photos and all.
My husband delights in re-purposing boxes for all kinds of things: Cut-down Cheerios boxes for storing art supples of different lengths, sturdy boxes from wholesaler Sam’s Club for storing wood. You get the point. I think was have some Kodak slides stored in boxes . . . somewhere!
You have cute “exercise” slippers, Arlene! 😉
I think in some ways humans are like cats – we like to re-purpose boxes. We can’t actually sit in them like a cat would, so we do the next best thing.
What exercis sandals do you have? The wooden ones? How old are they?
Sadly, I no longer have the sandals – just the boxes. Perhaps they will make a comeback. They were pretty comfortable!