Rainbow Sandals....Who Knew? (I didn't)
by rhys on Jun 4, 2008 12:03 PM PDT
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This is my first one of these, so here goes. Tim Lincecum is featured in this week in SI's "Pop Culture Grid." For those of you unfamiliar with this feature, they (SI) ask a bunch of different athletes the same five questions and put their answers in a table of sorts. I learned the following about Timmy:
1. He wants "nobody" to stop talking.
2. "That bat looks bigger than you" is the weirdest thing a fan has ever said to him.
3. His favorite shoes are rainbow sandals.
4. He has, apparently, never been to a concert of any kind in his entire life.
5. He doesn't leave home without his keys, wallet and cellphone.
This really seems like a lackluster interview. Timmy should stick to pitching (brilliantly) and forgo the prospective sportscaster job.
Now, to go find me some rainbow sandals...
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never heard of rainbows?
they’re a brand of flip flops. very popular among the college crowd.
Idolizing Robb Nen since 2002...
by Smoke on the Water on Jun 4, 2008 12:10 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I’ve never owned a pair but I do basically live in Old Navy flip flops from March-October. I saw Tim wearing flip flops at Fanfest.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 4, 2008 12:17 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Still defending Rich Aurilia, and the Niners' classic unis
by wjackalope on Jun 4, 2008 12:32 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Those look like the shoes Tim was wearing at Fanfest, except I think I remember his being black…
I’m a shoe fetishist, not a foot fetishist. I look at everyone’s shoes, everywhere, every day.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 4, 2008 12:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m a shoe fetishist, not a foot fetishist.
And that is the difference between you and me.
My Dave Righetti is better than your Dave Righetti.
by howtheyscored on Jun 4, 2008 1:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And me.
But I refuse to stop there…
Aaron "Swag" Rowand
by victor frankenstein on Jun 4, 2008 10:55 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
lol
Me too. I didn’t see Tim at the fanfest, but I saw Brian Wilson (some kind of leather shoes, laceless, black I think, or maybe dark brown). Ishikawa was wearing some kind of nike air force 1s, IIRC.
Less arm, more talk. Raisingcain is a GAMER.
Adopted Giant: Henry Sosa
by raisingcain on Jun 4, 2008 2:06 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
They are...
but get ready to pay $60 bucks for sandals.
Angel Villalona: Treatin' all pitches like fastballs since '07.
by AngelintheInfield on Jun 5, 2008 7:13 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
they're not rainbow colored
as smoke said, it’s a brand
by fwoty oz on Jun 4, 2008 12:17 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow, I'm out of it.
Anyone else with me? At least the other 4 things are still relevant.
25-33.... But who really cares when you turn a triple play? Right?
by rhys on Jun 4, 2008 12:18 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Don't worry
I’m just as out of touch as you.
(buys his $10 flip flops from Target)
v v v v v v v
by rightcenterfielder on Jun 4, 2008 3:57 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I wear socks with my sandals
Fashion don’t? or Fashio DO?
by xanthan on Jun 4, 2008 12:20 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
-1
Mike Loree: Gotta take someone with a 50th round pick.
by BrianBokake on Jun 4, 2008 2:50 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Also, sharksrog just bought 4 pairs of Rainbow Sandals after reading this.
by xanthan on Jun 4, 2008 12:21 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
lol
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 4, 2008 12:21 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
He’s from the Seattle area and he’s never been to a concert? Interesting.
by Natto on Jun 4, 2008 12:22 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
IIRC he said he’s not a fan of grunge. I know that’s been over for a while, but that was the omg scene not that long ago. Which is good because hopefully this means he’s not one of those annoying scene kiddies who should go around wearing a nametag that says “Hello my name is Please Punch Me in the Face.”
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 4, 2008 12:23 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
+1
to teh omg scene! LOL
Psycho killer, qu'est-ce que c'est?
by shikantaza on Jun 5, 2008 6:14 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
well...
like most northwesterners, “we” realize that grunge was just a made-up catch phrase used by record label weasels to boil down a variety of northwest regional styles in order to sell to middle America as “the next big thing”, much like they did with “new wave”, “alternative”, and now “indie”.
plus, dig this: “grunge” was over in 1993. Timmy was, what two years old?
yeah, well, the whole world stinks, francine -- so get used to it!
by satyricrash on Jun 6, 2008 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I was really into it as an angry preteen…
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 7, 2008 3:52 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yeah it is sort of a blah interview. He does a lot better on the KNBR shows. He deadpans a lot of jokes.
"While conservatives tell you 'leave things alone and no one will lose,' and liberals tell you 'interfere a lot and no one will lose,' baseball says 'someone will lose.' Not only says it - but insists upon it! ... Democracy is lovely, but baseball's more mature." BVCE supports SF Dugout and Manny Burriss.
by BaronVonCurrentEvents on Jun 4, 2008 12:22 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
i think bellevue is in the boonies
still..
25-34.... But who really cares when you turn a triple play? Right?
by rhys on Jun 4, 2008 12:22 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Its a main seattle suburb, so not quite.
But WA state’ers…heh, they special.
Tentatively adopting Dan Ortmeier. And Boom Goes the Dynamite.
by Andy from DC on Jun 4, 2008 12:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
actually
Bellevue is a suburb of seattle. I like to compare the “east side” where Bellevue is to Marin county.
Still defending Rich Aurilia, and the Niners' classic unis
by wjackalope on Jun 4, 2008 12:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
the east side of bellvue
sounds a little different from most “east sides” in california.
Dodgers fans eat their young.
by redhornet78 on Jun 4, 2008 1:16 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
true
it’s called that because it’s on the East side of Lake Washington
Still defending Rich Aurilia, and the Niners' classic unis
by wjackalope on Jun 4, 2008 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Rainbow brand sandals
Those are the most comfortable sandals.
by ACgiant97 on Jun 4, 2008 1:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Rainbow Sandals
Used to be a small company located in San Clemente, Ca. My friends turned me onto them in ~ 2000 @ college when they were still hand made in a small shop in San Clemente.
It used to be that you could drive to their “factory” and buy blemished sandals pretty much right off the assembly line for way cheap. It used to be that if you ever had a strap pull out of the sandal, you could send it back to them and they would replace it – for life.
Most awesome sandals ever. I’ve probably owned 10 pair in the last 8 years.
So, at some point they became popular. Demand went up and places like nordstrom and pacsun started carrying them.
I was just down there last year and now the sandals are made in China. The “factory” is little more than a storefront now and nothing appears to be made there. No more blemished sandal deals.
The quality of the sandals is also now lower, but the price is significantly higher.
Go figure.
Eugeniooooooo!!!!
by FairweatherFan on Jun 4, 2008 2:41 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Pacsun , lol
Some years ago (Maybe the grunge years!) I was struck by the irony that all I could see in the store was decidedly not sunny at all but rather drab.
Aaron "Swag" Rowand
by victor frankenstein on Jun 4, 2008 10:59 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
San Clemente
Is that where the Colossus of Yorba Linda is located?
by da5id on Jun 5, 2008 3:05 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
san clemente
lived down there a year ago…. a small rainbow store was still in existence then. they didnt have blemished sandals but the lifetime warranty still available.
by sam23 on Jun 5, 2008 9:40 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It is still in existance
But it is now just a storefront, not the factory.
Eugeniooooooo!!!!
by FairweatherFan on Jun 5, 2008 3:42 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Geez
I guess it’s time to dump my Teva flip flops. While we’re on the subject, I always wanted a pair of the Reefs with the bottle opener in them, until I was at AT&T (called SBC Park at the time) waiting to pee out some Guniess. Then it occured to me that I would be opening a beer after standing in the bathroom…anyway. Viva Rainbow Sandals.
by tyrannoman on Jun 4, 2008 2:57 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
hmmm
i have those bottle opener sandals and its never really occured to me that ive been walking around in bathrooms in them for quite some time. ......you just put a bad taste in my mouth i dont think ill be able to wash out AND made me feel like a retard AND made me throw away a perfectly good pair of sandals. thanks a lot tyrannoman!
by sam23 on Jun 5, 2008 9:42 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Sorry sam! If you need another bottle opener, I have a broken Giants’ one that used to have Kuip calling a Bonds HR I can send you. Don’t throw away the flip flops, just never, ever open a bottle with them agian. I suggest a nice, cold Anchor Steam to rid your mouth of that awful taster.
by tyrannoman on Jun 5, 2008 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lincecum's favorite movie is Grandma's Boy
If that tells you anything about the guy. They gave that nugget of pothead goodness at a Giants v Reds game in April (I think)...It was when they gave out the poster from the West Coast opener at Seal’s stadium..whenever that was..
Down in Front Meat!
by homerdrew415 on Jun 4, 2008 4:04 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
He really wants nobody to stop talking?
Not even FP Santangelo?
All-Father Watch: 1.32 ERA, 5 saves, 0.95 WHIP, 26 Ks in 27 1/3 IP
by EliminateMe on Jun 4, 2008 4:16 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Or Joe Morgan?
Aaron "Swag" Rowand
by victor frankenstein on Jun 4, 2008 11:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I want
FP to shut up. Does that count?
by tyrannoman on Jun 5, 2008 9:47 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
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