McLaren Teams up With Gandys to Make Halo Inspired Flip-Flops

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McLaren Teams up With Gandys to Make Halo Inspired Flip-Flops

This article was published by Joe Donaldson (@Joey D) on March 18th, 2018 in the Car Culture category.

 

[Crazy Taylor]

I propose they make some out of carbon fibre then to match the car.

 

[bmxmitch]

And, will they break down after a few laps on the beach?

 

[AudiMan2011]

Nice to see that Mclaren has a sense of humor to play the Halo's flip flop resemblance like that.

 

[RodSk8Dude]

Finally. I've been seeing the resemblance ever since I first laid my eyes on that thing.

 

[Cosbuster]

Embrace the ugly, make it your own and nobody can use it to hurt you anymore...

 

[kretsu]

Next idea: halo - in shape of strings and helmet in shape of ass

 

[LogiForce]

Embrace the ugly, make it your own and nobody can use it to hurt you anymore...

So which team in the grid will make Halo thongs?

 

[flatdarkmars]

At $34, they're one of the least-expensive pieces of branded F1 merchandise I've seen.

 

[sesselpupser]

I thought I'd blacked out and missed the latter half of March for a second there, but no, it's not April today...

 

[breyzipp]

Hahaha great story! It indeed looks like a flip flop.

 

[jaytmtb]

Ok, lets make F1 more safe, by putting something in the line of sight, dumb ass idea

 

[Strop]

They're not flip-flops they're thongs. No-one in Australia calls them flip-flops, only in America. Having said that an actual (American) thong might also be a good match for some lucky sponsor, and you could put a woman (or man) wearing it as art around it. Pretty unlikely given that we can't even have grid-girls anymore but an interesting thought.

 

[Famine]

They're not flip-flops they're thongs. No-one in Australia calls them flip-flops, only in America.

Well, this is an American website.

Also the UK calls them flip-flops too. As they do in Canada - although I think the French word is "tong", so I don't know about French Canadian. The German word is "schlapfen", which I think translates directly as "slappers" or "slap-things".

Good job we didn't say jandals though.

 

[LogiForce]

Well, this is an American website.

Also the UK calls them flip-flops too. As they do in Canada - although I think the French word is "tong", so I don't know about French Canadian. The German word is "schlapfen", which I think translates directly as "slappers" or "slap-things".

Good job we didn't say jandals though.

That said, being Dutch... I rather wear clogs for racing or these things that are somewhat related I suppose. They are called 'slippers' but I feel they seem more like clogs in a way... a clog, sandal, slipper kinda thing.

Yes, I do drive them when driving offline for just a quick whirl. Heel&toe and all that goodness included.

 

[TexRex]

Having said that an actual (American) thong might also be a good match for some lucky sponsor, and you could put a woman (or man) wearing it as art around it.

Seems to me this is better discussed in the other @GTPNewsWire OP currently trending in the 'Cars in General' subforum.



As an aside...who gets alerted to the use of that user tag?

 

[SlipZtrEm]

Seems to me this is better discussed in the other @GTPNewsWire OP currently trending in the 'Cars in General' subforum.



As an aside...who gets alerted to the use of that user tag?

The user, ol' Newsie itself.

 

[TexRex]

The user, ol' Newsie itself.

Sounds like a lover of hand-rolled cigars and single malt scotch old enough to appreciate single malt scotch.