Aug 19 2008Yummy!: Krispy Kreme Makes Grass Sandals
Krispy Kreme, best known for their heart-stoppingly delicious glazed donuts is now making grass sandals. Wait, what?
Krispy Kreme questioned over 1,000 UK workers and found that over half (53%) of urbanites believe their stress levels are affected by a lack of contact with Mother Nature. In response to the problem Krispy Kreme has created the world's first grass flip-flops to bring summer magic to the city - giving stressed out workers a (literal) spring in their step by creating an instant grassy park underneath their feet regardless of their urban location.
Each sandal has over 5,000 blades of grass and can last up to 4 months if properly watered and cared for. I'm getting a pair, I'll let you know how they work out.
UPDATE: The neighbor let his dog shit on my freaking sandals and didn't even pick it up. So when he goes on vacation this weekend I'm putting the end of a garden hose in one of his basement windows and flooding it. Glazed donut flip-flops FTW!
World's First (Living) Grass Flip Flops [responsesource]
Thanks Crystal, I saved the last donut for you.
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Reader Comments
1. gingela5 - August 19, 2008 11:53 AM
So are they making mini lawnmowers to go along with them?
2. Wayne D. - August 19, 2008 12:00 PM
I wonder if they will make an underwear version, complete with crab-grass?
3. Walt - August 19, 2008 12:02 PM
You know this is a joke, right?
4. Amaranth - August 19, 2008 12:07 PM
that is the most design flawed thing I ever seen, epic failure on their part. can't believe they got so much money to waste on something so stupid.
5. guate6 - August 19, 2008 12:10 PM
#1 Just use a beard trimmer or something...you can do it!
If this is real, then it's just a bit strange...a bit unlike KK to do this...but there are stranger things.
6. Billy Avenue - August 19, 2008 12:31 PM
I have a pair, they are freaking amazing. I use scott's turf builder. They are way more green and full than my neighbour's flops. he's completely jealous.
7. Konkey Dong - August 19, 2008 12:34 PM
Well my dog already eats grass from the backyard and chews my sandals as it is. So this is essentially the greatest dog treat every made!!!
8. Konkey Dong - August 19, 2008 12:35 PM
yea! every made!! EVERY MADE EVERY MADE!!! EVERY SINGLE MADE!!!
9. Madgame - August 19, 2008 12:53 PM
Can you smoke that grass?
10. Jay - August 19, 2008 1:06 PM
C'mon you lot, this is so obviously the biggest load of PR toss I've ever seen. A lame-ass attempt to get some media coverage for donughts dripping in sugar and fat - happy coronary heart attack!
11. Gil Yellows - August 19, 2008 1:20 PM
i want one of those
12. dar - August 19, 2008 1:23 PM
i don't care if they're real or fake. just the thought of these makes me so excited. if i could constantly feel cold grass under my feet i'd be in heaven. i may quit my job today to run around in the grass now.
13. oh no - August 19, 2008 1:35 PM
@12... i agree that cold grass feels great on the bottoms of my feet. but i doubt that after a couple hours of having these on your feet that the grass will still be cold.
how about having nice, warm, humid, green-stained feet by the end of the work day instead?
14. NVG - August 19, 2008 2:03 PM
Nice. Krispy Kreme and grass beneath your feet... Heaven.
Hell for those 5,000 blades of grass under your damp, stinking feet.
Four Months?
15. E-Manny - August 19, 2008 3:03 PM
Do the blades taste like donuts?
16. Hunter - August 19, 2008 6:19 PM
As long as the sprinklers don't make the grass all soggy and gross, then I'm all for it!
17. Cheatachu22 - August 19, 2008 10:28 PM
...
This is odd...
Even though I love the feel of grass on bare feet, they look ridiculous. This is honestly the last thing I expected from Krispy Kreme...
18. sharpie - August 19, 2008 10:49 PM
@10
f*** you.
krispy kreme is the closest humans will ever get to the godly ambrosia
19. Henrik DuSant - August 20, 2008 4:36 AM
wow. shivers down my fizzle!
I can feel it now...
20. Nance - August 20, 2008 7:18 AM
Great idea, but obvious design flaw . It's cool grass you want, not humid. Real grass ain't gonna fly. HOWEVER, maybe some clever little person can figure out a way to make the concept work. Anyone got any bright ideas right now as to what the actual grass could be replaced with? What stays cool under pressure & humidity (other than Chuck Norris)?
21. Cheatachu22 - August 20, 2008 11:30 AM
#20:
Chuck Norris? Oh, damn. Then I'm out of ideas.
22. solito - August 21, 2008 10:42 AM
This idea has been around for a while. KK didn't come up with it. I've seen it before in several design magazines, and featured in places like the EvaSolo catalog and the Nani Marquina catalog.
23. mike - August 28, 2008 10:18 AM
I love this idea I want them do u know how I can get a pair in the United States?
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