Not designer flipflops . Not well kept flipflops . Not even flipflops you should wear out in the open , but flipflops that looked like they had been passed down from generation to generation , as in when they were first invented ! ! ! So much more , but I will spare you all .

Question: Why does the speaker decide to spare the listener the full details of the decrepit flip flops ?
Answer: They ca n't remember any more details about the situation and they have decided to change the subject to conceal thisTheir internet is about to be shut off , so they can only write so many words before this happensThey are typing on a blog that has a character limit and they do n't want to waste space talking about thisThey do n't want to go on and on about the relatively trivial issue and end up boring the reader