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"Listen, not a year goes by, not a year, that I don't hear about some escalator accident involving some [explicative deleted] kid which could have easily been avoided had some parent - I don't care which one - but some parent conditioned him to fear and respect that escalator."

The above quote comes from my favorite of the Kevin Smith oeuvre, Mallrats, which stars a pre-My Name is Earl Jason Lee. Released in 1995, writer/director Smith had no way of knowing that a new threat to escalator safety was looming in the distant future ... the ubiquitous Crocs (NASDAQ: CROX) shoes.

I'm not a mother, myself, but evidently these brightly colored clog-esque creations can be a parent's worst nightmare (I am an attorney's wife, so can I call them a lawsuit waiting to happen?). The shoes, while mystifyingly fashionable and in high demand, can cause playground accidents and lead to uncomfortable kids, when the holed footwear becomes full of playground detritus.

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