The danger of sandals

Flip-flops: Even death comes on loud soles!

You can hardly avoid flip-flops in summer - sometimes they can become a danger.(Bild: stock.adobe.com (2), Krone KREATIV)

Flip, flop, flip, flop - the name says it all! In summer, we flip and flop our way through pedestrian zones and along beach promenades. The popular toe sandals originated thousands of years ago and have since made it onto catwalks and under presidential feet, but they also harbor terrible dangers. We show why even death comes on loud soles.

"Walk like an Egyptian ..." - you probably know this song, already have it in your ear - and immediately know how to move to it: As you walk forward, bend your knees a little, stretch your arms and hands away from you in a Z-shape and move your head back and forth a little. But the Bangles forgot one very important accessory in the video for their 1986 hit: flip-flops!