to think hideous plimsolls are inferior to proper Nike trainers

[AtheneNoctua]

Why does she need plimsolls (which are clearly inferior in terms of their athletic quality)??

I know I know. Everyone has them and DD is very clear that I MUST buy them for her too. So i will. But someone explain to me why these hideous plimsoll things are preferred for the school sports day?

Surely everybody's stuff gets jumbled up on sports day. If you lost a Nike trainer you'd be really pissed off, but at the end of the day you might come home with 2 black plimsolls of the same size and not even know one of them was somebody else's! I bet the teachers just can't be arsed to have people all upset about their expensive Nikes.

Okay, I take the point about one uniform and conformity so sports day is not a fashion competition. That makes sense.

snice

What has she been wearing for PE all year?

plimsolls cost about £2 in woolworths!£2 wasted thats all and then never again in your presence.

tell us whats so wrong with plimsolls anyway?tell me what childrens fashion faux pas im making at PE time?

Rofl at the 'not wearing plimsolls in my presence'. Just like mastercard...priceless.

what is odd is that you have to go to different shops accodrding to the shape oif childs feet so shop a has strangely narrow one s for the size and shop b fat ones

Eh? What does she wear for P.E.?

Come on you daps

does she need these purely for sports day?
or is it what they wear for PE too?

plimsolls are worn/chosen by the school for all the reasons mentioned above plus it gives them more feeling of balance when doing gym or dance.

if they allowed trainers for sports day there would be the "his trainers are better than your trainers" stuff plus the "you only won cos of your Nikes" / "I could have won if my mum could afford Nikes" stuff

Don't send your DD to our school because they wear their plimsolls all day whilst indoors! You should see the state of them

My children are still small - I think the plimsolls look quite sweet but then I loathe white trainers with a passion no matter which must have technology they include or who made them

I dont let the children wear anything of value to school or take any favourite toys I feel the teachers are there to educate them not waste their time trying to find precious Tarquins lost Nikes/go gos/Dr Who toys

That album cover would not have looked the same if he was wearing Nike trainers, now would it?

Daps is a great word.

Hmm..'Nike Daps'.. could be a marketing opprtunity in there with those maybe

Where I grew up they were always daps, plimsoll was something to do with boats.

Incoming folk from the Midlands called them "pumps"

daps is welsh isnt it

Well, she's been taking her trainers to school all year for PE. This is the first I've heard. But, hey ho, I guess they are now exclusively tennis shoes and plimsolls will go to school. And you are right, I wouldn't be pleased if they were lost at school.

ive not heard them being called daps before

Might be welsh, dunno, south west here.

My mum and dad always referred to them as 'daps'.....ha..it is a great word!

My mum ws from wales-dad from gloucester. They have funny nams for things..'house-coat' is a dressing-gown.

My Canadian nanny called it a house coat too. DH calls it a dressing gown. And I (American) call it a bathrobe.

My children don't wear daps in my presence either- they stay in school for PE. They aren't the nicest of shoes, you wouldn't want them to wear them to a party, but they are cheap, practical and suitable for their purpose.

Ah -now I understand you better. Being an American you havn't grown up with our hideous school plimsolls yourself

God I'd rather have a dap than a Nike trainer, any day.