Originally Posted by kaukau

Rubbah slippahs, or "flipflops", as you call them on the mainland, are the "de rigeur" footwear here in the Islands: everyone wears them; all the time; everywhere; they are our "shoes". Barefoot, however, is only at the beach or inside the hale (house). On long flights, (trans-Pac; not inter-island), everybody settles into their seats, kicks off their slippahs, and puts on a pair of socks for the flight. When using the lav., one puts the slippahs on over the socks, pressing the sock in between the big and neighbor toe to accomodate the slippahs. When deplaning, one removes the socks (or not, if it cold at the destination!), and puts on da slippahs. If you see someone walking around the airport or plane barefoot, everyone thinks they're a little kapakahi: "Put on your slippahs, bruddah; what, you tink you're at da beach?"