House shoes are an indispensable item of any man’s wardrobe. Why walk about the house barefoot, after the fashion of a slack-jawed hillperson; when one may ensconce one’s feet in the regal splendor of corduroy? Apart from fashion, house shoes accord the wearer the ability to slide over materials as diverse as linoleum, carpet, brick, and hardwood flooring. Sure, one could do much of the same in a pair of cotton socks; but without getting them dirty? Aye, there’s the rub! As an added bonus, the rubber soles mean that unlike socks, every time you touch a door handle after traversing the berbers in your palatial manse, you won’t be annoyingly shocked upon returning to the couch to catch up on the soaps; and I think we can all agree that that’s a great thing indeed!