I really hope the person who voted for 8 pairs of crocs was counting for all the members of their family!
I just figured out what those blasted things were this summer. I was reading a celebrity magazine (Us, or People or something) and saw a picture of an actor with their kid in crocs. Finally the light went on after avoiding hundreds of Crocs threads on the DIS. They seem like cheap rubber shoes...kind of like a thicker version of jelly sandles.

I guess I'll have to try some on to see what the big deal is.