http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=sr_pg_3?rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Asheepskin+slippers&page=3&keywords=sheepskin+slippers&ie=UTF8&qid=1421226263

having recently bought very cheap slippers which wear out fast and some weren't even washable without falling apart...I decided to do what my father has done, according to my mother...i.e. invested in some sheepskin slippers....to then semi-remember something...gill - had you asked me to remind you of these?

and these, see below....were to remind me of ling:

 

ah, this is all coming together now - with a bit of lateral thinking: