Stinky Feet

iuparrothead · Post by **iuparrothead** » July 27, 2005 5:45 pm

Tiki Bar wrote:Hey Ann... thanks for taking the brunt of my punishment on this issue!

No problem! It never seems to fail with these morons around here!

ragtopW · Post by **ragtopW** » July 27, 2005 10:45 pm

sy wrote:
rednekkPH wrote:
PHBeerman wrote:
rednekkPH wrote:I'm married, I don't need to concern myself with personal hygene any longer.
You did before?
Well, no - but now I have a valid excuse.
I swear I love any conversation between the two of you. I always get a much needed laugh out of it

Just had to share that.

they do sound like an old Married couple don't they???

Tiki Bar · Post by **Tiki Bar** » July 27, 2005 10:48 pm

OK... the Birks have been dusted with baking soda, and have wadded newspapers in them... and I have a fresh stick of Dove deoderant for the tootsies in the morning. I didn't have time to pick up the zinc, but will look for it soon. I'll let ya know how it works out!

sy · Post by sy » July 27, 2005 10:51 pm

ragtopW wrote:
sy wrote:
rednekkPH wrote:
PHBeerman wrote:
rednekkPH wrote:I'm married, I don't need to concern myself with personal hygene any longer.
You did before?
Well, no - but now I have a valid excuse.
I swear I love any conversation between the two of you. I always get a much needed laugh out of it

Just had to share that.
they do sound like an old Married couple don't they???

Oh they do, and they provide me much needed entertainment while I avoid the vapid stupidity at my work.

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » July 27, 2005 11:33 pm

My head hurts

My feet stink

I don't love Jesus

Why do y'all always insist on having fun threads when I'm not here to play too? Are you trying to tell me something?

sonofabeach · Post by **sonofabeach** » July 27, 2005 11:37 pm

I love when they smell like corn chips!!
Yummy!!!!

Brown Eyed Girl · Post by **Brown Eyed Girl** » July 27, 2005 11:47 pm

Mal!!! How's SoCal and Disney! I'd wave at ya but I don't think you'd see me.

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » July 27, 2005 11:50 pm

Brown Eyed Girl wrote:Mal!!! How's SoCal and Disney! I'd wave at ya but I don't think you'd see me.

So Cal is great so far! Disney starts tomorrow for 2 days. Just getting some final things printed out.

Big Phan · Post by **Big Phan** » July 28, 2005 11:49 am

Lands' End has some Birk knock-offs. They look very similar, are more comfy (something true birkies won't believe until trying

) and they're about 1/3 the price of Birks.

In 12 years I'm on my second pair...I wear 'em hard, put 'em away wet and no stink!

Tiki Bar · Post by **Tiki Bar** » July 28, 2005 1:29 pm

Tiki Bar wrote:OK... the Birks have been dusted with baking soda, and have wadded newspapers in them... and I have a fresh stick of Dove deoderant for the tootsies in the morning. I didn't have time to pick up the zinc, but will look for it soon. I'll let ya know how it works out!

Yah, my feet still stink.

El mojito · Post by **El mojito** » July 28, 2005 1:33 pm

Tiki Bar wrote:
Tiki Bar wrote:OK... the Birks have been dusted with baking soda, and have wadded newspapers in them... and I have a fresh stick of Dove deoderant for the tootsies in the morning. I didn't have time to pick up the zinc, but will look for it soon. I'll let ya know how it works out!
Yah, my feet still stink.

and i don't love Jesus

Everybody is familiar with this phenomenon. Most of us have a friend or relative who can clear out a room when they kick off their shoes. And even the sweetest smelling person can do a decent job stinking up a pair of shoes by running a few miles in them. So what's going on here? Why do your feet have a stronger odor than the rest of you does?
The main thing that feeds foot smell is sweat. With more than 250,000 sweat glands each, your feet are among the most perspiring parts of the body. In one day, each foot can produce more than a pint of sweat! Sweat is basically just salt and water, though, so it doesn't have a distinctive smell of its own. The smell is actually caused by bacteria on our skin that eats the sweat and excretes waste that has a strong odor. It's perfectly normal to have bacteria on your skin, and it doesn't ordinarily produce a noticeable smell, but sweat attracts bacteria and gives them a whole lot to feed on.

Of course we sweat all over -- our hands have a comparable number of sweat glands, for example -- and most of the rest of our body doesn't particularly stink (the armpits being a notable exception. See How Sweat Works for details.) So what's different about our feet? The answer is our socks and shoes. The sweat our feet excrete can't easily escape into the air like the sweat our hands excretes -- it all collects on our skin and in our socks. The bacteria love this dark, damp feast and have a sort of feeding frenzy. When you take off your shoes, the smell that hits you is all the bacteria excretion that's collected on your feet and in your socks and shoes.

The main reason some people's feet (or more precisely, some people's socks and shoes) smell worse than other people's is that some people sweat more than other people. This is just one of the many variable physiological qualities of human beings. This is also why sometimes your feet smell much worse than at other times -- it all has to do with how much you sweat.

So, since foot odor is caused by bacteria digesting sweat, there are two main ways to reduce the stink. You can:

decrease the amount of bacteria on your feet
decrease the amount of sweat that collects on your feet and in your shoes
Reducing the level of bacteria is really a matter of cleanliness. To control the bacteria population on you feet, you should:
wash your feet with strong anti-bacterial soap
wear clean socks
don't wear the same shoes everyday - give a pair of shoes 24 hours or more to air out before wearing them again
To reduce the amount of sweat that collects in your shoes, you should:
wear well-ventilated shoes instead of very constrictive shoes, such as boots
always wear socks, preferably made of cotton or other absorbent materials that absorb a lot of the sweat so the bacteria can't feed on it
change your socks a few times a day
buy some absorbent Odor-Eater type shoe inserts
apply an antiperspirant to your feet
If your foot odor is really bad and these solutions don't help much, then you should see a doctor. There are a number of prescription drugs that can treat serious foot odor, some by killing bacteria and some by reducing foot sweat.
Here are some interesting links:

What causes smell?
How Sweat Works
What causes the smell after rain?
How long can a germ live in a room?
The Smelly Foot Fest
Foot Odor: How to Clear the Air
Gran's Remedy for Smelly Feet and Footwear

Cubbie Bear · Post by **Cubbie Bear** » July 28, 2005 1:39 pm

There is always Santo's way. Titanium and plastic feet do not sweat

Tiki Bar · Post by **Tiki Bar** » July 28, 2005 2:01 pm

Bacteria excretion?!? Gross!! It's bad enough they stink, but reading why was disgusting!!

shakerofsalt · Post by **shakerofsalt** » July 28, 2005 2:04 pm

Tiki Bar wrote: Bacteria excretion?!? Gross!! It's bad enough they stink, but reading why was disgusting!!

MMM...YUMMMMM...... Any toe suckers here?

tikitatas · Post by **tikitatas** » July 28, 2005 2:06 pm

shakerofsalt wrote:
Tiki Bar wrote: Bacteria excretion?!? Gross!! It's bad enough they stink, but reading why was disgusting!!
MMM...YUMMMMM...... Any toe suckers here?

Karin!

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwww . . . .

Tiki Bar · Post by **Tiki Bar** » July 28, 2005 2:11 pm

shakerofsalt wrote:
Tiki Bar wrote: Bacteria excretion?!? Gross!! It's bad enough they stink, but reading why was disgusting!!
MMM...YUMMMMM...... Any toe suckers here?

I'm afraid!! Very afraid!!

Put that on the poster for why I'm not, neither on the giving or receiving end.

tikitatas · Post by **tikitatas** » July 28, 2005 2:20 pm

I hope Larry doesn't read this.

I get the impression that feet in general disgust him.

nycparrothead · Post by **nycparrothead** » July 28, 2005 2:30 pm

tikitatas wrote:I hope Larry doesn't read this.

I get the impression that feet in general disgust him.

I hope he doesn't see this then!

rednekkPH · Post by **rednekkPH** » July 28, 2005 2:34 pm

tikitatas wrote:I hope Larry doesn't read this.

I get the impression that feet in general disgust him.

Feet get a bad rap. There's absolutely nothing wrong with non-funky, freshly washed feet. I certainly don't have a foot fetish, but I feel they deserve their spot in the "rotation", and I'm not above giving them some attention now and again.

tikitatas · Post by **tikitatas** » July 28, 2005 2:43 pm

Good for you, Frankie !

Personally, I have some cute little tootsies. Pampered and polished.