agony of de-feet, footwear, japan, shoes, smells

Good-Bye Foot Raunch, Helloooo Minty Freshness!

Thanks to a new springy plastic insert for shoes, Japanese people will be spared the embarrassment of letting their foot smells waft through public places. Instead, they will experience the embarrassment of adding a strange breath of mint to every establishment where they are required to de-shoe. At every step, the insert pumps out a small dose of mint essence, replacing—and hopefully not just mixing noxiously with—your natural, potentially horrible foot odor. It's a hell of a trade-off. Would you use it? [Reuters]

9:48 AM on Wed Jan 23 2008
By Wilson Rothman
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xint at 10:03 AM on 01/23/08
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I'd like a dozen in PIÑA COLADA Flavor, please.

kthnxbye
Clay_in_TX at 10:04 AM on 01/23/08
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Sweet! Get yourself some hot water and create your own herbal fungal tea! IT'S ORGANIC!
TerryinSt.Paul at 10:13 AM on 01/23/08
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They should invent something like that for the mouth. I know alot of people with bad breath. That way they could "taste" mint all day long too. Now, what to call it?
xint at 10:20 AM on 01/23/08
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@terryinst.paul: There are sooooooo many products for halitosis... people just do NOT use it.
froggy at 10:21 AM on 01/23/08
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they better add some baking soda to it, otherwise the smell you'll get will be classified as a bio weapon
Noobs-R-Us at 10:41 AM on 01/23/08
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The gasps of horror from foot fetishes everywhere can be heard all around the world.
mthrndr at 10:43 AM on 01/23/08
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@xint: dude? dude. it's called sarcasm.
TerryinSt.Paul at 10:53 AM on 01/23/08
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@xint:
yeah, what@mthrndr: said
92BuickLeSabre at 10:55 AM on 01/23/08
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@Noobs-R-Us: Not all foot fetishists are into the "raunch." Some like perfect, clean, minty feet. Some would find this video exciting even.

Or so I am told.
homerjay at 10:55 AM on 01/23/08
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@mthrndr: I find its helpful to tag your sarcastic posts with "/sarcasm" and your funny posts with "/humor". Some people just don't get it....
Pixlmonkey at 10:56 AM on 01/23/08
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@mthrndr: no, it's called a terrible attempt at sarcasm.
holysocks at 11:01 AM on 01/23/08
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Even if the shoe won't stink, her feet will.
xint at 11:23 AM on 01/23/08
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Yeah... what Pixlmonkey said.
LOL!
xint at 11:24 AM on 01/23/08
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@holysocks: I guess if the shoe is minty fresh... and the foot is there anyway... wouldn't... it... sort of?... maybe?
*shrug*
shorty63136 at 11:34 AM on 01/23/08
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Here's a thought - how bout you wash yo damn feet! Some minty foot lotion wouldn't kill you either. $4 at Wal-Mart all day long.
frndlybnny at 11:54 AM on 01/23/08
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I think Dave Attell best described the consequences of what happens when you try to combat one smell with another. It's in at about the 40 second mark.
kelptocratic at 12:15 PM on 01/23/08
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De-feet! Har har har! I'd buy 'em.
Namster at 12:32 PM on 01/23/08
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I dunno about this one, if I smell bad feet then I'd be taking shorter/less breaths... vs smelling something minty fresh...and sniffing more..where in reality its just minty air from people's feet that you continue to inhale.

Like fart that smells good if there is such a thing.. you're still smelling gas some someone's ass...just not avoiding it now.
ripfire4 at 02:04 PM on 01/23/08
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@Namster: "Mmm. Smells good. New car?" "Nah. It's the burrito I had for breakfast."
mrbob1000 at 11:20 AM on 01/25/08
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damn it! some people like me who enjoy feet and the smell of feet dont like this idea of minty feet!
Bokusatsu_Tenshi at 05:46 PM on 01/28/08
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There's this small problem:
Bad smell + good smell = bad smell.

People just have to understand one single and simple thing: Feet doesn't smell bad... bacterias and other stuff that might grow/feed on it does.

My feet smell terrible when I was younger. But today, there are several products to treat it... you use them directly on your feet and on your shoes. And if you take care of them as much as... like your armpits, you won't have to worry about stuff like that no more.