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bas2456 · #1 (**permalink**) Tue Feb 17, 2009, 12:29am

Keep shoes and gym bag smelling ok? I take my shoes off from a night of work and I nearly pass out.

Any tricks of the trade?

Nevadaref · #2 (**permalink**) Tue Feb 17, 2009, 12:33am

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Originally Posted by bas2456

Keep shoes and gym bag smelling ok? I take my shoes off from a night of work and I nearly pass out.

Any tricks of the trade?

Have better smelling feet.

Mark Padgett · #3 (**permalink**) Tue Feb 17, 2009, 12:41am

I store a brick of plutonium in my bag. It keeps everything smelling nice and fresh. Plus - I can tell if someone has been in my bag. I just look to see if anyone is glowing.

Nevadaref · #4 (**permalink**) Tue Feb 17, 2009, 12:48am

And keep your nose out of your shoes.

dahoopref · #5 (**permalink**) Tue Feb 17, 2009, 01:02am

These work pretty good.

http://www.sneakerballs.com/

If you don't have these, a scented dryer sheet works as a substitution but not as good as sneakerballs.

just another ref · #6 (**permalink**) Tue Feb 17, 2009, 01:23am

They sell meds in Nevada?

Nevadaref · #7 (**permalink**) Tue Feb 17, 2009, 02:05am

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Originally Posted by just another ref

They sell meds in Nevada?

They sell just about anything in Nevada and do so 24 hours a day!

just another ref · #8 (**permalink**) Tue Feb 17, 2009, 02:21am

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Originally Posted by just another ref

They sell meds in Nevada?

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Originally Posted by Nevadaref

They sell just about anything in Nevada and do so 24 hours a day!

In light of some recent posts, maybe Padgett would fax you a prescription.

Juulie Downs · #9 (**permalink**) Tue Feb 17, 2009, 05:07am

I'm guessing that the first time you wore these shoes, fresh out of the box, they didn't stink when you took them off. What makes athletic shoes stink after you wear them is the bacteria that grow. When the shoes sit around between wearings, they dry out and the bacteria go inactive, but once you put them on and start sweating again, those little cuties wake up again. A couple hours of the high life, and they really can produce a stink.

Cheaper shoes absorb and hold more sweat, so they also give the bacteria more to grow on for every wearing.

The best solution, I've found, is to use some sort of disinfectant in the shoes after every wearing. A basic Lysol type spray is just fine. My teenagers have always done this, and it works great.

#10 (**permalink**) Tue Feb 17, 2009, 08:50am

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Originally Posted by Juulie Downs

I'm guessing that the first time you wore these shoes, fresh out of the box, they didn't stink when you took them off. What makes athletic shoes stink after you wear them is the bacteria that grow. When the shoes sit around between wearings, they dry out and the bacteria go inactive, but once you put them on and start sweating again, those little cuties wake up again. A couple hours of the high life, and they really can produce a stink.

Cheaper shoes absorb and hold more sweat, so they also give the bacteria more to grow on for every wearing.

The best solution, I've found, is to use some sort of disinfectant in the shoes after every wearing. A basic Lysol type spray is just fine. My teenagers have always done this, and it works great.

Hmmmm...interesting. I think I'll donate my shoes to the biology department here at the college during the off-season so they can swab the bacteria and culture them for examination. Maybe then we'll know why we stink up our shoes.