Are your feet so stinky you can empty a room just by taking your shoes off? This is a problem in Japan, where it’s common to remove shoes in homes and restaurants.
Now, they’ve come up with mint-scented inserts that pump out a menthol fresh burst every step you take, so you needn’t do anything radical, like wash your feet occasionally.
There are cheaper solutions than these $28 inserts, of course. You can Scotch Tape menthol cigarettes to each foot, or slather Vicks VapoRub in your shoes before going out, or conveniently ”spill” some of your mint julep on your feet at the bar.
“Say, Becky, those are real nice shoes you’re wearing, but what’s that cloud of blue vapor that seems to follow you around?” Toshi Maeda reports:
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Finally, the Japanese make something that isn’t Hello Kitty branded………well at least not yetMint shoes spare Japanese foot odor shame Wed Jan 23, 2008 7:52am EST TOKYO (Reuters Life!) - Worried your feet smell? In Japan, where people take off
- Posted by Shoe Lover: Clear Shoe Boxes, News, Views, Sales, AccessoriesWait a minute, in Japan it’s OK to eat dead, raw fish but not OK to have stinky feet?
- Posted by Dee TSo, not mediciny?
- Posted by Shawn HendricksFour out of five podiatrists surveyed agree. Mint inserts make foot fungus harder to diagnose.
- Posted by Shawn HendricksCan you guess where this affluent young Tokyo resident stashes her cocaine?
- Posted by Shawn HendricksIt says…I think…I think…Yes. It says, “Made in China.”
- Posted by Shawn HendricksI’m still trying to figure out why Americans wear their shoes indoors. Do they like washing their floors so often?
- Posted by CharleneProduct is a shoe-in.
It’s quite a feet of engineering.
They’re just trying to get a toe in the market.
I’m so ashamed.
- Posted by John C AbellThat’s enough arch humor today, Johnny
- Posted by Robert BaslerOh, don’t be such a heel, Robert!
- Posted by Random Numbers