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[muckefuck]

Honest to Gawd, can we return to the day when I could freely yell at people for putting their bare feet all over the fucking furniture? I don't know who the hell died and made this acceptable comportment, but I really want to bring them back to life so I can beat them to death. WITH MY FEET.

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[areia.livejournal.com]

A few years ago Mr. Areia and I were staying in a B&B in Galina, and got shouted at by the owner because we were sitting with our bare feet tucked up on the couches in the common area. We'd come back from a day sightseeing and taken showers, and we certainly weren't picking our toes (ick), so neither of us thought we were doing anything wrong or socially inappropriate. The owner was about as horrified as you sound up there.

I'd never put footwear of any kind on the furniture, but clean bare feet were acceptable even to my very houseproud grandmother. It does seem to be something people feel very passionately about.

[muckefuck.livejournal.com]

Trust me, the people I see putting their feet on the furniture around here every day are not freshly showered. Not to mention the fact that "clean" is a rather relative term. No amount of soap will remove athletes foot, for instance.

[innerdoggie.livejournal.com]

I think athlete's foot fungus is move of a problem in the winter when people's feet don't get aired out. But that's just what my mama told me and I haven't confirmed it for myself.