BEFORE I even delve into this subject (already regretting the world delve considering the subject matter) I would like to lay the blame for today’s blog firmly at the door of my friend, Jennie Prentice.
I am wondering whether her job poking around in the lady gardens of Nottinghamshire and delivering babies covered in gunk on a regular basis has made her immune to things that make you feel a little queasy!
Jen pointed out to me a phenomenon she had come across - apparently innocently, but I’m not so sure - on eBay *other auction sites are available.
It appears that some people, and when I say some, I mean a lot, sell all their tatty old slippers and well worn shoes on eBay - with that very description. In fact it appears the more the seller has worn the slippers, the stronger they smell, the tattier they are, and the more holes they have, the higher price they’ll fetch.
Are we to blame Christian Grey for this phenomenon? I haven’t actually read 50 Shades of Grey, but I’m almost certain it won’t have involved somebody who enjoys nestling into a size 5 matted fur pair of slippers that smell like gone off cheese and look like a stray dog’s back side.
Has he made fetishes so acceptable that the general public are happy to sell off something that should by rights be in a tip somewhere creating landfill, in order to satisfy the needs of others?
There are a number of people (strippers) selling their old dancing shoes on there - these things are completely knackered and fetching in excess of £30!
But in a strange way I understand that someone with a foot fetish might be interested in a pair of sky high stilettos that were once worn by a stripper. Don’t get me wrong, I still expect them to appear on Crimewatch in a few years’ time known as ‘Jack the Cobbler’. But slippers?
Anyone who has ever seen my feet will understand why I can’t really understand the fascination and so won’t be putting my slippers online, accompanied by a ‘sexy pose’ of my three days hair growth calves, with a little toe poking out the front (this is what they do!).
I believe that feet are something that should be covered up if at all possible, and duly ignored if it’s too warm to do so!
The world gets stranger and stranger! And Jen, I think your husband is quite right, you do need to stop looking at dirty slippers and get some sleep!
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