Smelly socks ->>>> Stinky feet

[Meatpie]

Which smells first, the sock or the foot? That is the question. Please vote.

 

[alexonedeath]

I don't see how anyone could argue that socks make feet stink. That's totaly backwards. A sock, without a foot filling it, is never going to smell. Feet stink due to the decay of shed skin cells and the breakdown of normal secretions (oil, sweat). That odor is simply transfered to the poor innocent sock.

 

[phyzzique]

I don't see how anyone could argue that socks make feet stink. That's totaly backwards. A sock, without a foot filling it, is never going to smell. Feet stink due to the decay of shed skin cells and the breakdown of normal secretions (oil, sweat). That odor is simply transfered to the poor innocent sock.

 

[stustustugoo]

i bet your feet smell simply erotic phyzzi !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and probably taste even better...............

 

[phoenix_orochi]

I agree with alex, the foot smell first, then the odour goes trough the sock.
If you are a not clean person you could put on the other days socks, and they get more powerfull odour, and really stinks, then the process inverts. The sock smells and powers the odour of the foot.
Great ilustrative pic meatpie friend. This dead guy used socks labeled "Coscal for men"

 

[Snerdguy]

Socks tend to smell first because they absorb and hold the dead skin, oils and other secretions from the feet which would normally dissipate if the feet were not covered. A body doesn't only sweat to keep cool, it is also eliminating waste which accumulates in the socks. They hold the waste against the skin of the feet making the feet smell. The sock also provides the moist warm environment for fungal growth which can smell pretty bad. If someone remains barefoot most of the time, it is unlikely they will have much foot odor.

 

[Meatpie]

. If someone remains barefoot most of the time, it is unlikely they will have much foot odor.

I agree.

 

[alexonedeath]

Socks tend to smell first because they absorb and hold the dead skin, oils and other secretions from the feet which would normally dissipate if the feet were not covered. A body doesn't only sweat to keep cool, it is also eliminating waste which accumulates in the socks. They hold the waste against the skin of the feet making the feet smell. The sock also provides the moist warm environment for fungal growth which can smell pretty bad. If someone remains barefoot most of the time, it is unlikely they will have much foot odor.

It does makes sense that a foot without an enclosing sock (a foot allowed to breathe) will remain oderless, but, by the same token, a sock with no foot in it is also free of stink. Perhaps this is a matter of synergy, where primary cause can not be attributed to either agent. Both foot AND sock must be present and interacting in order to result in unpleasant smells. That's why the toes of barefoot young farmers are unsurpassed in sweet suckability.