Posted on 09/13/2023 5:25:02 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Researchers are urging people to stop wearing unclean socks to bed after discovering that they often contain the same bacteria found in cockroaches and their fecal droppings.
Experts obtained by Mattress Next Day polled 1,017 Brits about their sleeping habits and discovered that 18% wear socks while sleeping.
A sickening 70% of those sock-wearers don’t bother changing into a clean pair before bed, instead staying in the same pair that they’ve worn all day long.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
>I like sleeping in the toilet. That way I don’t have to walk from my bed to empty my bladder in the middle of the night. Might trip over one of my cats. Too dangerous. At least I don’t wear socks.
Just once? Lucky...
Grotesque! Who wears socks, much less dirty socks, to bed?
Can you imagine that was the only thing we ever had to worry about? Lol. I shower maybe twice a week… Who cares?
Not to put TOO fine a point on it, but a more INTERESTING study showed that if women wore socks to bed to keep their feet warm, they’re more likely to have better sex. Something to do with blood flow not needing to go to the extremities. (Wink-Wink-Nudge-Nudge)
Just sharing for the ‘FReeper Sistahs’ in the crowd. ;)
But it will make the bar’s janitor very happy.
Every now and then, for no particular reason, one should simply break out and sing Jerusalem.
Ok, so the takeaway from this article is that cockroach poop smells like dirty socks.
As a side note, I use a lot of Ballistol around the house, and its smell has been described as a mix of dirty socks and black licorice.
So, in conclusion, if your licorice smells like Ballistol, it might be made from bugs (cockroaches).
H/t Klaus Schwab
😆
Me either, even in winter. Maybe when it’s below zero.
You always give such good advice, Diana! Thank you! ;)
I always take my socks off before going to bed, but, I do keep my shoes on.
I once watched a Korean drama about a man who was so traumatized as a child, he slept everynight in a bathtub.
study was obviously financed by laundry detergent companies
Being Alaskan, I sleep most nights with the sheets down to my bellybutton, and up to my knees. And I’m still warm.
Oh give me a break.
Next thing they’re gonna tell me is, I need to start wearing underwear to bed.
Egad!
Dirty socks in bed?
Diddle, diddle, dumpling, my son John,
Went to bed with his trousers on;
One shoe off, and the other shoe on,
Diddle, diddle, dumpling, my son John.
... you almost had it :-)
P.S. Never heard of it!
LOL!
LOL, so THAT explains why my old Golden Retriever love to eat stinky athletic socks, the disgusting creature! She would swallow them whole, and it was a 50-50 chance as to which end they would reappear from!
And, just to experiment, once I wanted to see just how many dirty socks she could get into her mouth, so out of curiosity, I offered them up. That was nearly forty years ago, but I seem to recall it was about ten...no pictures in those days, but boy, her eyes just glowed with delight and her tail swished with pride and pleasure as socks protruded from her mouth in every direction...:)
Damn. Those Golden Retrievers have four things they just love: Food, Grossly Stinky Things, Swimming in Water, and Affectionate Attention!
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