Poo on slippers

Oh for goodness sake. Clean them! I keep an outside brush and co for these situations. No cross contamination, no one dies. Not yet, anyway.

When I go away walking long distance footpaths I take two pairs of footwear: walking boots, and a pair of lightweight shoes for indoors and evenings. One day I trod in some dog mess on the way to the pub for dinner, so I had no choice but to wash my shoes in the basin at the B&B and then pack them in my rucsac the following morning.

On another occasion some kids thought it was fun to scatter garlic cloves all over the pavement. Mmm lovely, garlic scented luggage......

lizzypopbottle big garden, big dogs, they like being out there all day when it is warm enough. But I walk round a couple of times a day to pick up.

Yep!

Freudian slip!!

smile!

Tempted! [smell]

Here you go jings Pooh slippers. That was what you wanted, wasn't it?

I had a smartly dressed colleague who always insisted that if her children stood in dog poo, she would throw their shoes away. One afternoon our office was filled with an overwhelming pong of dog poo. Who was the culprit? None other than our fussy friend who had managed to plaster it over the rungs of her chair too. Do you think she threw her posh shoes away? No chance!

Oops! DH has just notice the bag in the bottom of the bin. I have had to confess. He has left them there, but the words "Gordon Bennett!" were amongst his mutterings.

Fox is the most likely culprit. If I'd had slippers festering in the shed for several days, I'd be inclined to wrap them up in several more plastic bags and bin them immediately. The stink by now will be disgusting.

I love those granny slippers with the pom poms on. When I was really young [30's'ish]I sed to buy them I wonder if you can still get them as I'm wanting a pair again now.

I would chuck them if they are £ 20 or less. I wouldn't consult my DH.

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DD has no dogs and no cat. Never see a cat in her garden, but do see foxes. That's definitely hat it was, and they are staying in the bin.

I don't have to hide the purchase from DH. But if I told him he would no doubt get them out of the bin and clean them. In my kitchen sink. No thank you.

starbird no one else in the family would dream of going out into the garden with slippers on. Just me.

I definitely wouldn't walk round a farmyard in my slippers. That would be too much. Even for this idiot me.

judthepud I don't need a magnifying glass to know exactly what that is.

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Ok, thanks lizzy.

Bella Fox poo stinks to high heaven and no amount of washing gets rid of the smell.

Probably annoy everyone with this but I accompany my dogs into the garden and watch what they do and where they do it. I pick it up and bin it. I don't leave it for unsuspecting feet to find. Poo bags are cheap. I don't leave my dogs to their own devices in the garden. Tricky perhaps, when you have babies but essential when they start toddling outside. That's why I now have my daughter's dog living with me. I agree about fox poo. Luckily we don't see them here although there are plenty of rabbits and the occasional hedgehog.

As someone brought up in the country, I'm with you there, oldgaijin! My best friend lived on the farm across the road and nobody fussed about what we were trailing back into our pub every day. I seem to remember that the chicken sh** smelt worse than the pig sh**.

Has anyone mentioned why fox poo is supposed to be worse than others? I'd have recoiled more at dog poo myself.

I suppose we're more laissez-faire about bringing any kind of dirt into the house because we have tiled floors - no carpets or mats.

What IS the problem? Marigolds on, good scrub...try carpet cleaner on the fabric then dry in the sun, the best disinfectant. WHY is everyone so precious/squeamish about a bit of shit? Try living on a farm.

If you seriously think it is fox poo, and that fox poo is a potential hazard, is your DD aware of this and does she have children/ pets/husband/visitors that could bring it into the house?