# Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 16, 2024, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636 "2024-02-16T02:56:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 500
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9983 "2026-01-28T16:07:16Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > > [@Spiderman](#): > > > > I don’t want some stinky toes near my nose! > > Do the people you know not wash? If you shower in the morning your feet have been in shoes (or worse, waterproof, probably not-breathable boots in the snow) all day. I dont want them in my face at night. How many times a day do you wash your feet? ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9984 "2026-01-28T16:16:18Z")
I usually shower before going to bed. And my feet don’t get very smelly. Stinkiness of feet varies a lot from person to person. My son’s were so bad i tried washing them in yogurt to change the bacteria growing on them, but if course that didn’t work. (Those are gut bacteria, not skin bacteria.) None of me, my husband, or my daughter have ever had a problem with stinky feet. I’d still line up head-to-head. I’d be afraid i might kick my bedmate in my sleep otherwise. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9985 "2026-01-28T16:19:19Z")
I voted head-to-head, but… Two adults in a twin bed is going to be, IMO, a horrible sleeping experience. I think I’d rather sleep on a sofa or the floor. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9986 "2026-01-28T16:22:55Z")
Agreed. I would choose the floor. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9987 "2026-01-28T16:31:55Z")
I’m reminded of a time when I traveled to Prague and my roommate was a heavy guy. The bed was really soft. Once he lay down, the whole bed sagged deeply underneath him, causing me to roll on top of him. I immediately got up and told him the entire bed was his and I would be on the floor that night. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9988 "2026-01-28T16:43:04Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > How many times a day do you wash your feet? Usually once. \< 24 hours of body odor, even strong b.o., doesn’t bother me, though: it’s only after more time that the smell becomes unpleasant. Healthy people who wash regularly (and wash bedding regularly) are okay to sleep next to even if slightly stinky. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9989 "2026-01-28T16:55:26Z")
A young lady at the yoga studio I go to has a problem with foot odor. You could tell when she took off her shoes in the lobby. I think someone may have spoken to her, as she now wears grippy socks. ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9990 "2026-01-28T19:05:49Z")
I paid about $1000 per ticket for two tickets to see Adele in Las Vegas a few years ago. A present for my wife. She said it was the best concert she’s ever seen, so it gave me a lot of points. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9991 "2026-01-28T19:09:52Z")
The most I’ve paid for concert tickets is probably in the $100 - $150 range, but that was 7 or 8 years ago at this point. The last two major concerts which I saw, in '18 or '19, were Paul Simon and Electric Light Orchestra. I had box seat tickets to see U2 in 2011; the face value of those tickets was probably somewhere above $200 each. But, I’d won them in a radio promotion, so I didn’t actually pay for them. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9992 "2026-01-28T19:21:07Z")
I don’t know how much I’ve paid for tickets. I just got Lion King tickets for $115 a pop. Personally depending on the event I’d probably be willing to spend up to $500. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9993 "2026-01-28T19:34:10Z")
I’ve paid about $500 a ticket for a present for my wife. I couldn’t do that for me. I will splurge to get good seats but not that much. I remember paying about $200 a ticket for seats behind the 1st base dugout for the Yankee game where they retired Don Matingly’s number. That was through a ticket broker when they had physical locations. It was a Mother’s Day present for my mother. I thought it was a tremendous amount of money. Now those same seats are about that much face value for any random game. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9994 "2026-01-28T21:14:09Z")
Sweet dreams are made of **this** , at least according to the Eurythmics. Who am I to disagree? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9995 "2026-01-28T22:05:45Z")
MY sweet dreams are definitely made of cheese, and have been since before the Eurythmics ever got together. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Nf9Sxm3EerU/maxresdefault.jpg "Sweet dreams are made of cheese") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf9Sxm3EerU) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9996 "2026-01-28T22:24:04Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Stinkiness of feet varies a lot from person to person. The main cause is wearing the same shoes day after day. Rotate them, let them dry out. Use socks and food powder. Soaking in green alcohol (a type of rubbing alcohol with witch-hazel, but the plain stuff works also) also works, But rotate the shoes. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9997 "2026-01-28T22:28:20Z")
No, the main cause is that different people are different. My husband, daughter, and i all wore the same shoes at least as often as my son. I don’t believe there’s one neat trick that solves the problem. I tried a _lot_ of stuff with him. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2026, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9998 "2026-01-28T23:05:44Z")
I voted head to head for the twin sleeping option, because I know I have slightly smelly feet. To the side discussion on this, I think it has a lot more to due with your amount and rankness of foot sweat (I’m high on amount, moderate on the rankness) which can be made worse by climate and over-damp shoes. But like most, I’d likely ask for a rollaway, try a couch, or maybe the floor. On tickets, I selected $100-$250, almost all on the very low end of the range. A couple of shows (Carlin, Blue Man Group) in Vegas being probably the most expensive. I know my wife has paid a bit more (BB King for her, and “Moving Out” for me as a gift) but in general, once things go to $100 or more, we’re likely to nope out even if it is something we’d like to see. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/9999 "2026-01-29T13:13:20Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Use socks and food powder. Discard the food powder afterwards. Don’t be tempted to eat it. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/10000 "2026-01-29T15:33:31Z")
> [@Dr.Drake](#): > > Do the people you know not wash? I just don’t like feet!! ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/10001 "2026-01-29T18:16:37Z")
Ceci n’est pas une poll. ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/discussion-thread-for-the-polls-only-thread-part-2/997636/10002 "2026-01-29T18:21:29Z")
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