# My shoes squeak! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 4, 2002, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shoes-squeak/130851 "2002-10-04T15:49:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shoes-squeak/130851/1 "2002-10-04T15:49:00Z")
And it bums me out - they always hear me comin’. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shoes-squeak/130851/2 "2002-10-04T16:15:11Z")
Our CFO is a shoe squeaker. He’s also always on a mission when he walks down the hall. No mistaking when he’s coming by! I hate when my shoes squeak. But I have a feeling that you always are more aware of your own squeaks than others are. That’s what I’m going with, anyway. :: squeak :: Hoozat??? ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shoes-squeak/130851/3 "2002-10-04T16:36:05Z")
It’s to the point that people (even strangers) are commenting. And it’s near impossible to sneak up on a geologist unless I go to socks. ---
**Author:** ![stargazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@stargazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stargazer)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shoes-squeak/130851/4 "2002-10-04T18:21:56Z")
My shoes squeak, too! And they just started. It’s really irritating, because they’re one of my most comfortable pair, and I can’t figure out where the squeak is coming from. Hmph. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shoes-squeak/130851/5 "2002-10-04T20:15:44Z")
\*…Aren’t you supposed to be at work \* ---
**Author:** ![Snugglebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snugglebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snugglebear)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shoes-squeak/130851/6 "2002-10-04T20:51:48Z")
Isn’t there a type of oil you can apply to the shoes that stops squeakyness? ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shoes-squeak/130851/7 "2002-10-04T20:53:14Z")
Is there? ---
**Author:** ![Snugglebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snugglebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snugglebear)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shoes-squeak/130851/8 "2002-10-04T21:02:34Z")
Dunno. ---
**Author:** ![FeFe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/919ad9/32.png) [@FeFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FeFe)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shoes-squeak/130851/9 "2002-10-04T21:07:03Z")
hmm what always worked for me what getting the bottom of my shoes a little dusty. No Snuggle Bear I dont think that there is a oil for stoping squeakyness 🙂 Silly Snuggle Bear 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Snugglebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snugglebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snugglebear)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shoes-squeak/130851/10 "2002-10-04T21:12:57Z")
Well we need a magic oil that stops squeakness. I hate it when my boots squeak. ---
**Author:** ![FeFe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/919ad9/32.png) [@FeFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FeFe)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shoes-squeak/130851/11 "2002-10-04T21:14:55Z")
why it sounds funny and it makes me giggle ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2002, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shoes-squeak/130851/12 "2002-10-04T21:58:37Z")
Take it to AOL/IM or ICQ. Your chat doesn’t amuse nor interest the rest of us. And the proximity of all of your posts makes me wonder if felt is involved. Interesting: The email address for FeFe is [deleted] The email address for Snugglebear is [deleted] ---
**Author:** ![FeFe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/919ad9/32.png) [@FeFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FeFe)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2002, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shoes-squeak/130851/13 "2002-10-05T02:24:33Z")
I dont know what felt is we’re married and we happen to have two pcs in the house that can get online. ---
**Author:** ![Snugglebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snugglebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snugglebear)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2002, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shoes-squeak/130851/14 "2002-10-05T02:43:58Z")
Blow it out yer pie hole Homebrew. Ever heard of pet names? Well my wife and I have them. This is MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2002, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shoes-squeak/130851/15 "2002-10-05T19:11:37Z")
> [@](#): > > This is MPSIMS. But it’s not a chat room. ---
**Author:** ![fizgig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f04885/32.png) [@fizgig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fizgig)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2002, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shoes-squeak/130851/16 "2002-10-05T21:11:37Z")
My new shoes squeak too, but only in the newer, cleaner building where I have class. In the older, dirtier building where my lab is, they don’t squeak. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shoes-squeak/130851/17 "2002-10-07T04:58:15Z")
**Homebrew** , I understand your position, but I think these two relatively new Dopers have not truly done anything reprehensible. Other Doper couples have done it, too. Nobody jumped **Opal** about figuring out that **Undead Dude** was upstairs taking a shower. There’ve been others. So, hey y’all, welcome to the board, and we do keep the private stuff low-key on the board. ---
**Author:** ![leechbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@leechbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leechbabe)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shoes-squeak/130851/18 "2002-10-07T05:24:02Z")
My Doc Martins squeak too but only when I’m walking down stairs. Very strange. ---
**Author:** ![Homebrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Homebrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homebrew)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shoes-squeak/130851/19 "2002-10-07T14:04:24Z")
Yeah, **Ringo** , I may have been a little harsh, but I had just read the reaming they gave **Checkmate** and I was not inclined to give them any slack. They really looked like puppets in that thread and the inanity continued here. At least I kept it out of the Pit, where I was tempted to take them. ---
**Author:** ![Aro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b3f665/32.png) [@Aro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aro)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2002, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-shoes-squeak/130851/20 "2002-10-07T14:11:47Z")
I once returned a pair of shoes which started squeaking, about 6 weeks after I bought them. I told the assistant it was just plain embarrasing to walk in them, and she happily exchanged them for a new pair. (Might start doing that every six weeks or so) 😉