# Things you don't want your bare feet to step on at 2am **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 16, 2014, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-your-bare-feet-to-step-on-at-2am/690884 "2014-06-16T05:05:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![PurpleClogs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@PurpleClogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PurpleClogs)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-your-bare-feet-to-step-on-at-2am/690884/1 "2014-06-16T05:05:55Z")
Things you don’t want your bare feet to step on at 2am: A Lego Soggy dog chewy Single piece of cat food The carpet tacK that pokes through where the carpet in the hall meets the tile of the kitchen A barfed up hairball ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-your-bare-feet-to-step-on-at-2am/690884/2 "2014-06-16T05:08:41Z")
Half a mouse. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-your-bare-feet-to-step-on-at-2am/690884/3 "2014-06-16T05:09:06Z")
A [fer-de-lance.](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_L9VEmnNLuNM/TH6N1fecGRI/AAAAAAAABd0/N9t1FXniyA4/s1600/fer-de-lance-snake.jpg) A scorpion. A cow pie. ---
**Author:** ![wombattver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b77776/32.png) [@wombattver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wombattver)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-your-bare-feet-to-step-on-at-2am/690884/4 "2014-06-16T05:12:55Z")
A scorpion or a slug that came in under the kitchen door. Trust me, I know. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-your-bare-feet-to-step-on-at-2am/690884/5 "2014-06-16T05:37:20Z")
Slug Cat barf Cat missed litterbox Birdie bomb I speak from personal experience on all of the above. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-your-bare-feet-to-step-on-at-2am/690884/6 "2014-06-16T05:46:01Z")
Feral pigs ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-your-bare-feet-to-step-on-at-2am/690884/7 "2014-06-16T05:48:00Z")
> [@Mr.Nylock](#): > > Feral pigs Sounds like an interesting story. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-your-bare-feet-to-step-on-at-2am/690884/8 "2014-06-16T05:48:12Z")
Snail or slug [Jacks](https://www.google.com/search?q=jacks&newwindow=1&espv=2&tbm=isch&imgil=oklPESUBdmC_OM%253A%253Bhttps%253A%252F%252Fencrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com%252Fimages%253Fq%253Dtbn%253AANd9GcQVOX_osni5DgOLnX_TxLhu __yMc385yNG1bv0hfRCp8W6oQecY%253B364%253B364%253BQxMGAkuvaFpn5M%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.zgallerie.com%25252Fp-9955-aluminum-jacks.aspx&source=iu&usg=__ fRZ1D_6PbPvcvdwdsjRewk3jT3g%3D&sa=X&ei=8ISeU727EtK9oQSNvoLwCg&ved=0CGEQ9QEwBw&biw=1330&bih=753#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=oklPESUBdmC_OM%253A%3BQxMGAkuvaFpn5M%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fimages.zgallerie.com%252Fis%252Fimage%252FZGallerie%252Fhero%252Faluminum-jacks-160327839.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.zgallerie.com%252Fp-9955-aluminum-jacks.aspx%3B364%3B364) ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-your-bare-feet-to-step-on-at-2am/690884/9 "2014-06-16T05:49:30Z")
Oh, and let me add puppy mishaps to the list. ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-your-bare-feet-to-step-on-at-2am/690884/10 "2014-06-16T05:53:44Z")
I’ll nominate the power converter (wall wart), especially when it falls with the prongs pointing up. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-your-bare-feet-to-step-on-at-2am/690884/11 "2014-06-16T06:13:33Z")
The cat’s tail. A puddle of pee. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-your-bare-feet-to-step-on-at-2am/690884/12 "2014-06-16T06:46:28Z")
Something that the cat flung out of the aquarium, and is still flopping. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-your-bare-feet-to-step-on-at-2am/690884/13 "2014-06-16T11:21:54Z")
I kinda don’t want my bare feet stepping on any of those things at 2pm either, nor at any other time for that matter. One hardly dares walk around in one’s bare feet anymore. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-your-bare-feet-to-step-on-at-2am/690884/14 "2014-06-16T11:56:15Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > A [fer-de-lance.](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_L9VEmnNLuNM/TH6N1fecGRI/AAAAAAAABd0/N9t1FXniyA4/s1600/fer-de-lance-snake.jpg) Or a [fleur de lis.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Fleur-de-lis-fill.svg/350px-Fleur-de-lis-fill.svg.png) ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-your-bare-feet-to-step-on-at-2am/690884/15 "2014-06-16T12:00:34Z")
> [@dracoi](#): > > I’ll nominate the power converter (wall wart), especially when it falls with the prongs pointing up. UK [three pin plugs](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_power_plugs_and_sockets_-_British_and_related_types#BS_1363_three-pin_.28rectangular.29_plugs_and_sockets) have a distinct tendency to fall prong-side up. ---
**Author:** ![Dervorin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Dervorin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dervorin)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-your-bare-feet-to-step-on-at-2am/690884/16 "2014-06-16T12:02:00Z")
An open box of screwdriver bits. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-your-bare-feet-to-step-on-at-2am/690884/17 "2014-06-16T12:23:53Z")
[These things.](http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/x/sweet-gum-seed-pods-12210037.jpg) (Sweetgum tree seed pods.) ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-your-bare-feet-to-step-on-at-2am/690884/18 "2014-06-16T12:26:28Z")
The floor. Why am I awake at 2 AM? ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-your-bare-feet-to-step-on-at-2am/690884/19 "2014-06-16T12:47:57Z")
The aftermath of people missing the toilet in the bathroom. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2014, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-your-bare-feet-to-step-on-at-2am/690884/20 "2014-06-16T13:25:24Z")
Goathead- Those really sharp stickery things Goat Head- Severed head of a goat [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-dont-want-your-bare-feet-to-step-on-at-2am/690884.md?page=2)