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Is there any validity to the argument that one can get a cold from smelling dirty or sweaty feet? When I was dating my ex gf some years ago, she used to let me smell her feet right after she took off her shoes and socks. A couple of times, when I got a cold, she said to me "Mitch, you may have gotten a cold from smelling my unclean feet right after I took off my shoes and socks, maybe I should wash my feet before you smell them".
Is there any validity to this, or is it just nonsense? I've smelled clean feet, too, of course, but I wont deny that there were times that I did enjoy smelling her feet after her shoes and socks came off. I didnt lick or kiss them, though, unless her feet were clean.
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I highly doubt there's any truth in that. While I won't let Josh lick or kiss my feet unless they are clean either, he likes to smell them from time to time right after I've gotten out of work and they are fresh from their sweaty prison. I don't think that it could give you a cold simply from smelling them, but I may be wrong.
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a cold comes from a virus. unless you found a way to keep the cold virus healthy in your feet while encased in your shoes, then, no.. you can't get a cold from smelling feet.
most folks tend to have clean feet when they put on their shoes. not many will remove their shoes to walk about bare feet during the day then put their shoes back on before coming home. (sure it does happen, but is not the majority)
therefore, really, the odds are slim.. very slim!
RPM
p.s. jesibel, just curious, why can't JOsh lick or kiss your peds until they're clean?
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As has been said a cold is caused by a virus. There several different viruses that can cause the common cold.
If someone had a Rhinovirus and sucked or licked a person's toes then those toes were socked and kept warm and moist. Then later on someone that did not have the virus sucked and licked those same toes the virus could be passed along.
These viruses grow best at temperatures of about 91 degrees Fahrenheit, the temperature of the human nasal mucosa.
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Okay. Thanks, everyone. I thought it was likely not true either. I've been smelling female bare feet out of the shoes, since I was.. five?, and I dont think I ever directly got sick from it. It may have just been a messed up theory that my ex gf had.
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There's definatly no truth to it, however if someone wants to conduct a study by having people smell sexy womens feet in order to rule it out entirely I'd happily voulenteer myself as a smeller.
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