WelshSarah

I have seen some nasty heels here too!!! Yuk!!!

DunRoaminTheUK

Nevermind the footwear, look at the lack of choice in that photo!! Shocking!

DunRoaminTheUK

At least we don't wear neuted beanies to take a swim...

Ozzy dog

I often have problems with my feet and from what I've read and been told, as we developed and evolved we were walking on 'soft' sand or earth therefore our arches were being supported. However now walking continually on hard surfaces is not good for your feet as it offers no support. Just what I've discovered. Also the risk of infection through the feet is high and who wants to look a black crusty heals???????? YUK.

moneypenny20

Oh and get it right, it's not poms, it's some poms. I honestly could not care less but then I tend to live by Chuck Berry's mantra - Live like you wanna live, it's a free country

stevenglish

well said, you just can't generalise like that, it's wrong and uneducated - anyway it's the yanks that go round like that innit??

stevenglish

me too but my song of choice was my ding-aling

moneypenny20

He says that half way through My Ding A Ling

steve99

On the beach its fine, in general day to day life outside of your home its seriously wrong! A disgusting habit that basically says im lazy, cant be bothered and hygiene's not my strong point.
I hate to think what sort of state the inside of their houses must be in, floor and especially carpets would be disgusting, bed sheets must need changing everyday.

Clippy

Oh I so NEED those shoes!!!!!

If only I could have her legs too

kiwinow

I don't think most aussies would see it like that. As a pommy kid arriving in Oz and then NZ, I took off my shoes to fit in. My parents were OK with it, although astonished at the speed at which my feet toughened up to walk across stones etc. We were never allowed to go shopping or to anywhere public without them though and I still make my kids put on jandals (thongs) if we go anywhere public, unless we're on holiday. Going to the local shop in bare feet is mandatory on holiday.

I agree that it is good for your feet. You get less fungal disease and bunions, corns etc but you do get dry heels in which dirt can become encrusted. This is easily remedied by a daily bath or shower using a pumice stone on said feet. Come on, surely most aussies shower daily. It can't be that much of a hygiene risk.

JoanL

Barefoot feels great on nice grass etc, and it was the right thing to do in the olden days before sharp-stony paths, broken glass etc

My lads used to play out barefoot, but more than once I've had to take them to the Doc to have something sharp removed from a very sore foot! Then there's the horror of bindii etc.

So - I never allowed them to go barefoot in the end. At least it means their feet fit OK into normal shoes.

katsmajic

Can i add that although i am happiest barefoot - i dont go further than my postbox/drive without thongs/shoes on!
I have driven koh to work barefoot but i wouldnt go out out...
seb loves running round barefoot as his newest best mate next door is always barefoot at home - but both wear shoes/sandles when out.

girls dont leave their rooms without something on their feet as theyre sure a snake/spider/scorpion is waiting to get them somewhere still..

Rastis

When I was a Kid, a while ago now! I rarely wore shoes, not even to primary school, not many kids did. Now days though if I'm out and about, least I will wear is thongs... well most of the time.

Dennis The Menace

So what are you saying ? Don't shoes/ boots or any other kind of footware bring dirt and grime into your house I bet where you live everyone leaves their footware at the front door and has a foot spa at the entrance to their Mansion