The Off Topic Topic

[HVC]

i get dry countries and not taking off shoes, but isn't the UK wet? dirty shoes have to be the norm.

Dry shoes are also filthy. Take them off.

i'm thinking more like tracking in mud and snow.

[The Brain]

In Sweden you normally remove your shoes.

If it's a formal dinner/reception and it's summer and dry you don't, and if the weather is bad you bring along shoes for indoor use and switch to them. You don't go shoeless at a formal dinner.

[Maladict]

Nobody takes their shoes off here, except some places in the countryside and among immigrants.
I usually take my shoes off at home, but not when visiting someone else. I think shoes are considered cleaner than socks, which is debatable of course.

[The Brain]

I think shoes are considered cleaner than socks, which is debatable of course.

What the hell do people do with their socks?

[FunkMonk]

Leaving your shoes on in the house is barbaric. Jesus.

[Grey Fox]

I have indoor & outdoor shoes.

In the summer, unless I need to drive, I mainly go barefoot.

[Habbaku]

I usually take my shoes off at home, but not when visiting someone else. I think shoes are considered cleaner than socks, which is debatable of course.

Debatable, yes, and one side is demonstrably wrong.

[Sheilbh]

I am with Habs on this. Though obviously I'll just follow my host's cues to not cause offence - but judge them severely if they're making the wrong choice

[celedhring]

I find socks more disgusting than shoes, but I guess I'm culturally conditioned that way. Heck, I wear slippers at home so I don't walk around on socks.

[Duque de Bragança]

I think shoes are considered cleaner than socks, which is debatable of course.

What the hell do people do with their socks?

According to Hollywood?
Don't watch American Pie, if you don't really want to know.

[Habbaku]

I am with Habs on this. Though obviously I'll just follow my host's cues to not cause offence - but judge them severely if they're making the wrong choice

Yeah, following decorum is important here. I'm not about to take my shoes off if everyone in the host's family is wearing shoes, but ew. Ew.

[Valmy]

Don't watch American Pie, if you don't really want to know.

Unless you are an early 2000s teenager generally not a good idea anyway.

[Duque de Bragança]

Don't watch American Pie, if you don't really want to know.

Unless you are an early 2000s teenager generally not a good idea anyway.

Not a good idea, a really worse one, would be watching the sequels.

[DGuller]

Even if you use a sock for that, I would assume that you have them washed afterwards before you use them as a foot covering again, right? 

[Razgovory]

Even if you use a sock for that, I would assume that you have them washed afterwards before you use them as a foot covering again, right?

Nah, save money on shoe horns.