two whole feet

Jordan reminded me that I needed to post the results of the "domestic bliss" quiz.

Pairs of shoes in the mudroom: fifteen.

Brenda had the closest guess, weighing in with eighteen. (Notably, this winning guess was made under what I suspect was caffeine deprivation.) The next closest guess was eleven, made by Jenn C.

My husband's shoe size: twelve.

The closest guess was eleven, made by both Jordan and Judy.

Props to Heather, who knew exactly how many pairs of shoes my husband goes through in a year (2.5 pairs, or 1250 miles).

I Hate Toast speculated that each shoe is "a skanky petri dish." I confess that I did not have the guts to culture them, but I'm sure she's right, especially since she has marathon experience.

Dorothy, my top commenter, made the lowest guess for shoe size. Mike said that I should have leveled the playing field by telling everyone how tall he is (just shy of 6' 2", or 1.87 meters). Thanks, Dorothy, for being game, as always!

And Rebecca left me with yet another justification for the space my stash takes up. Sure, my husband has about 20 linear feet of sheet music, but I had neglected to realize the shoes were also taking up a fair amount of space.

Comments

[zeska]

My husband doesn't take up much space in shoes, but he has tons of computer stuff stored in our home (mostly old computers from 80s and such). I'm being very careful not to get rid of too much of it, since him having so much stuff makes me feel better of having a bit more of yarn and tons of books...

[Rebecca H.]

Why is a recording of the well-tempered clavier nestled between his ankles?

[IHateToast]

my husband was influenced by a project in readymade and we now have our 10 pairs (his and mine) up off the floor in the laundry room. his are skanky: mine, mildly putrid. it's the same room with the litter box, so it's a swirl of olifactory yum.

i also think men can be divided into two groups: flintstone toes and spider monkey toes. your husband is a spider monkey man.

[Dorothy B]

Ah well, you never win if you never try.

I don't know that I would culture our shoes/boots either although running shoes would have more air going through them and if allowed to completely dry out and weren't worn for three or more days, they may not have as much bacteria or fungal matter as you would think they did. Give it a shot. You've probably handled much worse in the lab. The thought may be the worst thing about his shoes.

[Brenda]

Thanks for the results. It's amazing the things we collect, isn't it? Shoes and sheet music, what a combination.