There's no such thing as cheap shoes
I once bought a pair of canvas deck shoes from Millets for a pound. Delighted with my bargain, I wore them home and to the pub. That evening, a little pissed, I took them off and crawled into bed. I couldn't sleep. The unholiest stench I've ever smelled was seeping from the shoes into my room - it was so pungent and stomach churning I had to open the window and throw the shoes outside. Then, to make matters worse, I had to go and clean my feet in the shower and slept with the duvet propped up at the bottom so the residual smell escaped that way rather than out past my nostrils. Since then I've always bought leather or suede shoes, and my feet haven't smelled since.
( emvee cruor deo cruoris, Fri 21 May 2010, 15:24, 3 replies)

A cheap pair of shoes
which were also slightly too small caused a toenail to be damaged at the base, 4 1/2 painful years later it's still weird - broken toenails take ages to heal!! Therefore this is v good advice.
( zozamaroo, Fri 21 May 2010, 19:53, closed)

I would wholeheartedly agree with you
were it not for the exception that proved the rule
when I was eleven, I bought a pair of dunlop green flash for £1 that lasted me for around three years and were great. The modern version fails to hold a candle to them.
If I had a time machine, I'd go back and by all the stock the shop had
( mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Fri 21 May 2010, 22:16, closed)

Aah, The trainers of our youth are, in retrospect, glorious compared to the footwear of our old age. Or maybe you're just walking funny now, If I could walk that way I wouldn't need talcum powder.
(Benzyl, Sat 22 May 2010, 20:33, closed)