College showers!

[Quad]

i've heard everyone say WEAR SLIPPERS IN THE SHOWERS.........does that mean wear slippers while walking to the shower? or wear them while showering?

 

[iamwiz82]

both. Athlete's foot runs rampant in college showers.

 

[kami]

not slippers, but flip flops. Would you really wear slippers IN the shower?

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: kami
not slippers, but flip flops. Would you really wear slippers IN the shower?

water shoes are considered slippers, arent they? Slippers are any low shoe that can be slipped on or off.

 

[Ameesh]

defintly wer em, dont even think twice about this.

 

[Parrotheader]

When I hear slippers I think bunny slippers. I imagine two big wet stuffed animals around your feet probably doesn't feel all that natural when taking a shower.

But yes, definitely wear flip-flops or some sort of rubber sandals.

 

[RossMAN]

Slippers = soft feather like bunny slippers

Flip flops is the correct term or thongs (I think?)

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Slippers = soft feather like bunny slippers

Flip flops is the correct term or thongs (I think?)

i'm gonna break out the dictionary.

 

Originally posted by: iamwiz82
both. Athlete's foot runs rampant in college showers.

F'sho. I wore flip flops religiously in the bathroom during my college orientation and I still came out of there with some sort of itchy thing behind my ears.

You won't contract anything serious from the showers, but it's just disgusting to think about not wearing sandals.

 

[txgixer]

fork out the dough and rent an apartment with your own BR

otherwise, duct tape some plastic baggies around your feet at the ankles

 

[RossMAN]

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Slippers = soft feather like bunny slippers

Flip flops is the correct term or thongs (I think?)

i'm gonna break out the dictionary.

and you'll prove that I'm right, so what am I missing here?

 

[nachiketa1]

I had a pair Nike soccer sandals (flip-flops) my freshman year that I would wear in the showers, hallways, dorm room, and outdoors. I'm in my senior year now and still wear them, they're pretty durable.

 

[Quad]

sorry! my bad, i didn't mean those fluffy cotton thingies some people wear to bed. i meant something along the lines of rubber sandels

 

[rh71]

Yeah, wear slippers while in the shower. I've heard horror stories. However, I went without slippers throughout 4 years of college and never had a problem. I don't think I'd take the chance again though...

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: rh71
Yeah, wear slippers while in the shower. I've heard horror stories. However, I went without slippers throughout 4 years of college and never had a problem. I don't think I'd take the chance again though...

Of course the flipside is that I never once skipped out on wearing sandals in the shower and somehow I managed to get athlete's foot late into my senior year.

 

[Platypus]

WEAR THEM.

 

[amnesiac]

if you're really scared about contracting athlete's foot, dip your feet in a water/bleach solution for a few seconds after your shower. That will kill the fungus before it starts growing on you.

 

[iamwiz82]

Originally posted by: RossMAN

Originally posted by: iamwiz82

Originally posted by: RossMAN
Slippers = soft feather like bunny slippers

Flip flops is the correct term or thongs (I think?)

i'm gonna break out the dictionary.

and you'll prove that I'm right, so what am I missing here?

Main Entry: 2slipper
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from slippen to slip
Date: 15th century
: a light low-cut shoe that is easily slipped on the foot

From webster's dictionary.

 

[Quad]

so you guys are saying wear the flip-flops WHILE showering? wouldn't they get all soapy and wet and ruin you carpet when you go back to your room?

 

[ggavinmoss]

Originally posted by: Quad
so you guys are saying wear the flip-flops WHILE showering? wouldn't they get all soapy and wet and ruin you carpet when you go back to your room?

So wash some water on them when you're getting out -- and take them off before getting in your room.

What kind of college let you in? You can't figure how to get back to your room with wet shoes!?

-geoff

 

[Doggiedog]

Another bit of advice for you college goers in showers:

If anyone ever steals your clothes while in the shower, you can use the curtain to cover your privates.

<== Had clothes taken twice and left a sock by friends waiting in my room with a camera as a gag.

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

Trust me, wear the flip flops until you dry your feet and put socks on. I always did that when I took showers at the hockey rink, and I've seen guys who didn't get athlete's foot

-Ice

 

[ggavinmoss]

Originally posted by: Ameesh
defintly wer em, dont even think twice about this.

Definitely. Athlete's foot is bad enough, but something like a plantar's wart... ick. Gross.

-geoff

 

[Lucky]

i was lazy in college, never wore flip flops for two years and it didnt hurt me one bit.

 

[Hooligan]

OMG, I'm going to be living up in the high rises next year and I'm going to be using a communal bathrooms!!!!!!!

*runs to find flip flops*