How to remove shit from your shoe

So today I inadvertently splashed my shoe in somewhere a dog had done its thing. And it stank. The stench, after a couple of minutes of being in my car, was nauseating. I needed to get that stuff out... but how?

At 27 I still hadn't learn how to do it. About once every couple of years I pull this stunt, and usually I drag my foot on the ground, preferably somewhere grassy. And the minute I get home I put them in the balcony and ask the house maid to clean them. But this time, I'm alone in my rented bedroom in Lisbon... no maid in sight, in fact, no one in sight at all. As usual, cleaning them by myself doesn't get me very far: I put them in the sink (the bathroom sink), pour the water and scrub them, first with my hand and then with a sponge. Some of it scrubs off, but a lot still remains in the cracks of the sole (it was a sport shoe).

Damn, if only wikihow did an article on this... I SO need it right now. More so because I had no more shoes in house. Even more so as in half an hour I was going to meet Tania and her grandmother. But Aha!, I found the answer. Yes, The Answer™, and I'll share it with you. That is, the moment I know how to write it in English... It's "piaçá" in Portuguese. Hmm. Well, apparently, it's called "toilet scrub brush" or "bowl brush". I mean, it only makes sense, right? Its prime use is for cleaning shit anyway...


For the personal joazito touch, I added liquid soap and away I scrubbed. It was clean in a matter of seconds.


I'm so full of shit, aren't I? Well, a bit less, thanks to the method above. Take care.