Ped Egg: the good, the bad…whatever
Well, looks like I got sucked in by another Walgreens marketing ploy. So weak….I’m so weak! May I refer you to the time I came walking outta there with all the cool stuff they had at the checkout line…kinda like on Dumb and Dumber when Jim Carrey came out of the store wearing a giant cowboy hat, carrying boxes full of pinwheels and playing with a paddle ball. I had a relapse. Peep this:
I was zooming through the aisles on one of those mortorized scooters they have at the front for disabled customers. Hey, I was a customer….I did too many lunges. Are we gonna split hairs here? Anyways, I was at the corner of 7B and Cosmetics waiting to turn when I saw it. The Ped Egg. "As Seen on TV" Ped Egg. Yeah, that’s the one. I tried to ignore it, but it was all like, "Hey, what are you doing tonight? Why don’t we go back to your place" The rest is history.
Long story short….that thing works! If you haven’t seen the commercial or heard about it, it’s basically a foot file shaped like an egg and catches all the dusty crap inside. First of all…gross…I don’t know where all that stuff came from. It was sorta like ear candling. Anybody done that? Where does all THAT stuff come from?
So I guess I overdid it. I know….soooo unlike me. I over Ped-Egged. Yesterday I knew my feet felt really sensitive, but I went to the track anyways. I was doing different stuff on the field , which is astro turf and has that rubber infill stuff. All the friction was too much for my feet, with all the changing directions. I figured it was pretty bouncy so I just figured I’d quit my crying and take my shoes off and eliminate the shoe friction. Genius!
Good idea til I realized how hot those little black rubber pieces got in the sun. It was like walking on fire, but I chose that over the shoe friction. All was good til I spotted a safety pin on the field. Shoes back on!!
Lesson here is, if you plan on working out, don’t over exfoliate your feet. The women in those nail shops aren’t gonna tell you that. I bet there are people who have to ride around in those scooter in stores b/c they over ped egged. I wonder if I could put some bumper stickers on the back of my scooter, maybe hang some fuzzy dice. "If you’re gonna drink and drive, drink a DQ shake"—that’s a good one! Of course, I worked at DQ all through high school so I’m biased. Besides, half those people operating those scooters are wasted. Yeah, that bumper sticker is pretty lame.
July 18, 2008 at 3:45 pm
You’ve been warning about over exfoliating the feet and then working out for 22 years now. I don’t believe it. I’m going to try this myself! I just don’t care about foot health anymore.
July 20, 2008 at 7:21 am
It’s a little known fact that there are some other….shall we say bizarre…uses for the Ped Egg. They are very controversial and if I were to reveal them here it would just open the door for possible legal action should anyone become disfigured or possible even dead from attempting them and neither of us needs that given our past legal difficulties.
July 20, 2008 at 7:56 am
Ped-Egg should come with a warning label from the surgeon general. Warning: Over use of this product can lead to addictive foot scrapping. I know, I’ve done it. Actually, had to join ped-egg annonomous. LOL.
July 20, 2008 at 8:24 am
Reminds me of the time I was in Pic-N-Save trying out the skateboards and sampling all of the expired bags of cheddar popcorn, when suddenly a voice from above became audible: "Scott, this is your Mom, it is time to go!" Not knowing what to do as a frightened 7 year old, I turned and followed my Mom out of the store….Yeah, that was a weird event in my life for sure!
July 20, 2008 at 6:23 pm
LOL, yay for DQ employment!! I worked there, too, as well as Togo’s (like Subway, but better). Ped Egg works for sure, but I agree that there should be some light or something that lets you know when to stop!! The first time I used one I went to the beach afterwards - NOT very fun!! But it does make the feetsies soft!
Not too sure about the Clever Clasp, though…
July 20, 2008 at 6:55 pm
wow, thank you for your review. I have never done anything like that, and I have seen that (on TV AND in stores! lol) and wondered if it works. If I get one I will use it in moderation. Dave wants to use it to zest oranges and/or lemons. As for the hot astro turf… wow. Just like the hot coals from "Kung Fu."
July 22, 2008 at 1:52 pm
LMAOOOOOOOO!!! I always see those things at the impulse buyer section of Linen N Things. I keep my feet smooth with regular pedicures - but one time, I got this pyschotic woman who kept filing my heels down to no end. I cried out in pain at one point, and she let out this cackle!I kid you not, she looked happy at the sight of me in pain. Damn pyschotic b!tch…
July 23, 2008 at 5:47 am
ear candling rocks!!!!!! you should definately try it some time, but not in conjunction with the PED-Egg. Might be sensory overload.
July 24, 2008 at 7:28 pm
Maybe try this next time: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25783483?GT1=43001
:D