My father has been cleaning his shoes in the kitchen sink. With the vegetable brush. They are nice cream suede shoes which he has marked by accident. Apart from the issues surrounding treating suede shoes this way (he has just put vanish platinum on the stain 
) I argued that cleaning his shoes in the kitchen sink, with the vegetable brush, is not at all hygienic. He argued that I was imagining things, as his shoes only have a bit of dust on them, and that's what vegetables would have on them too so it's no worse. He says he has worn these shoes 6 times. Whilst they look relatively new, he did walk the dog in them yesterday - they were out for at least an hour. Who is BU?!?