My Big Hairy Toes

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My Toes

Toe Facts..!!!

That's Amaaaazing

Random Joke

(Medical) Word to your Mother

The Thoughts of Chairman Anyhow

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Wiggle my toes

Just see if I can

I quite like my feet

In fact, I'm a fan

My big toe is huge

And a little bit hairy

I'm not sure it's mine

I think it’s too scary

Perhaps at some time

My foot it was chewed

By a werewolf mistaking

my tootsies for  food

Or I may be a hobbit

But I think I'm too tall

Or a clown with big shoes

With a nose like a ball

So I'll wiggle my toes

And throw off my socks

Boy I live on the “edge”

My life it sure rocks

One quarter of your body’s bones are in your feet. Each normal foot has 33 joints, 26 bones, 19 muscles, and 107 ligaments. (Some people have 28 bones in each foot, and people born with extra toes, thanks to polydactylism, have even more.)

If your whole foot touches the floor when you stand, you have flat feet. Young children usually have them, because their foot bones, tendons, and ligaments haven’t yet formed arches.

It’s normal for some people to never develop arches, but flat feet can cause pain. On the other hand, well-aligned flat feet can be helpful, because they support the body’s weight over a bigger area.

Fully 75 percent of people have foot problems. For example, 60 percent of foot injuries in people 18 and over are sprains and strains.

In other, grosser news, 5 percent of Americans have corns and callouses, and the same number have fungal infections of the feet and ingrown toenails.

Speaking of toenails, they grow much more slowly than fingernails do.

Skin on the soles of your feet is thicker than it is anywhere else on you.

Each foot has more than 250,000 sweat glands, and they can produce up to half a pint of moisture a day!

Walking is the best exercise for your feet, and it’s also a great way to get overall exercise for your body: it boosts circulation and helps you burn calories.

Standing still is way more tiring than walking, because you only use a few muscles when you’re still, whereas walking distributes the weight and effort over more muscles.

THAT'S AMAAAAZING

Robert Wadlow (USA, 1918 - 1940), the tallest ever man, wore US size 37AA shoes (UK size 36 or approximately a European size 75), equivalent to 47cm (18½ in) long.

RANDOM JOKE OF THE DAY

Bought some shoes made out of Lego,  now when you step on a piece of Lego it doesn’t hurt. You just get taller.

(Medical) Word to your Mother

Ingrown toenail

If you want to go Greek, it’s onychocryptosis (“hidden nail”), but if you prefer Latin, stick with unguis incarnatus (“nail in flesh”).


THE THOUGHTS OF CHAIRMAN ANYHOW...

I wonder if when Marcel Marceau fills official forms out if he always ticks the 'Prefer not to say' box.

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