"I'm feeling the needing of wiggling my toes."
Okay, this is very odd.
I got an e-mail today, asking me about...are you ready for this... My TOES?
How strange is that.

Evidently, someone found my "100 things about me" list and was particularly interested in # 10. I can pick objects off the floor with my toes (is there a word for that?)

Here is a copy of the e-mail. Verbatim.
Honestly, people, I couldn't make this shit up if I tried.
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Hi, i found your contact with Google!, i'm looking for
people having particulary prehensible ans spreadable
toes for a study publishing in France.

You can help me in my task simply replying the
following questions.
If you can, pictures would be really useful to me for
questions 4, 6, 7 and 8. A footprint would be great
too (insole picture for example...).

Thank you for you time !

1. How old are you ?

2. Where do you live ?

3. What is you shoe size ?

4. Which sport(s) do you practise ?

4. Are your toes particular (very long big toe, second
toe longest, curled, deviated, etc...) ?

5. What is your "foot life style" ?
a. Do you wear closed or opened shoes everyday ?

b. When you have to wear open shoes do you feel the
needing of wiggling your toes ?

c. Do you walk barefoot as soon as possible ?

6. Do you often use your toes to accomplish ordinary
handy tasks and if yes wich ones ?

7. How far can you spread your toes out (approximate
distance between each toe) ? Do you have the same
possiblity with your 2 feet ?

8. How far can you spread your big toe from all others
(to use it like a thumb) ?

9. Can you wiggle each (or just somes) of your toes
independantly from others ?

10. Your comments !
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I'm dying here!!!
First off, this sounds like a foot fetishist, NOT a real study.
Somehow this doesn't sound very "scientific" to me. What the hell kind of study is this anyhow?
And do you see the part where they want me to send PICTURES? Um, yeah, like THAT's going to happen any time soon!

Who knew I had a "foot life style!" I wonder if my toes are out partying without me when I'm not looking!
I definitely think that "I'm feeling the needing of wiggling my toes" is going to become a new catch phrase around here for a while, Bwah!

And, can I just say "Handy tasks"??? with my toes, wouldn't those be appropriately called "footy tasks"?

Well, time enough for me to ponder these and other mysteries of life today. I have to take the kids to school now. We have what we call a "fucking minimum day" today, where I have to make the 25 mile drive to and from my childrens school twice in a matter of hours because the teachers neeeeeeeed a half day to get all their crap done. *sigh*

I'll have plenty of driving time to compose my reply letter to the foot fetishist in my mind!
Way to make me feel like a FREAK, you foot fetish letter writing French bastard!

Back soon! I wiggle my toes in your general direction!





09.22.05 @ 07:07 AM PST [link]