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Old 03-10-2005, 06:16 PM
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Which toe is longer?

Your big toe, or the second toe in?
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Old 03-10-2005, 06:34 PM
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They're about the same. My big toe is just a little bit bigger.
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Old 03-10-2005, 06:35 PM
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Index toe. By a good percentage.
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Old 03-10-2005, 06:41 PM
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Big toe.
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Old 03-10-2005, 06:46 PM
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My second toe. And it's wayyy too long. I actually cannot wear some shoes because my freakishly long second toe does not fit in them, which makes it impossible for me to order shoes from catalogues or online!
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Old 03-10-2005, 07:28 PM
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Hmm, just in case this is gender influenced, please indicate your gender.

(I'm a guy)
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Old 03-10-2005, 07:32 PM
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The second, by a slight margin.
(female)
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Old 03-10-2005, 07:48 PM
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Heh. You actually started a thread about it.
This question derives from a discussion about Uma Thurman's feet. It was pointed out that her second toe is longer than her big toe (ala Kill Bill: "Wiggle your big toe." Um. Which one does she mean?).
My big toe is longer by a little bit. My baby toes are stunted, but I've broken both of them, so that may be the reason.
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Old 03-10-2005, 07:53 PM
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I have the dreaded Morton's Toe, sadly.
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Old 03-10-2005, 07:58 PM
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I'm female, by the way.
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Old 03-10-2005, 08:05 PM
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I'm female, by the way.
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Old 03-10-2005, 08:23 PM
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Second toe a good bit longer, and not even a lttle sad about it.

Isn't that how shoes are shaped?

Would you want your thumbs to be longer than your index fingers as well?

male, btw
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Old 03-10-2005, 09:01 PM
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Equal on left foot, big toe slightly longer on right. Male.
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Old 03-10-2005, 09:07 PM
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Male. Second toe is much longer. I can pick up a croquet ball with my feet(between first and second toes). I can fling golf balls with startling accuracy.
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Old 03-10-2005, 10:06 PM
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Male, second toe by a wide margin. In fact, it is identical in length and width to another part of my body.








What? I'm talking about my pinkie, ya sicko!
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Old 03-10-2005, 11:32 PM
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Second toe, but it's a very close thing.
I'm female.
FWIW, I'm one of the minority of females whose ring finger is significantly longer than her index finger.
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Old 03-10-2005, 11:54 PM
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Male, second toe by a wide margin. In fact, it is identical in length and width to another part of my body.



What? I'm talking about my pinkie, ya sicko!
Oddly enough same here. Also the pinkie... no not that "pinky", the finger one.
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Old 03-10-2005, 11:59 PM
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Male,

The bottom of my big toe, is level with the top of my pinky toe.
My toes are literally a slant from the big toe being the longest to the pinky being the smaller.
Its a wonder I can stand up.
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Old 03-11-2005, 06:27 AM
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Second toe, but it's a very close thing.
I'm female.
FWIW, I'm one of the minority of females whose ring finger is significantly longer than her index finger.
Are you gay by any chance? Not that I have a clue, just recall an article on this recently where it's supposed to be some sort of indicator in women.
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Old 03-11-2005, 07:22 AM
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Straight female. 2nd toe much longer than big toe, ring finger much longer than index finger.
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Old 03-11-2005, 07:31 AM
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Male. Second toe is much longer. I can pick up a croquet ball with my feet(between first and second toes). I can fling golf balls with startling accuracy.
This is me too. I often clean up the house using my feet to pick things up. All of my siblings are blessed in the same way.
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Old 03-11-2005, 07:59 AM
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Are you gay by any chance? Not that I have a clue, just recall an article on this recently where it's supposed to be some sort of indicator in women.
Wow! SCIENCE!

My second toe is shorter than my big toe. I am a woman.
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Old 03-11-2005, 08:10 AM
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Second toe, but it's a very close thing.
I'm female.
FWIW, I'm one of the minority of females whose ring finger is significantly longer than her index finger.
I never realised but I have a longer ring finger too, but only on left hand - the right hand they're pretty much of a muchness. Looking again I guess it's not significantly but only slightly longer

Anyway, longer second toe (both feet), obviously but not uncomfortably.

(IIRC there was a thread on the ethnic origins of longer second toes during the summer)
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Old 03-11-2005, 09:12 AM
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My left middle toe is shorter than the big toe next to it, but the right middle toe is longer.

I'm a freak, I tell ya! But I love picking up stuff with my toes.
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Old 03-11-2005, 09:38 AM
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My big toe is longest, but my sister's second toe is longest by at least half an inch. I used to tease her by telling her that her freaky second toe was proof that she was a werewolf.
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Old 03-11-2005, 09:46 AM
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Why, oh WHY did I open this thread? I knew opening this thread would be a mistake. The whole second toe longer than the big toe seriously gives me the oogies. Yuck yuck yuck.

LilMiss's second toe is substantially longer than her big toe. You add that to the fact that she has finger looking toes... EUW! She finds perverse pleasure in sticking her toes in my face just to see me pale even more than my Casper visage will allow. Mean little kid.

My big toe is longer than my second toe. My pinky toes curl over enough so you can't see the itsy bitsy nails. And I'm female.
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Old 03-11-2005, 09:48 AM
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Male here. My first toe is slightly longer, though I wish it were otherwise. I love Morton's toes.
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Old 03-11-2005, 10:09 AM
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I think I read somewhere that if the second toe is longer, it's called "the Egyptian toe."
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Old 03-11-2005, 11:21 AM
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Male, both second toes are longer.

I dimly remember hearing that the ancient Greeks considered a long second toe sexy. Unfortunately, there's a shortage of ancient Greeks around here...
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Old 03-11-2005, 12:01 PM
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I dimly remember hearing that the ancient Greeks considered a long second toe sexy. Unfortunately, there's a shortage of ancient Greeks around here...
Well I'm not Greek, but I find it sexy. Not that you probably care...

Frankly, I think this is the first I'm hearing that some people find it icky. I always thought it was sort of the ideal. Or at least a desirable trait, like dimples or something.
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Old 03-11-2005, 12:47 PM
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I think I read somewhere that if the second toe is longer, it's called "the Egyptian toe."
Hmmm....Egyptian....Egypt....camels...

Are you sure we're talking about the same kind of toe?
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