# Do I have monkey feet? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 22, 2003, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-monkey-feet/190253 "2003-07-22T22:35:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ForumBot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee59a6/32.png) [@ForumBot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ForumBot)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-monkey-feet/190253/41 "2003-07-25T02:10:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mariemarie \* > \*\*Awww, **ForumBot** honey, I meant no offense! Maybe you thought I was being sarcastic. I honestly think it’s funny, humorous, as in make me smile and laugh! And yes it would be very cool 🆒 to show that photo to people, because it’s so original. (I wouldn’t recommend whipping it out at job interviews, but in an informal setting: a party, picnic, game, that sort of thing.) \*\* I think it’d be a bit more creepy than funny to carry a picture of my feet around with me in my wallet. After all, I’ve got the real things in my shoes 😃 ---
**Author:** ![StPaul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/58f4c7/32.png) [@StPaul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StPaul)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-monkey-feet/190253/42 "2003-07-25T02:48:00Z")
On the positive side, if you ever loose a couple fingers they can lop off some of those toes and stick it on your hand. Don’t think of them as monkey feet, think of them as a spare finger supply. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-monkey-feet/190253/43 "2003-07-25T06:23:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by robertwa \* > \*\* > Here’s another thing to freak you out. Because your second toe is longer than your first, not only are you monkeyfooted, you are also pigeon-toed. \*\* I always thought pigeon-toed was when one’s feet point inwards when you stand or walk… my best friend in high school dated a girl with said affliction; I used to ask how long it took her to fly to Trafalgar, but being a Yank she fortunately never got it. A current close friend has what we affectionately describe as goofy feet- his feet point OUTWARD (about a 20 deg. angle from the straight ahead)… You ought to see him ice-skate 😉 Incidentally, I was thinking we should form a Monkeyfooted Dopers group (the Apes of Wrath, maybe?)… Since it was Forumbot who released us all from our monkeyfeet closets, we ought to make him President… ---
**Author:** ![quinoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/a9adbd/32.png) [@quinoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quinoa)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-monkey-feet/190253/44 "2003-07-25T07:40:17Z")
i learned how to spread my toes to have spaces in between them from a yoga class ages ago. i like to do it in front of my brother because he hates feet and thinks it’s freaky. he asked if i could interlock my toes when i put my feet together, like when people pray and interlock their fingers. i’m practicing… anyone out there that can do that? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-monkey-feet/190253/45 "2003-07-25T07:49:12Z")
I can. I can clap with the backs of my feet too… apparently I do it semi-unconsciously when I’m reclined and barefoot… ---
**Author:** ![quinoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/a9adbd/32.png) [@quinoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quinoa)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-monkey-feet/190253/46 "2003-07-25T07:52:50Z")
my brother just said that you indeed have monkey feet. (he says i do too) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-monkey-feet/190253/47 "2003-07-25T13:34:44Z")
One of the first threads I started, way back when, was “Can you pick up things with your toes?” I’ve always had that talent, and never though it was anything abnormal, unique or odd. I’m surprised at people who can’t do it. Now I have a name for my long monkey feet ---
**Author:** ![ForumBot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee59a6/32.png) [@ForumBot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ForumBot)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-monkey-feet/190253/48 "2003-07-25T23:16:08Z")
> [@dutchboy208](#): > > Since it was Forumbot who released us all from our monkeyfeet closets, we ought to make him President… All in favor? > [@Quinoa](#): > > i learned how to spread my toes to have spaces in between them from a yoga class ages ago. i like to do it in front of my brother because he hates feet and thinks it’s freaky. he asked if i could interlock my toes when i put my feet together, like when people pray and interlock their fingers. i’m practicing… anyone out there that can do that? You mean like [this?](http://www.digikitten.com/playhousev2/files/deusex/PDRM0620.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![ForumBot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee59a6/32.png) [@ForumBot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ForumBot)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2003, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-monkey-feet/190253/49 "2003-07-25T23:19:08Z")
Holy crap, this page has gotten close to 2000 views. I wonder what perverse things my feet have been used for _cry_ ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-monkey-feet/190253/50 "2003-07-26T18:00:05Z")
_begins sketching outline of logo for The American League for the Defense of the Simian-Phalanged_ We could have scholarships and everything… Incidentally, I was catching up with some old friends and new acquaintances the other day over a couple of beers and the issue of monkeyfeet came up… I did the interlocking toe thing (I do it with the backs of the feet together, not the soles… how 'bout you lot?) after discreetly kicking off my sandals and everyone went nuts. One girl found it so impressive she gave me her number, presumably so that I can teach her to do it too… ---
**Author:** ![WadeG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d26b3c/32.png) [@WadeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WadeG)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-monkey-feet/190253/51 "2003-07-26T18:06:57Z")
Ladies love hairless feet? I had no idea. It’s actually been my experience that the ladies love **ticklish** feet, much to my dismay. Indeed, maybe I should ask: if my feet are semi-furry and I shriek when they’re relentlessly fingered, mightn’t _that_ qualify as monkey feet? ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-monkey-feet/190253/52 "2003-07-26T18:26:02Z")
Do you hurl bananas at the dastardly ticklers? ---
**Author:** ![WadeG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d26b3c/32.png) [@WadeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WadeG)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-monkey-feet/190253/53 "2003-07-26T18:46:05Z")
Just epithets, mostly. It’s a surprisingly ineffective tactic. ---
**Author:** ![Darwins\_Finch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darwins_finch/32/20304_2.png) [@Darwins\_Finch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darwins_Finch)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-monkey-feet/190253/54 "2003-07-26T20:46:39Z")
I, too, have abnormally long toes, although my big toe is not smaller than my second toe. For reference, my second toe is 3" long, and my pinky toe is 2". Unfortunately, they are not as prehensile as I would like - they tend to dislocate when I bend them overly much. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2003, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-monkey-feet/190253/55 "2003-07-26T21:18:10Z")
You’re a BIRD. You can’t have monkey toes… ---
**Author:** ![WadeG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d26b3c/32.png) [@WadeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WadeG)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2003, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-monkey-feet/190253/56 "2003-07-27T13:06:54Z")
Asked my friends and they volunteered that mine are more “hobbit feet” than “monkey feet.” Don’t know whether to be pleased or not. I’m guessing not. Quickly re-shod myself before any tickling could ensue, though, so all turned out well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-monkey-feet/190253.md?page=2)