# Flipper the Thorpedo **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 16, 2000, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flipper-the-thorpedo/33437 "2000-09-16T22:15:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2000, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flipper-the-thorpedo/33437/1 "2000-09-16T22:15:10Z")
Ian Thorpe, Australian olympic swimmer…size 17 feet? holy shit…if the correlation is true…you just KNOW that this 17 year old kid has got to be getting more tail than a toilet seat Feeling rather puny with my 10 1/2 dogs Any dopers with big ass feet out there? ---
**Author:** ![Mamapotomus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@Mamapotomus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mamapotomus)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2000, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flipper-the-thorpedo/33437/2 "2000-09-16T22:20:40Z")
Size 17??? Is that metric or something? Holy cow, I’ll bet he looks like a giant “L”. Sadly, in my experience there is **no** feet/penis size correlation. Big (well, small) disappointment… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2000, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flipper-the-thorpedo/33437/3 "2000-09-16T22:25:47Z")
And he’s a swimmer? “Hey, that’s not fair, he’s using fins!” “Uh, no I’m not.” “Ooops.” ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2000, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flipper-the-thorpedo/33437/4 "2000-09-16T22:32:49Z")
No wonder he gets through water so fast, with that kind of surface area he can probably just run on top. ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2000, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flipper-the-thorpedo/33437/5 "2000-09-16T22:34:02Z")
yep…size 17… > **[Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games | NBC Olympics](https://www.nbcolympics.com/?%2Fnews%2Fsw%2F2000%2F01%2F25thorpe.html)** > > Visit NBCOlympics.com for Winter Olympics live streams, highlights, schedules, results, news, athlete bios and more from Beijing 2022. ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2000, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flipper-the-thorpedo/33437/6 "2000-09-17T03:10:28Z")
I’m just thinking it’s all a part of human evolution… the guy is just _built_ to swim. By Gawd, I’ve been watching the Olympics this evening, and the kid is remarkable. BTW, I’ve got pretty big feet for a girl my height–I’m 5’5", and wear a size 10. ---
**Author:** ![Mamapotomus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@Mamapotomus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mamapotomus)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2000, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flipper-the-thorpedo/33437/7 "2000-09-17T04:33:21Z")
HA! I’ve got ya beat, **JavaMaven1**. I’m 5’2", size 10 shoes. Well, sorta tied at least. [rant]Everytime I pick up a fashion mag and they’re raving about a strappy little Manolo Blahnik sling back pump I want to barf. When spring comes around and shoe stores are filled with little bitty sandals I plod over to the Birkenstock aisle, hoping someday there will be cute shoes for not-so-cute feet.[/rant] Thanks for letting me vent… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2000, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flipper-the-thorpedo/33437/8 "2000-09-17T04:53:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mamapotomus \* > \*\*When spring comes around and shoe stores are filled with little bitty sandals I plod over to the Birkenstock aisle, hoping someday there will be cute shoes for not-so-cute feet.[/rant] > Thanks for letting me vent… 🙂 \*\* Shoe manufacturers just figure that if we didn’t want to wear ugly shoes we wouldn’t have grown our feet so damn big. It’s our own fault. (Size 11 WW - and I still can’t swim worth a damn) ---
**Author:** ![Freyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freyr/32/5763_2.png) [@Freyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freyr)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2000, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flipper-the-thorpedo/33437/9 "2000-09-17T07:06:46Z")
…but I’ve done my own, albeit informal, survey of foot size to penis size, and I can say, after looking over several hundred, there’s no correlation between the two! ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2000, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flipper-the-thorpedo/33437/10 "2000-09-17T15:03:56Z")
did I mention that I have MASSIVE hands, ladies ? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dpr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8797f3/32.png) [@dpr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dpr)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2000, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flipper-the-thorpedo/33437/11 "2000-09-18T00:19:39Z")
If the foot/penis correlation was true you americans would also be complaining about him using a winged keel again to win in the pool too huh? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![purrplebear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@purrplebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purrplebear)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2000, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flipper-the-thorpedo/33437/12 "2000-09-18T03:35:40Z")
Gunslinger, LOL!! Thanks, I almost ended up with Diet Coke on the screen! You too, Wolfman! 😃 Mamapotomus, I know what you mean, and I only wear a 9.5-10, depending on the shoe. And, I’m 5’7", btw. InternetLegend, so _that’s_ what’s wrong! It all makes sense now. 😛 Freyr: several _ **hundred** _? :eek: I’m not sure I want to know why so many. How old are you, if I may be so bold? beagledave, Hmmmm… No, you haven’t. Maybe it’s time you and I get to know each other… 😉 dpr, buddy, that’s just _mean_! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2000, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flipper-the-thorpedo/33437/13 "2000-09-18T03:47:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by beagledave \* > \*\*Ian Thorpe, Australian olympic swimmer…size 17 feet? holy shit…if the correlation is true…you just KNOW that this 17 year old kid has got to be getting more tail than a toilet seat > > Feeling rather puny with my 10 1/2 dogs > > Any dopers with big ass feet out there? \*\* Well, I have size 10 feet. [women’s shoes] Damn, I’m sorry but I gotta stop watching the olympics soon. I already am having some sexual fantasy dreams about Ian Thorpe, and those twins on the men’s US gymnastics team. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2000, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flipper-the-thorpedo/33437/14 "2000-09-18T03:49:57Z")
And yes, he does look _very_ nice in those swim outfits of his. 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 😃 ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2000, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flipper-the-thorpedo/33437/15 "2000-09-18T04:02:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by JavaMaven1 \* > **I’m just thinking it’s all a part of human evolution… the guy is just _built_ to swim.** Well, that’s the thing, isn’t it? If he wasn’t built so suitably to swim so well, then he _wouldn’t_ swim so well, and he’d just be some ordinary guy.