# I have long toes. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 17, 2012, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-long-toes/616075 "2012-03-17T20:59:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2012, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-long-toes/616075/1 "2012-03-17T20:59:23Z")
I was looking at them, and they’re long. My left index toe is almost two inches long. That’s a long toe. Big toe is longer, but it’s not as skinny. Mundane and pointless. I got long toes. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2012, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-long-toes/616075/2 "2012-03-17T21:00:49Z")
Can you do any exceptional things with your toes? Write a letter? Knit? Shuffle cards? Maybe they wouldn’t be so pointless then. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2012, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-long-toes/616075/3 "2012-03-17T21:01:37Z")
This ain’t a joke on my username, I do actually have long toes. ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2012, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-long-toes/616075/4 "2012-03-17T21:05:32Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > Can you do any exceptional things with your toes? Write a letter? Knit? Shuffle cards? Maybe they wouldn’t be so pointless then. > > 😃 I wish I could, but they all seem to work as one. I can flex the big toe, without the other four, and I flex the the other four without the pinky, but I can’t flex the pinky without the other four. So no toe piano. ---
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2012, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-long-toes/616075/5 "2012-03-17T21:15:22Z")
It would be cool if you could reverse some evolution and learn how to hang from a bar or something. Or you could learn to throw some shit. That would work too. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2012, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-long-toes/616075/6 "2012-03-17T22:17:32Z")
In the interest of science, I just put a rule between my big toe and its nearest neighbor. (to the nearest 1/8") Big toe 1.75" Neighbor: 1.375" I wear size 10.5 EEE shoes (US). ---
**Author:** ![emcee2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@emcee2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emcee2k)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2012, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-long-toes/616075/7 "2012-03-17T22:22:26Z")
My index toe is longer than my big toe. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2012, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-long-toes/616075/8 "2012-03-17T22:54:14Z")
My second toe and middle toe are both longer than my big toe. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2012, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-long-toes/616075/9 "2012-03-17T22:55:48Z")
Can you throw gang signs with them? ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-long-toes/616075/10 "2012-03-18T04:29:13Z")
What do you consider long? (Wiggles eyebrows.) ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-long-toes/616075/11 "2012-03-18T04:36:32Z")
You know what they say about someone with long toes… That’s right. Hairy elbows. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-long-toes/616075/12 "2012-03-18T04:48:14Z")
> [@emcee2k](#): > > My index toe is longer than my big toe. Yes, so is mine. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-long-toes/616075/13 "2012-03-18T05:09:14Z")
I like long toes. I wish mine were longer sometimes (my second toe is only 1.75 inches long), but then I realize that if my toes were longer, I’d have zero chance of finding shoes that fit. ---
**Author:** ![Esox\_Lucius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Esox\_Lucius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esox_Lucius)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-long-toes/616075/14 "2012-03-18T05:37:04Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > My second toe and middle toe are both longer than my big toe. Dittoe. Really. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-long-toes/616075/15 "2012-03-18T05:44:52Z")
I’m packing 2.5 inches on the left index toe shorty. It’s a good 1/3 of an inch longer than my big toe. It either means I’m a werewolf or good in bed. I can grasp a full size old school IBM keyboard between my big toe and my index toe left or right and wave it around the room. How I came to know this, I shall not say. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-long-toes/616075/16 "2012-03-18T16:24:27Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > In the interest of science, I just put a rule between my big toe and its nearest neighbor. …toe pick. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-long-toes/616075/17 "2012-03-18T16:27:56Z")
> [@emcee2k](#): > > My index toe is longer than my big toe. > [@Jenaroph](#): > > My second toe and middle toe are both longer than my big toe. > [@Dallas\_Jones](#): > > Yes, so is mine. > [@Esox\_Lucius](#): > > Dittoe. > > Really. That’s called Morton’s toe. > **[Morton's toe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton's_toe)** > > Morton's toe, also known as Greek toe, is the condition of having a first metatarsal bone that is shorter than the second metatarsal (see diagram). It is a type of brachymetatarsia. This condition is the result of a premature closing of the first metatarsal's growth plate, resulting in a short big toe, giving the second toe the appearance of being long compared to the first toe.\[medical citation needed\] > The metatarsal bones behind the toes are of different lengths, and the relative lengths vary ... ---
**Author:** ![Toxylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-long-toes/616075/18 "2012-03-18T16:32:03Z")
Damn it, **astro** :). I skimmed through the thread and was all prepared to shine…My left index toe is 57 mm, or 2.24" long. People often (amazingly enough) comment on the length of my toes. As my shoe size is very average, I think I really do have exceptionally long toes, proportionally. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-long-toes/616075/19 "2012-03-18T17:55:24Z")
I also have very long toes - “They’re practically fingers!” I hear a lot. I can pinch really hard with them. 🙂 I’ll measure later, I am at work and in combat boots ---
**Author:** ![florez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b9e5f3/32.png) [@florez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/florez)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2012, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-long-toes/616075/20 "2012-03-18T18:26:21Z")
This is silly, but I have heard that there are toe readers, like there are palm readers, and you can learn the wonders of your unique nature by letting a practitioner of this art read your feet. I would be way to embarrassed to allow this sort of thing, as my big toes looks like giant light bulbs, and the four smaller toes on either side are abnormally short. Forgive the TMI, but I couldn’t resist sharing.