# Missing toe **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 4, 2013, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-toe/668032 "2013-09-04T23:50:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-toe/668032/21 "2013-09-05T11:37:37Z")
> [@usedtobe](#): > > This is my question as well. > > My guess: > Laws regarding proper disposal of human remains are state, not federal. > Alaska, being as how many parts are far from neat, tidy facilities, has no such laws - requiring people to dig a hole in Arctic ice is really a dumb idea, so there are no state laws. > > Notice the toe was black (not negroid, black) - that was frostbitten in all probability. > Such things are probably readily available in Dawson AK. It’s Canada not Alaska And if anyone is interested I found the Sourtoe Cocktail Club: A history of the toes used for the aforementioned drink [http://www.sourtoecocktailclub.com/rip.html](http://www.sourtoecocktailclub.com/rip.html) ---
**Author:** ![April\_R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@April\_R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/April_R)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-toe/668032/22 "2013-09-05T11:45:28Z")
And after reading that I admit being wrong about how most of the toes came to be amputated. Seems it is a variety of reasons, not just frostbite ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-toe/668032/23 "2013-09-05T12:06:45Z")
Surely eating a lil piggie isn’t kosher, right? ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-toe/668032/24 "2013-09-05T12:30:19Z")
> [@toofs](#): > > You want a toe? I can get you a toe, believe me. There are ways, Dude. You don’t wanna know about it, believe me. Nah, getting a replacement is easy. Call for a toe truck. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-toe/668032/25 "2013-09-05T12:32:49Z")
Pretty effin’ weird way to get your kicks, with someone else’s toe. ---
**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-toe/668032/26 "2013-09-05T15:56:09Z")
And this little piggy went to the bar… ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2013, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-toe/668032/27 "2013-09-05T17:25:57Z")
> [@toofs](#): > > You want a toe? I can get you a toe, believe me. There are ways, Dude. You don’t wanna know about it, believe me. Can you get me one by 3 o’clock? I kinda promised this guy in a coffee shop. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/missing-toe/668032.md?page=1)