Thursday, July 17, 2008

My mutant carnie toe

In 2005 I broke my 3rd toe on my right foot and of course had some x-rays done. You know how in comic books 9 times out of 10 anytime there are x-rays involved something goes all wonky? Well, ever since those x-rays the toe next to my big toe has been growing. Only one of my friends, Trishy, believed me everyone else just laughed and laughed...
On Sunday past I was on the deck with R and I plopped my right foot on his lap and HOLY CRAP! The second toe has now passed my big toe in length! WTF? Is this possible? Am I going to have to buy 2 pairs of shoes if this toe gets bigger? This time R had to believe it, the mutant toe was staring him in the face! I measured the growing wonder and it came in at 2", the big toe is at a steady 1" 3/4, yeah. So yes, mutant carnie toe grows due to x-ray exposure...now if only it would develop some cool super power!Notice how the second toe on the right foot is much longer than it's sister on the left foot, compare it to the 3rd toe. In this pic you can't really tell that it's longer than the big toe, but it is...it is!