[pct-l] Kickoff Pedicure

[RJ Lewis]

I dunno, I've been picking up stuff with my toes for years....... I can 
even pick up a dime off the bare floor with them handy lil things. But 
then of course I have some fairly long toes, too, and have had years of 
practice. ;-) 

Have to agree with the scratching part....mmmm nothing better than a 
good scratch with them toes...mmm hmmm!

Peace,
Hey I see the SUN!!
 From the Cascades....
Ronnie Jo



Len Glassner wrote:
> Toes - off with their heads!
>   
> 1. What is the purpose of a toenail, anyway?
>
> Nails are composed of keratin – the same protein that makes up hair.
> The nails are just a more compact and hard form. Unlike common wisdom,
> nails do not protect the very sensitive tip of the fingers or toes. If
> you were to have a nail removed, the skin under the nail would harden
> in a few days and it wound not be sensitive. The two official purposes
> of the nail are for support to pick up little objects and, believe it
> or not, scratching.
>
> Nails support the back of the finger and toe pads. This gives the tips
> of the fingers and toes enough firmness that we can pick up objects
> like paper clips and jellybeans. If you argue that we, as humans, do
> not pick things up with our toes, I will agree. But the design is very
> apparent if you look at what apes and monkeys can accomplish with
> their feet. Theirs are shaped like hands, with opposable big toes, and
> they do pick things up with their feet and toes
>
> The second purpose of nails is to scratch. Without your nails
> scratching would not be the very satisfying experience you have come
> to know and expect. Scratching is especially important in the animal
> kingdom. At your next visit to the zoo watch how the non-human
> primates pick nits and other small vermin off of each other using
> their fingers and toes.
>
> A third reason is to keep podiatrists busy. We see many ingrown nails.
>   
> http://www.zfootdoc.com/serv03.htm
>
> On 4/20/07, Mark Jernigan <footslogger03 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>   
>> Good question       ...personally I think they're highly over rated.  But
>> then I'm a pretty low maintenance kinda person.
>>
>> 'Slogger
>>
>> Len Glassner <len5742 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> What I want to know is: What good are toenails, anyway?
>>
>> On 4/20/07, Peter OC Dascalos wrote:
>>     
>>> At my pre KO pedicure, I had one toe nail pulled out, and another one
>>> blackened.
>>>       
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