The Plague Diaries Day 126: Tom's Morton Toe in Quarantine

I could see how some people would take up navel-gazing in quarantine, but Tom's been focused more on his toes. He has a Morton Toe, which is supposed to be a sign of great intelligence. Just ask anyone with a Morton's toe.

BTW - the Statue of Liberty has a Morton's toe. Tom has mentioned this factoid. If you have a Morton's toe, you also can rattle off a list of impressive people with a Morton's toe.

Tom wondered yesterday if the issue is that his second toe is very long, or if it's that his big toe is very short. I decided the latter. I told him that, for sure, his big toe is very petite. He has a petite big toe.

Tom studied his size 14 gigantic feet in quiet contemplation of my hypothesis. 

"No," he eventually replied. When I say "eventually replied" I mean like a really long time later. I'd already forgotten what we were talking about.

Tom said he disagreed with me. He said he'd been picturing how his foot would look if his big toe were longer than his second toe. He said his foot would look completely insane with a big toe the approximate size of a ping pong paddle.

I was reminded of hobbit feet.

Some Hobbits have toes as big as ping-pong paddles.
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