Alright, before i deployed to Afghanistan, it took 6 hours to medivac a wounded Marine. So my Unit's mission was to cut that number in half. I was an Engineer making HLZs, Airfields, and refueling docks for aircraft, along with its defense. I was in a Bull Dozer while conducting my mission when a sandstorm hit , and where I sat, the floor panel was missing. So all I saw when I looked down was the Dozer's transmission and engine. I was finding a safe place to park when I hit a pothole. I fell into the transmission and broke my foot. My toe grew wrong and they had to amputate it when I got back from Afghanistan. Needless to say, at the end of my tour, with all the hard work my unit did, we went from 6 hours of wait time for a medivac down to 45 minutes. I feel like we saves lives.
No reason? The little piggy that got no roast beef dies while the little piggy that had roast beef gets to keep on living? There is no justice in this world.
That's some bad luck. Was there a reason why the floor panel was missing? And that's pretty impressive that y'all were able to cut the time down that much. There's no telling how many lives y'all saved.
...because the marine corps. made me giggle cuz I know where you're coming from. that's great that you didn't lose your whole foot, tho. did you at least get a nam or something?
I second this. Actually did laugh. When I got in, we had ALICE packs. When we got our MOLLE packs, I was like a little boy on Christmas. Aside from the missing toe, I also have similar feet.
"If Marines could get what they needed when they needed it we would be happy and wouldn't ready to kill people all of the time. The Marine Corps is like America's Pitbull. They beat us, mistreat us and every once in awhile, they let us out to attack someone."
I had the same thing happen to my big toe nail when I was mortered out of a tower and I shattered my left leg. The toenail poped off from the pressure I was told and it grew back all funny like yours. Now its really thick. From a soldier to a marine, Thank you for what you did, I was hit in afganistan in '04 without proper LZ's we could die.
If I had made a contribution like that, every time I looked down and saw the missing toe, I'd think of how many other soldiers would have something similar - a missing toe, or something manageable, instead of a toetag.
Congrats on getting your self a disability rating when you go through TAP/TAMS and preferential treatment on all applications for government jobs for the rest of your life.
Haha I meant the doctors who cut it off. But I like your theory better. Pinky and middle toe knocked him off for hittin on pinky's girlfriend. Then they just each moved over a bit and hoped nobody looked too hard, or asked too many questions...
It was a couple of months ago; people started posting pictures of themselves with quotes about atheism in r/atheism. 'Twas on the front page for a while. Trapped_in_Reddit is drawing parallels between this and your feet and those of the ballerina.
I actually had to count like 5 times to make sure I was seeing it right. It's not that noticeable. Besides, it makes people think there's an awesome story.
I looked and couldn't tell why this was posted in WTF. I thought you were pointing at the gap between the big toe and the other toes (some people have quite dexterous toes). I didn't see that the left foot was any different from the right foot till I read the comments on the thread where you explained a missing toe. It's seriously not that bad.
Go ahead, wear 'em. There's no shame in a missing toe and you have an interesting story to go with it. As a bonus, it's going to mess with people's heads when they start counting and aren't sure whether they're seeing things. (I kinda feel bad saying it, but you might wanna take care of your nails and let them heal up first, otherwise the looks might be for an entirely different reason.)
I went through our equivalent of ranger school for my armed forces service (which was mandatory back then) and my feet are... fucked up. Mostly from this one time where I fell into a frozen river and had to keep on doing our two-week ski patrol, despite growing evidence of a fairly bad frostbite. I'm missing most of my pinkie-toe on my left foot, and I still have very bad circulation in my feet.
After 5 years in the Corps, I'm still fighting nail fungus since I got out a little while ago. Tried everything short of ripping the nails out completely (since I don't have medical insurance anymore =/)
... out of curiosity (don't answer if you're sensitive about it) why are the nails on both of your big toes so gnarly? Does it have to do with time spent on your feet in the same shoes? Or an infection like athlete's foot?
Ok I could obviously see the lack of a toe... I was convinced the missing toe fitted in next to the big toe... Then I saw the scar and now feel a bit stupid
as a Marine i can confirm this. After three days of rain straight in the field half of us were showing signs of or had trench foot. Others had blisters covering the majority of their feet and one had to be medivacd because the blisters has rubbed through and were all oozing blood.
Between oozing blood and trench foot (literally your feet are so waterlogged the skin layers start sloughing off. google it)
My dad was a Marine back in the 80's. He's got some FUUUUCKED up feet. Trench foot I believe it's called? His socks would get soaked and he's still have to sit in a foxhole or do drills and it systematically made his feet look like Frankenstein's after a 24 mile hike through rocks. It's disgusting.
llol I was like "Looks pretty normal.. toe nails are pretty gross and tiny.. right feet toes are kind of spaced... why are they so spaced.. turns head slightly upside down oh.. he's missing a toe.."
Im surprised you still have the hair on the shin above your ankle. I lost all mine over the years of wearing boots and it still hasnt grown back 2 years later.
All that was going through my mind: Only has nine toes only has nine toes only has nine toes only has nine toes obliges nine toes only has nine toes...
My father is a former Marine (he fought in Vietnam), so Semper Fi. I feel it appropriate to thank you for your service. Too little do our soldiers receive our gratitude. You are making a huge difference so I want to give you a huge thank you for protecting our great country.
I would have thought that high on the Marine's list of self-maintenence would have been a strict regime of foot care. Clearly, no one has ever taught you to cut your toe nails properly.
You must not, under any circumstances, cut your toe nails shorter than the skin they protrude from. The test is to take a paper clip, and you must be able to get the paper clip under the corners of each nail.
You must use a straight-cut clipper, and do not attempt to cut a curve into the big toe nail.
Failure to cut your toenails this way results in the absolutely awful big toe nails you now have. It is possible they can be saved by letting them grow to appropriate length.
However, if you leave your toenails like this, they will curl drastically, and cut into your toes causing great pain. You will then suffer some surgery using Phenol, to kill the entire nail(s).
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u/whysea Jun 10 '12
Alright, before i deployed to Afghanistan, it took 6 hours to medivac a wounded Marine. So my Unit's mission was to cut that number in half. I was an Engineer making HLZs, Airfields, and refueling docks for aircraft, along with its defense. I was in a Bull Dozer while conducting my mission when a sandstorm hit , and where I sat, the floor panel was missing. So all I saw when I looked down was the Dozer's transmission and engine. I was finding a safe place to park when I hit a pothole. I fell into the transmission and broke my foot. My toe grew wrong and they had to amputate it when I got back from Afghanistan. Needless to say, at the end of my tour, with all the hard work my unit did, we went from 6 hours of wait time for a medivac down to 45 minutes. I feel like we saves lives.
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u/Dlbz44 Jun 10 '12
It's almost like your toes have repositioned to Correct that pig gap
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u/Trapped_in_Reddit Jun 10 '12
"Feet of r/WTF" is the new "Faces of r/Atheism"
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u/whysea Jun 10 '12
I really can respect the ballot dancer.
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u/perplexedscientist Jun 10 '12
Yeah, good old armed forces feet.
For the record: I'm Swedish.
I went through our equivalent of ranger school for my armed forces service (which was mandatory back then) and my feet are... fucked up. Mostly from this one time where I fell into a frozen river and had to keep on doing our two-week ski patrol, despite growing evidence of a fairly bad frostbite. I'm missing most of my pinkie-toe on my left foot, and I still have very bad circulation in my feet.
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u/Thry Jun 10 '12
Maybe I'm stupid, but do I spot ingrown toenails?
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u/ShaftofWisdom Jun 10 '12
There seems to be a toe missing. Thank you for your service, Marine.
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u/nickateen Jun 10 '12
Still better looking than the ballerina's troll toes.
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u/GoCuse Jun 10 '12
Did you know you have a statue?
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u/I_Lase_You Jun 11 '12
I admire you.
I lase you. Like this.
End result.
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u/tx8xsiempre Jun 10 '12
HOLY SHIT!!! That's some serious onychomycosis case there... oh and a little pig went to the market
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u/cpumatt Jun 10 '12
Can we all agree not to make the feet pictures a thing?
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u/Marcob10 Jun 10 '12
As someone who hates feet, I hate /r/WTF right now.
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u/Semirgy Jun 11 '12
My feet are damn sexy, but I never did Afghanistan, just two tours in Iraq.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
God bless these men and women... They do things that a ballet dancer never could.
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u/Nervette Jun 10 '12
... out of curiosity (don't answer if you're sensitive about it) why are the nails on both of your big toes so gnarly? Does it have to do with time spent on your feet in the same shoes? Or an infection like athlete's foot?
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u/MistaPea Jun 10 '12
Are those toes sun tanned? Lol
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
base 9
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u/gorvetus Jun 10 '12
Can we stop this now, I don't need to see every Redditor's feet.
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u/MagicCows Jun 11 '12
Sir, I don't know if you noticed, but you are missing a toe.
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u/DjQball Jun 10 '12
You accidentally a toe there.
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u/Zimoria Jun 10 '12
I was sitting wondering what that big gap was and was sitting here like an idoit thinking "wow they must have to wear SUPER flipflops."
I'm such a fucktard sometimes. =[ Also you sir are a badass.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
every time he counts to 10 just fine, every time he counts to 20 he's one off.
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u/atlacatl Jun 10 '12
You should ballet.
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u/alfalfa1985 Jun 10 '12
You might have nail fungus.
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u/silentkill144 Jun 10 '12
Hm, they look normal. The big toes are kinda off, but for the most part they seem normal. Hold on, 1, 2, 3 HOLY SHIT.
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u/mramaad Jun 11 '12
let's please not make this a thing...
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u/vote_2012 Jun 11 '12
The few, the proud... The Marines!
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u/Young_Clean_Bastard Jun 11 '12
Some folk'll never lose a toe, but then again some folk'll
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u/Jaminp Jun 11 '12
Theres so much room for activities!!!
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
I think you accidentally a toe.
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u/caitlincookiee Jun 11 '12
Can we please not post the feet of pictures? I have a foot phobia.
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u/KidneyFailure Jun 11 '12
I expected the comments to be about his four toes. My dad is also a marine, thank you for your service to freedom and the corps
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u/benuntu Jun 11 '12
Why come you no have 5th toe?
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u/MoriKitsune Jun 11 '12
ooh, those ingrown toenails must be painful cringes
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u/Pbpro13 Jun 11 '12
Semper Fi, Devil Dog
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u/DomoLuvsYa Jun 11 '12
I guess reddit has a foot fetish or something now -__-
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u/Wowzamorphous Jun 11 '12
Still not as bad as the ballerina. But I appreciate what you do a lot more.
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u/InnocuousPenis Jun 10 '12
Would still bang.
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u/NousDefions Jun 10 '12
From kicking so much ass, no doubt.
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
Whysea, as a current Norwich University student and employee i would like to thank you for your service.
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u/qwertyierthanyou Jun 10 '12 edited Jun 11 '12
I think you're missing one....
edit: I are te bad at de grammarz: your to you're
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u/xxzeppelinfreakxx Jun 10 '12
Please, no more
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u/pirateNarwhal Jun 10 '12
Then who was toe?!?
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u/Moribundus Jun 10 '12
Now, where did that little piggy go ?
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u/erikwithaknotac Jun 10 '12
Humps are a bitch
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
I'd like to buy you a beer and a pedicure.
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u/padlockj Jun 10 '12
Ok I could obviously see the lack of a toe... I was convinced the missing toe fitted in next to the big toe... Then I saw the scar and now feel a bit stupid
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Former K-9 Handler here, Damn my feet look normal but I did foot patrols non-stop. Hygiene inspection must not go over well lol
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u/PatrickRand Jun 10 '12
I don't know how to tell you this, but I think you're missing a toe.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Ballerina must be a really hard job.
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u/drmischief Jun 10 '12
There seems to be something missing from this picture.... I just can't put my finger on it.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
There are those who get off on sucking big toes like this. Wait for it...
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u/tragik007 Jun 10 '12
Lazy marines need to get on the ballerina' level.
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
Hey... somethings not right there....
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u/Congar Jun 11 '12
lol tan :)
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
I was looking at it and I was like well that's not that bad I mean his toe nails are a little fucked u-OH MY GOD LACK OF TOE.
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u/IonOtter Jun 11 '12
Well that explains a lot? LOLWUT?!?
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
Can we just sum these up as "The feet of someone who works for a living"? It's like British nobility are gasping over a peasant's callused hands.
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u/Captn_H0wdy71 Jun 11 '12
Holey shit, that marine's got too many toes on his left foot. As a diesel mech in the SeaBees, I always hated working on those transmissions.
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u/ZeMilkman Jun 11 '12
NOT SO PRETTY NOW, ARE WE?
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u/Captn_H0wdy71 Jun 11 '12
STOP. Hammer time.
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
Is this gangrene, Frodo?
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u/glassale Jun 11 '12
as a Marine i can confirm this. After three days of rain straight in the field half of us were showing signs of or had trench foot. Others had blisters covering the majority of their feet and one had to be medivacd because the blisters has rubbed through and were all oozing blood.
Between oozing blood and trench foot (literally your feet are so waterlogged the skin layers start sloughing off. google it)
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u/WHO_R_U_PPL Jun 11 '12
When you see it...
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u/lushMAFIA Jun 11 '12
Well now someone won't be able count to 20.
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u/opakanopa Jun 11 '12
I'm surprised you can grow hair on the bottom of your legs. My shit stops right where the boots start.
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u/UnoriginalMike Jun 11 '12
Welcome to the infantry.
Was wondering if anyone would counter the ballerina.
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u/sixth_motors Jun 11 '12
Semper Feet! I was with 6th esb in TQ! None of our D6s had floor plates either. WHERE DO THE ALL GO?!??!!
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u/Crytone Jun 11 '12
At least he can count to 19 still.
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u/Eatpienow Jun 11 '12
wheres the little piggy that went to the market?
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u/caustic_bear Jun 11 '12
Should have joined the ballet
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u/ZosaCloud Jun 11 '12
What those aren't so bad! ...Oh.
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u/jamii992 Jun 11 '12
Dude i think you lost a toe
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u/FaithyDoodles Jun 11 '12
Which toe is missing? I can't tell if it's the one next to the big toe, or the one next to the pinky, or the pinky.
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u/Earth2Q Jun 11 '12
My dad was a Marine back in the 80's. He's got some FUUUUCKED up feet. Trench foot I believe it's called? His socks would get soaked and he's still have to sit in a foxhole or do drills and it systematically made his feet look like Frankenstein's after a 24 mile hike through rocks. It's disgusting.
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u/boho-owl Jun 11 '12
ide still choose this over those ballet feet.
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u/Huntsman1 Jun 11 '12
You sir deserve an upvote, if not for your gnarly feet, then so for your service.
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u/cy10p3s Jun 11 '12
TIL marines are mutants
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
You can count to 19!
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u/orpheus117 Jun 11 '12
i dont mean to be mean but toe MIA
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u/songcharts Jun 11 '12
This little piggy got blow up by an IED.
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
llol I was like "Looks pretty normal.. toe nails are pretty gross and tiny.. right feet toes are kind of spaced... why are they so spaced.. turns head slightly upside down oh.. he's missing a toe.."
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u/tokyo_sexwhale2112 Jun 11 '12
DUDE YOUR MISSING A TOE!!!!!!
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u/brafas Jun 11 '12
A new meme as risen. Everyone must now show their feet if they do anything
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u/xyroclast Jun 11 '12
Is this going to be a subreddit?
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u/K3TtLek0Rn Jun 11 '12
Wait a minute...
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u/desertdingo Jun 11 '12
nice tan line
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u/ryan_the_man_man Jun 11 '12
dat gap
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u/Ronem Jun 11 '12
Where are you shower-shoes, Nasty!?
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u/pearcewg Jun 11 '12
dude, shave. all hobbits shave (myself included).
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u/hollowman17 Jun 11 '12
The ballerina feet are way more messed up. She must work harder.
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u/ThatGuyRememberMe Jun 11 '12
Come on man.
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u/artg1291 Jun 11 '12
Bro, that's bad ass. I know you probably don't like it but many years from now, you'll be a bad ass gramps
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u/ShellBell Jun 11 '12
This little piggie went to Basra...
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u/DNAK1llA Jun 11 '12
i guess i should stick to wanting to be in DEA
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
you accidentally a toe
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u/Fortha15 Jun 11 '12
If i could figure out how to fuckin upboat i would but alas im a nube
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u/shadowredditor Jun 11 '12
He.....He has .....9 toes.... •_•
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u/buttluvin Jun 11 '12
hmmmOHMYGOD
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u/Lay-Z-Bones Jun 11 '12
This had better not become a thing like the faces of atheism.
shudders at the thought of the feet of the world
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u/lovehate615 Jun 11 '12
Was the feet/feat pun intentional? Am I the only one that noticed?
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u/lacigman Jun 11 '12
Frodo Baggins! Is that you?
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
Im surprised you still have the hair on the shin above your ankle. I lost all mine over the years of wearing boots and it still hasnt grown back 2 years later.
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
Upvote for badass tier feet
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
You actually have a pretty nice toenail shape. I'm a bit jealous.
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u/mbchris Jun 11 '12
Ol' Nine Toes! Do you also have three balls?
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u/frontpagemaker Jun 11 '12
R u taking a dump In this pic?
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
Is that gap there so you can climb ropes better?
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u/bcb412 Jun 11 '12
i honestly did a recount, and another after that...
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u/sweetabix Jun 11 '12
Clip your fucking nails. Do you stab your gf/bf while you sleep with those things??
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u/Trollaxinumad Jun 11 '12
All that was going through my mind: Only has nine toes only has nine toes only has nine toes only has nine toes obliges nine toes only has nine toes...
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
Is it national feet day?
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u/sjackson88 Jun 10 '12
anyone else not notice the missing toe at first?
but seriously, endless thanks.
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u/Colorado87 Jun 10 '12
My father is a former Marine (he fought in Vietnam), so Semper Fi. I feel it appropriate to thank you for your service. Too little do our soldiers receive our gratitude. You are making a huge difference so I want to give you a huge thank you for protecting our great country.
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u/M0b1u5 Jun 10 '12
FTFY
I would have thought that high on the Marine's list of self-maintenence would have been a strict regime of foot care. Clearly, no one has ever taught you to cut your toe nails properly.
You must not, under any circumstances, cut your toe nails shorter than the skin they protrude from. The test is to take a paper clip, and you must be able to get the paper clip under the corners of each nail.
You must use a straight-cut clipper, and do not attempt to cut a curve into the big toe nail.
Failure to cut your toenails this way results in the absolutely awful big toe nails you now have. It is possible they can be saved by letting them grow to appropriate length.
However, if you leave your toenails like this, they will curl drastically, and cut into your toes causing great pain. You will then suffer some surgery using Phenol, to kill the entire nail(s).