I mean what do we use them for? Except to trim from time to time? And hang up on socks?
2007-10-10 00:10:12 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Senior Citizens
My little toes are strictly for snagging on chair legs and the dresser in the middle of the night.
2007-10-10 02:19:32 · answer #1 · answered by missingora 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The reason you have little toes is because you need toes of different lengths, starting with the right foot right to left little getting bigger. Now if the toes were all the same size your shoes would have flat ends like a box. Thus all shoes would look alike, no pointed ones corn plaster manufactures would be out of business, pointed shoes would be another 6" longer with stuff put in to keep them in shape. Besides, how would you be able to sing that little rhyme to small children, 'This little piggy went to market'. Stands to reason, doesn't it.
2007-10-10 11:20:29 · answer #2 · answered by Lord Percy Fawcette-Smythe. 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Balance... the big toes are on the inside to steady your body. If the little toes were on the inside our arches would roll in toward the middle. Then you knees would hit and it would throw your back out.
2007-10-10 10:18:08 · answer #3 · answered by Granny 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have broken my little toe about 3 times! Stumping it on the corner of the bed rail is where a learned a few new foul words. Agony and pain!!!! But, some how they balance us out!!
2007-10-10 07:15:18 · answer #4 · answered by ndnquah 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, you've already answered one part -- to hang up on socks. The other is to whack in the night. I think I've done that so many times that the nail bed is split, so they REALLY hang up on socks.
2007-10-10 12:05:09 · answer #5 · answered by felines 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They keep us balanced when we walk, if we had big toes we could use for like hanging in trees we'd walk around swaying from side to side like a bunch of apes, not very attractive.
2007-10-10 07:16:02 · answer #6 · answered by Dr_Speed 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never thought about it. Why? let's see what others have to say here. Maybe to balance ourselves??? come to think of it, why do we have the big toe??? to make a hole in the sock???
2007-10-10 07:15:35 · answer #7 · answered by sawaali 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's all do to with balance. That and the Big Toe play a very important part in our stance. :)
2007-10-10 07:34:19 · answer #8 · answered by Soup Dragon 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We wouldn't be able to walk as well if all of our toes were the same size (like the big toe). We couldn't walk gracefully.
2007-10-10 08:24:31 · answer #9 · answered by Barbra 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would have said for balance, too; but I know too many people who have all 10 toes and they're not too well balanced, if you know what I mean.
2007-10-10 08:29:29 · answer #10 · answered by Lady G 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋