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To: Steven Tyler
I agree. It's not a sixth toe, it's an enlargement at the base of her little toe. Probably the fifth metatarsal - a/k/a 'tailor's bunion'. So called because tailors sat cross-legged on a bench with the outside of the foot pressed against the floor, which tended to cause this condition.

If somebody has a tendency to flat feet and they also wear tight, high-heeled shoes, the head of the metatarsal will flare out. Sometimes the joint gets so far out it looks like a sixth toe.

It's a very painful condition, that's probably why she always looks so unhappy.

107 posted on 08/23/2009 5:26:09 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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To: AnAmericanMother
Tailor's bunion eh? Well, someone tell her to "GET IT FIXED!' She's ruining all our dinners.
117 posted on 08/23/2009 5:38:50 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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