Re: [*FSFFU*] New Female Identities (was average heights of women and men, which was GI Jane)

From: Michael Marc Levy (levymm@UWEC.EDU)
Date: Thu Sep 11 1997 - 08:30:55 PDT


On Thu, 11 Sep 1997, Nalo Hopkinson wrote:

> I was raised
> in the tropics, where we had the option of going barefoot a lot of the
> time. As a result, if I drop something, I'm as likely to pick it up with
> my toes as to bend over and use my hands. But the first time a Canadian
> friend saw me do that, she was absolutely bowled over. Huge
> generalisation, I know, but she figured she simply had spent so much time
> in shoes that she hadn't figured out how to move her toes.
>
> -nalo

I don't know, I've lived my entire life in the upper midwest of the
United States, but I pick things up with my toes all the time. Of course
everyone I know thinks it's weird.

Perhaps a survey is in order. How many people on this list...

Mike



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