Comments on: De-Wankered Statues & Greek Toes…

By: Marketman

Marketman — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:32:05 +0000

Apicio, HAHAHA! :) alicia, I can only last 75-90 minutes in any museum at any one time. Then I have to take a break and eat or nosh. I do like museums, but only in small doses!

By: Apicio

Apicio — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:53:31 +0000

I suspect that the later Greek sculptors got the hang of it for the most part through intimate knowledge of their subject, see specially the second picture.

By: alicia

alicia — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:58:47 +0000

What a treat it must be to go to a museum with you, your wit would keep anyone entertained and engrossed!

By: drunkenlily

drunkenlily — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 02:20:43 +0000

Survey option: I cannot see my toes…
hahahaha…nice one MM!

By: corrine

corrine — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 01:19:12 +0000

MM, I share your experience when I brought my son though 18 years old to the MET in NY. There was a special exhibition of Gustav Courbet’s works. He had this painting…like a camera that zoomed on the female’s genitalia…really up close and personal. Am not sure if I was the one who blushed or him.

By: the husband

the husband — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:16:49 +0000

I read somewhere that people who have larger second toes are descendants of the elites (gods), whereas those with “normal” toes are descendants of the slaves. Funny thing is, the wife has the “elite” toes and I have the “normal” toes, so that makes me the slave. :)
On the wankered statues, they say a “holy man” went on a “spiritual” rampage and chop off all the appendages.

By: Abby

Abby — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:14:05 +0000

I want to answer your poll about the toes but I cannot answer 2 options. The big toe and the second one on my right foot have the same length but on my left foot the 2nd toe is longer. How’s that for weird?

By: Gini

Gini — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 02:00:00 +0000

Hi MM. Been a long-time fan here. You are in my “Fave-five” :). Anyway, I thoroughly enjoy reading your articles and the comments but I have never been so prompted except for now to write… Re: but I have seen someone with 6 fingers on one handâ€¦
My aunt was born “dose-dose” (12/12 in tagalog)because she had 6 digits on each hand and foot. Unfortunate or fortunate is truly relative. Unfortunate because she had to have painful bone surgery on both hands and feet when she was older so that she won’t be teased and she would be able to buy shoes to fit. Fortunate because her extra appendages, called “riting” or “kutil”, were supposed to be her “suwerte”. This is a kind of genetic mutation that is supposedly an inherited trait- polydactyly when there are extra appendages and syndactyly when the digits are webbed. She had 4 kids (my first cousins, 3 of them had extra appendages in varied ways- e.g. dose/dose, or ten fingers, 12 toes but they had one daughter with normal-digit extremities who they called their “abno” :)
From what I heard, this genetic mutation has now carried on to their third generation, my unseen nephews and nieces. And nobody can pinpoint exactly where in the generation line the mutation came from because out of 9 kids, only my aunt had this congenital deformity.
Thank you for taking us through your travels. I love being a virtual tourist through your posts.

By: kate

kate — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:07:38 +0000

my second toe is also the longest in the bunch :) goes very well with my bunion too :( my mom calls it kite foot.

btw, eunuchs still have their wankers but sans the walnuts (from fried neurons) i know because my cat is one :) teeheehee!

By: misao

misao — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:24:00 +0000

i have a longer 2nd toe as well… it gets squished whenever i wear square toedc losed shoes. haha…

as for the why there are lot of men sculpture than women, i think it’s also due to their ancient view on women. women in ancient greece were second class citizen. most men have both wives and male partners. the wives are just for bearing kids.