The soles are shot
The canvas torn
They’ve gone to pot
These shoes I’ve worn
They lasted long
And then some more
So this swan song
Has hit the floor
They paid their dues
t’s nighty-night
My Puma shoes
Head toward the light
Do your feet hurt? Because you’ve been running through my mind all day.
Bits of toe jam:
Dr. Scholl’s full name is/was Dr. William Mathias Scholl.
The human foot has 26 bones.
If you stub a toe, rather than swearing, you can exclaim, “My phalanges!“
Continue reading“I guess it’s because the big toe sticks up.”
— Terry Gilliam, explaining his choice for Monty Python’s animated Obliterating Foot.
Animation frame from the opening titles to Monty Python’s Flying Circus
The foot originally belonged to Cupid in Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time, a painting from the 1500s by Agnolo Bronzino.
Detail from Agnolo Bronzino’s Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time
Source: Jones, Jerene (1981, December 21). The Only Yank in Monty Python Stares Down Critics as His Time Bandits Steals $24 Million. People magazine, Vol. 16, No. 25.