It's Toe Friday Bitches!

This is what you get when you mix heavy weights with poor foot protection. The picture is my big toe with the toenail hanging on for dear life. I suffered this accident awhile back when I was lifting weights at work. Yes I can do that and you can't so in your face. Anyway what was left, after a 45lb plate fell at speeds unknown to man, was a mangled big hairy toe. The pain came first and then the blood. All that was left was a dried up blood toe. It has yet to just fall off but it's coming along nicely. So be kind to your toes or they will haunt your dreams like mine.

Now some fun toe facts.

• The toenail may be from 0.05mm to 1.0mm thick and grows its full length in 6 - 12 months.
  
• Contrary to popular belief, nails do not continue to grow after death; the skin dehydrates and tightens, making the nails (and hair) appear to grow.
  
• The last recorded measuring for the longest toenails in the world was in 1991. Back then Louise Hollis of California won hands down with a combine length of her 10 toenails of 2.21 meters or 87 inches.