The Agony of the Feet

Sunday January 15 2006

During my recent incarceration at Gitmo I was deprived of my weekly pedicures which I have been in the practice of since the mid 70’s, when I gave up close-toed shoes. The decision to wear sandals exclusively was not a difficult one for me as I spent most of my child hood barefooted. I was never comfortable wearing shoes and socks. The choice I made did almost immediately end my career as a Roller Derby Referee which I have never really gotten over but that’s another story…

I have also developed a nasty fungus as you can see (picture above). It is not as uncomfortable as it looks but they sure do stink. I made an appointment with my pedicurist but he is unable to work me in for another month or so. I bet he will charge me an extra $40 for my feet being in such bad shape.

I was at the market last week where I saw an elderly Japanese woman whose feet were in far worse condition than mine (photo to the left). I thought to myself, people with ugly feet should not wear open toed shoes. She looked at me rather strangely when I suggested she try Paravex. She told me that a doctor had recommended Paravex also but that she didn’t believe in doctors and chose to practice natural medicines.

We must have talked for an hour about everything from Japanese cuisine to Russian Literature; from Movies to Military history. We finished our shopping together then she came back to my place for a romantic evenning of foot massaging suplemented by a gallon of Sake, and a whole lot of screwing. In the morning we talked more about foot health and after we shared a shower and a shave I was able to convince her to become a subscriber to Podiatry Online.

It was a real good time but I will probably never see her again. She was scheduled to fly to Okinawa that morning for her husband’s funeral and she did not expect to return.

I didn’t even get her name.

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