if all you had was peoples feet to view is anything you could tell about them

[Riley.]

Yes - whether or not they have nice personal hygiene habits.

[chiluvr1228]

I agree - even seeing nasty looking feet or toenails makes me want to barf.

[profnot]

In summer, when people wear sandals, you see their feet.

Where I live, people are big on outdoor sports, including winter ones. You can tell the serious ice skaters from their hammer toes.


I used to volunteer at a senior center.

You could tell who had been poor for long periods: their feet were misshapen from wearing cheap shoes for years.

The retired nun I met was a victim of decades of bad shoes.

Very sad.

[Sand&Salt]

Originally Posted by Lodestar

My next door neighbor grew up on a farm and she has what I call a "farmer's walk." It's very unaffected and a bit unfeminine, looks sturdy and stoic and maybe like she had a bucket of something in each hand.

Hard to explain but those of you who know farmers may identify what I'm talking about.

When we were first married my husband was a foreman of a construction crew. He talked about a walk he called "carrying a hammer." He used that expression to describe lazy workers who spent more time trying to look like they were working than actually working.

He said they pick up a hammer and walk determinedly to a place. Then pick up something else and walk determinedly to another place. At a quick glance just stopping by to check on the crew you'd see the motion and think they were all busy. But if you watched for any length of time you realized the guy hadn't done any work at all!

How about seductive walks? I've seen women who seem to go to an extra effort to wiggle their behind when they walk.

And sitting. I've observed that old, burnt out addicts and alcoholics often sit with their legs crossed and then the upper foot wrapped around the lower leg, hunched over into themselves and all twisted up like a pretzel. Seems to express they feel small or perhaps self-protective?

If you looked at my feet right now you would see that I have a "Greek foot." That's a second toe that is longer than the rest and means at my age I probably have some lower back pain.

If you look at the soles you will see calluses that will tell you I am often bare foot and quite a bit of dirt right now since I've just run in from the tomato patch.

"Greek Foot"? Wow, I had to look that up. Apparently we are only 2 to 22% of the population, Lodestar!

But the Statue of Liberty and the Statue of David are with us!

(I didn't see anything about lower back pain....)

[CamillaB]

Originally Posted by nickerman

do people display anything about their character the way they walk. People display certain things about themselves the way they move their hands when they talk. There may be an art to feet watching that I have never heard of. What do you think?

I hate feet and think they're disgusting. I always imagine fungus on them and warts and stuff. Gross. I try to not look at feet ever.

[JonathanLB]

Haha so funny to me, gorgeous girls usually have cute feet but in my experience most girls hate their feet. And in all fairness I’d rather not see 95% of feet, or 97%, but perfectly pedicured feet on a beautiful girl? Yes please.