the point of toenails

[ewx]

What use are toenails? About the only one I can think of is as a surface for painting on.

(I ask because a someone lost a toenail last night at karate. Accidents do happen, but it's a good reminder to keep nails trimmed...)

Comments

length?

[(Anonymous)]

Certainly we as modern man have only very recently in the scope of evoltion had the luxury of sissors or toenail clippers. Imagine a cavepersons long, possily sharp and definatly unkept nails and tell me if they would'nt come in handy for many things like defense or ripping meat from bones. I say "I want sharp talons like wolverine damnit!"
That would rock!

Re: length?

[ewx.livejournal.com]

I think long toenails (as opposed to actual claws) would be incredibly inconvenient on feet. (Who are you, then?)