toe hairs
one day i was gm'ing a dnd game. i was reading a rather long description from the module. the player on my right slipped off his shoes and tried to distract me with a little footsie under the table. i reached down with my right hand and grabbed his ankle. real gentle like so he doesn't panic. and i keep reading along as if nothing's happening. i reach down with my left hand and start stroking the hairs on the top of his big toe. i get a funny look. and a real good grip and start a-pullin'. all this time i'm reading about whatever it was was going to try to kill their characters next. i clamp down on his ankle real solid like and i'm pulling them hairs for all i'm worth. and he's a-jumpin' and a-hollerin' and a-kickin' like he's got his nuts caught in an ice cube making machine. see, the thing about those particular hairs is they got long roots. real long. like they wrap around the toe bones a few dozen times. and i'm just reading the text without paying any attention to the guy flopping around on the floor under the table. i stop pulling when i stop reading. and i ask as if everything's perfectly normal like, so what do you do? game on.