Yesterday, I had some Thai workers over to check out a pump. This morning, I wandered over to where they were working and found..........a single thong...........a left-footed one.

You might think that I was surprised. I mean, who would leave a shoe behind?

Nope, I wasn't surprised at all, for it is in the nature of left-footed thongs to travel.

You see them crossing roads all the time. Sunning themselves on the beaches.

If you're out in a boat and you come across a tideline where all the flotsam collects, you can see herds of left-footed thongs taking a swim.

Ever since I noticed the phenomenum of the 'abandoned thong', which was many years ago, I have made an informal study to see if they were left-footed, or, right-footed. Four times out of five, it's a left-footed one.

Now, chance dictates that it should be fifty percent, but, the results show that the overwhelming majority are left-footers.

There must be a rational explanation.

Scientific studies have been undertaken on this very topic Sir Burr. It is indeed a baffling phenonoma!

Results indicate that the majority of thongs found as flotsam are left-footed due to the shape of the left thong and its direction taken at sea in the current flow.

The righ-footed thong disappears into the same vortex as missing socks in a washing machine.

And just think... The number of left thongs witnessed lying about (exhibit A) far exceeds the number of people you see hopping about on one foot or walking gingerly wearing only one shoe (exhibit B ).

What happens between A and B???

Do they carry spares?.... Do they immediately disappear from sight after losing it??

Thailand can be so perplexing.....

Kuhn Richard Kimble's mate.

From BBC News

Japanese police have arrested a man for theft after 440 women's left shoes were found in his home.

Officers discovered the hoard after the man, 45, was initially arrested for stealing the left shoes of two women from a hospital in Usa, police said.

The hospital, which asks visitors to change into slippers, said people had complained about missing shoes.

The Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper said the man, Ichiro Irie, told police: "I have been interested in women's feet."

A police spokesman said the search of his house uncovered 440 hidden left shoes.

He said Mr Irie had admitted to stealing the footwear, which included high heels and nurses' sandals.

It was not clear why Mr Irie appeared to prefer the left foot.

Police are investigating whether he may have been stealing from other locations.

Hmmmm, in many Mid-East and Asian countries (places that don't use toilet paper), they use their left hand to do, uh, you know, their business.

Maybe the left sandal is tied in with that some how ?

In the army, once in awhile you'd get caught in the field without any TP. T-shirt sleeves were the first to go, followed by the "sand-traps" found at the bottom of the pants, then strips off the t-shirt itself and so on.

Can't see using a sandal to wipe my butt with, but then again, can't see me using just my left hand either......

Hmmmm, in many Mid-East and Asian countries (places that don't use toilet paper), they use their left hand to do, uh, you know, their business.

Maybe the left sandal is tied in with that some how ?

In the army, once in awhile you'd get caught in the field without any TP. T-shirt sleeves were the first to go, followed by the "sand-traps" found at the bottom of the pants, then strips off the t-shirt itself and so on.

Can't see using a sandal to wipe my butt with, but then again, can't see me using just my left hand either......

You forgot one important detail, water. People don't just wipe their butt with the left hand (unless they have no choice or are just bent that way), they use it to splash water and make it clean down there.

For people with hairy bums and in times of really sticky poo, water seems a far more hygienic option than dry toilet paper.

You forgot one important detail, water. People don't just wipe their butt with the left hand (unless they have no choice or are just bent that way), they use it to splash water and make it clean down there.

For people with hairy bums and in times of really sticky poo, water seems a far more hygienic option than dry toilet paper.

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But that doesn't answer the question about how the left footed sandals fit in !

(and I don't really want to know how splashing a little water is cleaner than using dry toilet paper !)

Saw a man with one thong only.

Asked him if he had lost a thong.

He said, "No, just found one".

It could possibly be a design fault in the left thong.

If there were more blow-outs on the left, these would drop off on the road, whilst the right thong is disposed of at home; which is why they are not as common.

Somewhere in the musings about this topic is a great joke about people with two left feet.....but I just can't seem to find it.......a little help here?

..... or one left foot.

Enter Moore, grinning broadly, wearing trench coat, hopping on one leg, the other leg -- the left one -- tucked under the coat - he hops over to Cook and shakes hands.]Peter Cook: Nice to see you.

Dudley Moore: [still hopping up and down] Nice to see you.

Peter Cook: Settle down. [puts a hand on Moore's shoulder and stops his hopping] Uh, Mr. Spiggott, is it not?

Dudley Moore: Yes, Spiggott's the name, acting's my game.

Peter Cook: I see. Spiggott is the name and acting is your game.

Dudley Moore: Right.

Peter Cook: If you'd like to settle down for one moment, Mr. Spiggott.

Dudley Moore: Certainly, yes.

Peter Cook: Thank you very much. [Moore hops over to the chair and rests his "stump" on it] Mr. Spiggott, er, you are auditioning, are you not, for the role of Tarzan?

Dudley Moore: Yes.

Peter Cook: Uh, Mr. Spiggott, I, uh, I couldn't help noticing -- almost immediately -- that you are a one-legged man.

Dudley Moore: Oh. You noticed that?

Peter Cook: When you've been in the business as long as I have, Mr. Spiggott, you, uh, you get to notice these little things, almost instinctively.

Dudley Moore: Yeah. Sort of ESP.

Peter Cook: That kind of thing, yes.

Dudley Moore: Mm, yes.

Peter Cook: Now, Mr. Spiggott, you, a one-legged man, are applying for the role of Tarzan.

Dudley Moore: Yes, right.

Peter Cook: A role traditionally associated with a two-legged artiste.

Dudley Moore: Yes, correct, yes, yes.

Peter Cook: And yet you, a unidexter... are applying for the role.

Dudley Moore: Yes, right, yes.

Peter Cook: A role for which two legs would seem to be the minimum requirement. Well, Mr. Spiggott, need I point out to you with overmuch emphasis where your deficiency lies as regards landing the role?

Dudley Moore: Yes, I think you ought to.

Peter Cook: Perhaps I ought, yes. Need I say with, uh, too much stress that it is in the, uh, leg division that you are deficient.

Dudley Moore: The leg division?

Peter Cook: The leg division, Mr. Spiggott. You are deficient in the leg division to the tune of one. Your right leg I like. It's a lovely leg for the role. As soon as I saw it come in, I said, "Hello! What a lovely leg for the role!"

Dudley Moore: Ah!

Peter Cook: I've got nothing against your right leg.

Dudley Moore: Ah!

Peter Cook: The trouble is -- neither have you. [delayed applause] You, uh, you fall down on the left.

Dudley Moore: You mean it's inadequate?

Peter Cook: It is inadequate, Mr. Spiggott.

Dudley Moore: Mm.

Peter Cook: In my view, the public is not yet ready ...

Dudley Moore: No?

Peter Cook: ... for the sight of a one-legged Tarzan swinging through the jungly tendrils, shouting "Hello, Jane."

Dudley Moore: No. No, right.

Peter Cook: But don't despair, Mr. Spiggott. I mean, after all, you score over a man with no legs at all. By one hundred percent.

Dudley Moore: Well, I've got twice as many.

Peter Cook: You're streets ahead!

Dudley Moore: So there's still hope?

Peter Cook: Of course there is still hope, Mr. Spiggott.

Dudley Moore: Ah!

Peter Cook: I mean, if we get no two-legged character actors in here within, say, the next, oh, [checks his wristwatch] eighteen months, there is every chance that you, a unidexter, will be the very type of artiste we shall be attempting to contact with a view to jungle stardom.

Dudley Moore: [likes the sound of that] Jungle stardom.

[Moore gets off chair, shakes hands with Cook while hopping up and down.]

Peter Cook: I'm just sorry I can't be more definite at this stage.

Saw a man with one thong only.

Asked him if he had lost a thong.

He said, "No, just found one".

It could possibly be a design fault in the left thong.

If there were more blow-outs on the left, these would drop off on the road, whilst the right thong is disposed of at home; which is why they are not as common.

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Never seen a bloke wearing more than one thong.

It's also interesting to see there is a right and a left thong - does this correspond to the side one dresses?

And if you dress to the left you get more blow-j*bs (never heard it called blow-out before- although the word is rather more descriptive)?

Do you also hang out with all the big boys?

Maybe all these thongs were just LEFT there... Grrrroannn!

I'll get my coat!

Never seen a bloke wearing more than one thong.

It's also interesting to see there is a right and a left thong - does this correspond to the side one dresses?

And if you dress to the left you get more blow-j*bs (never heard it called blow-out before- although the word is rather more descriptive)?

Do you also hang out with all the big boys?

TM, we are not talking about the thong which really makes no difference to "which side you dress".

The thong in question is worn on the foot.

The English translation is flip-flop.

The Kiwi translation is Jandel (God knows why?).

In Asia the Lingua Franca for a flip-flop is a thong. Taken from the Australian vernacular, I think.

Never seen a bloke wearing more than one thong.

It's also interesting to see there is a right and a left thong - does this correspond to the side one dresses?

And if you dress to the left you get more blow-j*bs (never heard it called blow-out before- although the word is rather more descriptive)?

Do you also hang out with all the big boys?

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TM, we are not talking about the thong which really makes no difference to "which side you dress".

The thong in question is worn on the foot.

The English translation is flip-flop.

The Kiwi translation is Jandel (God knows why?).

In Asia the Lingua Franca for a flip-flop is a thong. Taken from the Australian vernacular, I think.

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Oh, really!

Can understand someone wasting time on a boring day writing about a derriere divider - but a flip-flop?

Whatever is the world coming to?

Oh, really!

Can understand someone wasting time on a boring day writing about a derriere divider - but a flip-flop?

Whatever is the world coming to?

Yes TM, it's a damning indictment on my life, when you get down to noticing whether an abandoned thong is a left-footer, or, a right footer you are beyond hope (sigh).

But then again, that doesn't change the fact that 80% of abandoned "flip-flops" are left-footed.

How disapointing ... I thought the thread was gonna be about these...

totster

How disapointing ...

Such is life.

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Such is life.

If the "Shoe Thong" runs it's course and dies a death quite soon, maybe we could turn into the thread, that the Tots so desires to discuss. If really pushed i could be persuaded to maybe discuss a little on the cloth that covers the derriere

Do you like the ones with Diamo........oh, cannot discuss yet.......wait

Saw a man with one thong only.

Asked him if he had lost a thong.

He said, "No, just found one".

excellent

It could possibly be a design fault in the left thong.

If there were more blow-outs on the left, these would drop off on the road, whilst the right thong is disposed of at home; which is why they are not as common.

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But what is still perplexing is the high proportion of perfectly good left thongs witnessed lying about... often in quite new condition. When I see them on the street, I wonder endlessly about why the person didn't turn the motorcycle around and pick it back up??

But what is still perplexing is the high proportion of perfectly good left thongs witnessed lying about... often in quite new condition. When I see them on the street, I wonder endlessly about why the person didn't turn the motorcycle around and pick it back up??

This is very true, which sort of blows my blow-out theory out of the water.

I'm glad I'm not the only one aware of the left-footed thong enigma.

But what is still perplexing is the high proportion of perfectly good left thongs witnessed lying about... often in quite new condition. When I see them on the street, I wonder endlessly about why the person didn't turn the motorcycle around and pick it back up??

This is very true, which sort of blows my blow-out theory out of the water.

I'm glad I'm not the only one aware of the left-footed thong enigma.

I did notice this enigma many years ago and wondered if there was any connection with the British phenomena of the 'Missing Glove.'

Sadly, most of the solitary thongs that I see are usually on the road/roadside that I assume are left behind after a fatal road accident.

I wonder if the sheeprooters have a similar problem with the "Jandall" ?

But what is still perplexing is the high proportion of perfectly good left thongs witnessed lying about... often in quite new condition. When I see them on the street, I wonder endlessly about why the person didn't turn the motorcycle around and pick it back up??

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This is very true, which sort of blows my blow-out theory out of the water.

I'm glad I'm not the only one aware of the left-footed thong enigma.

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Sadly, most of the solitary thongs that I see are usually on the road/roadside that I assume are left behind after a fatal road accident.

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Hmmm... but that's impossible, I've seen hundreds of these thongs lying about...

Errr.... wait a sec. On second thought, maybe what you say IS... sadly... true.

How disapointing ... I thought the thread was gonna be about these...

totster 

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...or these:

...or these:

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Or these...

totster

This problem isnt only Thailand related, we have a similar problem in the uk, there is a epedemic of lost shoes on the side of road. Where do they appear from? Anyone know, or has experience of losing shoes on the side of the road?

I lost a shoe at Glastonbury one year, thinking about it, I'm sure it was a left one..

totster

I lost a shoe at Glastonbury one year, thinking about it, I'm sure it was a left one..   

totster 

You sure that was all you lost at Glasto?

Isnt this is a g string rather than a thong?