Bad Machinery by John Allison for March 22, 2022

The magical toe of deferment !

Put him in the Calvary. They wear pointy boots.

Awwww… Grampa Joe is Cecile’s hero now. How sweet ♡♡♡! Even Mildred seems to have a new and better opinion of him now.

Always loved that whole last panel.

Lots of people have this. If they rejected every recruit with a long second toe, they’d have a serious shortage of candidates.

Morton Salt Toe, Arm and Hammer Toe, etc.

Sonny is such a wuss

I agree “amazing”!

This brief glimpse inside Cecile’s psyche is appreciated.

That’s toe-tally awesome!

Well, they asked.

Okay, I know it’s shocking but I have to admit that I’ve NEVER heard of Morton’s Toe. Once again I’ve learned something vital from reading Bad Machinery.

There is also a condition called Morton’s neuroma, which is not a nice condition to have.

But it sure didn’t keep me out of the US Army.

https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=morton%27s+nuerome&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

I knew a guy who avoided being drafted, in the Vietnam War era, due to a defect in his little finger. Due to a long-ago injury, he couldn’t straighten the pinky finger of his right hand. He consulted a lawyer who found a regulation that said a man who couldn’t make a proper salute was unfit for military service. So the draft board had to exempt him.