The muscle groups and tendons in your foot allow for isolated movement of your big and tiny toes, but the three toes in the middle are all controlled by the same muscle group and do not allow for isolated movement. So, NO, you could not flip someone off with your middle toe unless you held the other toes down with your hands.

As to the motivation to do so, you would like to sting your opponent with a dirty gesture while simultaneously impressing them with your dexterity.

I see now, about the religious instruction. It’s possible that prep schools have the same thing available, since most colleges do, but regular old public school doesn’t. Thank God there was a Latin class available, though, so Jesse could take three years of learning spells. xo

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Jeans, yes, I know all it takes is one little mention of you to get you to peek around the corner. We didn’t have our coffee together this week… the last time I saw you was for five little minutes at your house, where I was curmudgeonly and just wanted to get home to Buffy and bed. I’m sorry. Caffe soon? xo

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DANG, Jenns, I KNEW I shouldn’t have asked you a sci-fi question. It was stupid of me not to remember that you wrote that book about the Nubian Wars. Remember when Katie Courac asked you how you knew so much about them without having any actual documentation and you used your mind powers to make her eyeballs bleed? That was so COOL.

Your mind is green and fertile, and if you’ll think about that for half a tick, you’ll realize what I’m REALLY saying to you.

Okay, here’s one for you. A double-parter again. If I wanted to, would I be able to flip someone off with my middle toe?, and what would be my motivation for doing so? You have one hour to complete this exam. Please turn your paper over and begin. xo

Oh, that one’s easy. I thought you’d make it tough. Let’s see, prior to the Nubian Wars, there wasn’t much need for Martians to emigrate, but, tourism had picked up on Saturn and many Martians were discovering the beauties of that fine planet. Yet, few were willing to make a permanent transition. Only about 600 Martians had made the move to Saturn before the Nubian Wars broke out on Mars in 4023. The figure isn’t exact, as little research had gone into the immigration (all data comes from Saturn).

The Martians had enjoyed nautical pursuits on Mars (this of course was before the Nubian Wars exhausted all of the liquid on the planet, causing a mass exodus). They brought their knowledge of the seas with them to Saturn and coupled with their hospitible nature, they became commercial sea capitains. Many ran what humans would call “cruise ships” and others transported passengers across the vast oceans of the Northern Hemisphere of Saturn.

Next time, Kelly and Heather Anne, give me a difficult question!