"Every day in the U.S., about 500 people lose a limb. About 1,800 amputation surgeries are performed each year in Oklahoma. More than 1,600 of those — about 90 percent — are lower body amputations. So every day in Oklahoma, four people lose part or all of a leg." (Nationally, the most common procedure is toe amputation.) "These are the stories of four people living in Oklahoma — a mother, a senior, a Marine and a student — all living life on at least one prosthetic leg": Standing Tall [more inside]
posted by zarq on Nov 7, 2011 - 21 comments

Fly leg eyelashes. Just what it says. Good luck sleeping after seeing this.
posted by mr_crash_davis mark II: Jazz Odyssey on Aug 5, 2010 - 37 comments

Simon Dyson was the winner at the Dunhill Links Championship, but Manuel de los Santos may have made the biggest impression at the pro-am event, which was played on St. Andrews, Kingsbarns and Carnoustie. De los Santos, 25, is a former baseball player who lost a leg in a car accident and picked up golf in 2004, after moving from his native Dominican Republic to France. He plays to a 3-handicap without the aid of a prosthesis.
posted by netbros on Oct 12, 2009 - 4 comments

And you thought you had a bad day.
posted by aaron on Aug 31, 2000 - 3 comments

FRA-GI-LAY I think it's Italian.
posted by plinth on Jul 26, 2000 - 4 comments