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Moment | Nov 19 2002

To be cracked, the big toe must be scrunched down against the corner of the futon, where the futon is hardest.

The moment of cracking is like the moment of orgasm; it is the moment the tension breaks, albeit a piddling sort of breakage.

The comparison is apt, for the toe cannot be cracked again for perhaps an hour or more, although occasionally it will crack a second time, with diminished drama.