Wow! Look at the size of...

...
...those feet! 

So.

Those who know me know I've been perplexed by the fact that in the 1970s, working at my dad's clothing store, we stocked a ranged of shoes that started at 7 1/2 and went up to 12--with very few of either of those sizes (say one out of every other style or so,) but we'd stock two of every style between sizes 9 and 10 1/2.  Almost a perfect bell curve...  of sorts.

And,

I've  been totally perplexed how in one generation we suddenly have a whole slew of kids with size 14 feet?  Get real.   Size 14 didn't (hardly) exist a generation ago.  Yeah, okay, sure we evolve, but not like that.  There is no evolutionary benefit for big feet that would translate into natural selection increasing them to that big that fast.  I know.  I know.  Yes, there is the whole big feet, big ___ theory, which many of my friends would argue until they're blue in the face is a fine evoltuionary benefit for natural selection to select for and they could totally get the speed by which it's happened.  They might even get a bit religious about it and thank God for answering prayers or something!  Size Queens aside, let's get real--evolution doesn't work like that.

WHY HAS THIS HAPPENED? 
WHAT CAUSED IT?
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

Then,

Friday at lunch it struck me.  A co-worker and I had had a conversation earlier about why I eat as little meat as possible:  all the hormones and antibiotics in meat.   He'd said, "Dude, I get it.  Girls used to not mature until much later, but now I see little kids maturing real fast--especially little girls, and I'm like, dude, something's up with that.  It didn't used to happen until late middle school, but now..."

That's it! Got to be!

In that one generation we suddenly filled the meat and diary supply with hormones (and antibiotics, but this argument really only works with hormones--the resistant staph and other things goes to the over-use of antibiotics column!) and that has to be why so many guys under 30 have huge feet!  Wow! 

How else could you explain it?!? 

Seriously people--big agri-business is killing us.  Faster than you think.  Eat organic as much as you possibly can--or don't eat it.  Seriously.  Go soy as far as diary is concerned.  (okay, except ice cream, but still...)  Eat free range meat, whenever you can.  Only organic meat, if you can.  It's not possible to do it all the time, and we know most restaurants don't use it, but if I were you, I'd try as much as possible to limit that hormone/antibiotic injected meat, by either eating vegetarian more or buying less of the better stuff. 

Seriously.

Or what?  In another generation.... 

Wow..look at the size of those skis on the bottom of his legs.  You know what they say?  Big skis, big... 
mountains!

Addendum: 
Oh yes, and Denny commented that his aunt raises chickens for Tyson and they grind their beaks down and inject them with stuff, which makes them become full size in about a fourth of the time it would normally take to get there, which corresponds a lot with what the guy in my office was saying about the attrocities KFC does to its chickens.  Yikes. 

Beans, soy, etc all are excellent sources of protein!