Don’t put your best foot forward!
Feet are dirty things, so the thinking in Thailand goes. Feet are used for walking on and occupy the lowest part of the body (anatomically and metaphorically speaking). They get dirty in rice fields and on floors and should be tucked away out of sight, never pointed at anyone or used to point. Of course, along come us bumbling ‘size 45’ farangs, insisting on wearing footwear everywhere. Oh my Buddha, just think of all the mucky and dirty places they have been.