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Gothamist is filing this story in the "Subway," "Crazy," and "We Can't Believe It" files: A 23 year old Brooklyn man was arrested for kissing and licking the feet of female subway riders. The Daily News calls Joseph Weird "the Licking Lothario" and says that he was caught last night when a woman rebuffed his advances on an E train Thursday. And then the police connected him to other cases where women were approached by a man "slobbering" over their feet; eight women positively ID'd him in lineups. More of the details:
"He would grab women by their ankles, then kiss and lick their feet. A real sicko," a police source said.Weir's lawyer says he's an "intelligent, pleasant, but confused young man who doesn't cause any real harm." Uh, what about the mental harm - that is some nutty stuff. Feet can get so dirty, especially during sandal season, too. This story was a Daily News exclusive, or else we'd have seen a Post headline like "WEIRd Subway Perv!" But there is tomorrow.Sometimes he would take off with his victims' shoes, police said.
Assistant Manhattan District Attorney Rachana Pathak said Weir would corner a woman alone on the subway at night and bow to her while asking, "Can I date you? Can I be your slave?"
He would then grab his victim's ankles, and pull the woman off her feet, the prosecutor said. In one case, he fondled a woman's thigh and genitals. Another woman was victimized twice in nine months.
Less unsanitary but as disgusting: A teenager tried to kidnap a little girl in Queens, but ended up leaving - and licking her face.
Photograph from Susan NYC on Flickr
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If anything, he's a thief. People pay good money to worship women's feet!
The NYPD never ceases to amuse me, since I don't recall hearing such a passionate response to any of the guys waving their willies at female riders.
Indeed, it needs to be said that conventional flashers are all too common.
hey let's remember many people appreciate women's feet without accosting them. Don't give all of us a bad name. When a woman is raped we don't condemn sex.
Sorry, but most women don't have nice feet anyway. They're usually hammertoed, calloused, hideous things with dry, chapped heels, deformed by too many hours in high heels. And oversize, too. Not that I'd be into footbinding, but I'd like to see a nice pair of natural size sixes. Did you know that average American woman wore a size 4 a hundred years ago? Today the average is over 8. Sasquatch will soon have company at this rate.
Brightliner, you seem to be stuck in a handy nostalgic fantasy (that, for some reason, wants to criticize contemporary women for being BORN with feet that are too "big", WTF?) Don't forget that the measurement of shoe sizes, like clothing sizes, have changed over the years (especially the last 100 years, jesus), and historic sizes are NOT comparable to modern sizes.
Why even derail this post with such comments?
Where do you get this absurd notion of shoe sizes changing with time? Are you saying the Brannock Device has been repeatedly recalibrated over the last eight decades as it must have been if sizes keep changing as you claim? Why don't you let people who actually know something about the topic slip a word in? Say for instance the podiatric historian cited in this article.
Aww Brightliner, not getting laid again? Any guy who claims that some women's body part should be whatever size is obviously wining and dining his hand this evening.
Actually the historian backed up K's post. Men's sizes have also been increasing. As nutrition over the years improved, everything grew. DUH. You have to be an idiot not to know this.
My perfect 9s have been worshipped many times, and they keep me balanced!
"footsy,"
You're a complete and unmitigated imbecile, did you know that? Sorry, but I don't bite when baited with baseless questions about my masculinity. As for your other statement, you're apparently too stupid to understand that what K was claiming was that feet haven't grown bigger. He was saying measurement methods changed while actual dimensions remained constant, which is the exact opposite of you (and the historian and myself, if you could could actually comprehend my original post) saying feet are growing. Do try to understand somebody's post before you claim to argue on his side then contradict him in the same breath. As it is, your idiocy will be on display here for all posterity (or at least as long as Gothamist lasts).
Oh Brightliner, don't get your manties in a bunch. Nothing I could possibly say would compare to the ridiculousness of your bitching about the size of women's feet.
And again, your cretinism rears its ugly head (probably to match your ugly feet). Please point out anywhere in any of my posts where I "bitched" about the size of women's feet? All I did was state a preference. I guess men never do that, eh? Guys never say they like redheads, blondes, nice butts, nice boobs, legs, fair-skinned, dark-skinned, supermodel thin, Rubinesque, etc. Go ahead, get your feet "worshipped," if that's what floats your boat, or your supertankers, as they were, since they're obviously what you consider your best feature. Personally, I've never worshipped feet. I worship what's between the ears, and I don't mean the hangar-sized empty space you have.