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I found that I was attractive to the opposite sex. I discovered my legs weren’t made just to stand on. Tread Softly Stranger 1958 starring Diana Dors & George Baker & Terence Morgan & Patrick Allen & Jane Griffiths & Joseph Tomelty & Thomas Heathcote & Russell Napier & Maureen Delany & Betty Warren et al, director Gordon Parry, Dors
Four legs good, two legs bad. George Orwell
I’m a hero with coward’s legs. Spike Milligan
Back on the ship I tried to get you to look at my legs. Star Trek s1e8: Miri, Miri to Kirk
Nice legs – for a human. Star Trek: The Next Generation s4e20: Qpid, Worf
Earl of Uxbridge: By God, sir, I’ve lost my leg.
Duke of Wellington: By God, sir, so you have.
I like footballers’ legs actually. Nice and muscely, aren’t they? Play for Today: Abigail’s Party, written and directed Mike Leigh, starring Alison Steadman ***** Beverly, having inspected Tony’s footballer legs, BBC 1977
The leg division, Mr Spiggot. You are deficient in it to the tune of one. Your right leg, I like. I like your right leg. A lovely leg for the role. That’s what I said when I saw it come in. I said, ‘That’s a lovely leg for the role.’ I’ve got nothing against your right leg. The trouble is – neither have you. Peter Cook, Beyond the Fringe, sketch ‘One Leg Too Few’, 1964 audition of one-legged man for role of Tarzan
Alan Shearer has done very well for us, considering his age. We have introduced some movement into his game because he has got two good legs now. Last season he played with one leg. Bobby Robson
Manchester United are substituting Blomqvist for Giggs just to bring more legs into the game. Tony Gale
He’s got a knock on his shin there, just above the knee. Frank Stapleton
I was saying the other day, how often the most vulnerable area for goalies is between their legs. Andy Gray, Sky Sports
In some ways cramp is worse than having a broken leg. Kevin Keegan
Bobby Robson must be thinking of throwing some fresh legs on. Kevin Keegan
Celtic manager Davie Hay still has a fresh pair of legs up his sleeve. John Greig
The uglier a man’s legs are, the better he plays golf – it’s almost a law. H G Wells
12007: Well in the town of Maiden tonight a case that has police there scratching their heads. It’s all because of what was inside a smoker [grill] that was sold at a storage facility auction: ‘I got a human foot.’ Finders Keepers, 2015
‘I had plans on how to display it and everything.’ ibid. Shannon
‘January 17th 2004: I lost my leg in a plane crash.’ ibid. John Wood
‘The battle tonight is just who does that leg belong to?’ ibid. television news
Battle over leg leads to lawsuit. ibid. newspaper article
With nowhere to go John began to live under a bridge. ibid.
Judge Mathis: ‘You want his leg back?’ ibid. to Shannon
‘A $5,000 judgment … I lost possession’ ibid. Shannon
Restless leg syndrome – also known as RLS – has been described as the most common condition you’ve never heard of. The chances are, if you don’t have it, someone you know does. Restless leg syndrome is a condition that gives sufferers strange sensations in the legs and an unstoppable urge to move them every single day. Restless Legs Syndrome, Channel 5 2018
One in ten of us will suffer from restless legs at some point in our lives. ibid.
Sorry about the leg, Jackson. You sit tight for five minutes and I’ll call you an ambulance. Parker 2013 starring Jason Statham & Jennifer Lopez & Michael Chiklis & Wendell Pierce & Clifton Collins & Bobby Cannavale & Patti LuPone & Carlos Carrasco & Micah Hauptman & Emma Booth & Nick Nolte et al, director Taylor Hackford