So now -- if rows are moving closer together -- we're playing footsie with legroom.

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In a tabloid age, the tale of footsie with a cop in a Minneapolis airport bathroom stall has proved irresistible.

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The heated footsie was then to be worn for 20 minutes.

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Among the candidates for the stockmarkets top honours is a raft of former Footsie members, among them Shire Pharmaceuticals, Associated British Foods, Rolls-Royce, Hanson and Psion.

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Do you play footsie with them, as Debra Medina does?

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Larry Craig, R-Idaho, retracted his resignation from the Senate after he apparently decided there was nothing illegal about playing footsie with an undercover cop in a Minneapolis airport bathroom stall.

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Larry Craig, R-Idaho, retracted his resignation from the Senate after he apparently decided there was nothing illegal about playing footsie with an undercover cop in a Minneapolis airport bathroom stall, even though he initially pled guilty to disorderly conduct.

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