America is worried there is fungus on the floor after a million stockinged feet have walked on it.

NPR: 'This American Moment' As Peggy Noonan Sees It

He had stretched out his stockinged foot and dipped his big toe into the water, moving it slowly back and forth, his leg fully extended, for he could only just reach far enough to touch the surface.

NEWYORKER: While the Women Are Sleeping