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Here's another pic from the World of Britney site. A reader points out that the knee brace is on her left knee, but her crutch is on the right side. (Lest you think she was just resting with the crutch, there are three more shots on the site that show the same thing—if the permalink doesn't work, just scroll to the bottom of the page). Either Britney hasn't yet figured out how to work a crutch, or she really, really didn't want to go on tour so that she could hang out with her skeezy dancer boyfriend. If she's goldbricking to avoid a tour, why didn't she just go with the time-worn method of a rehab stint? (We admit that this whole thing is a creepy mix of Zapruder film obsessiveness and Tiger Beat pajama party, but such is our lot in life. We now return to our scheduled morning hour of examining Lindsay Lohan photos for cleavage scars.)

UPDATE: Apparently, Defamer is the one that doesn't know how to use a crutch. We were so overcome with our zeal for Britney photography that we missed the obvious. Says our newly-appointed Defamer Correspondent on Pop Star Joint Injuries, "You're supposed to wear a crutch (use a cane, etc.) on the opposite side of the injury. how do we know this? it was in an episode of the Cosby Show. TV teaches and it heals."

[USING ONE CRUTCH (OR A CANE): Use the crutch in the hand opposite to the sore leg. This gives you better support and helps you walk with more normal movements.]