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tomstar86
Joined: 09 May 2009
Location: Daegu, South Korea
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I just pick my nails usually. My boyfriend and my best friend both noticed on the same day and suggested I buy nail clippers. Old habits die hard.
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Robbo
Joined: 05 Sep 2010
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| Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Bitten them all off.. |
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Illysook
Joined: 30 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:39 pm Post subject: |
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| I can't find a decent pair of nail scissors in this country and I hate those cheap clipper things. Is there somewhere that I haven't looked? I am not talking about curved cuticle scissors, but a pair of decent nail scissors. I think that I got my last pair at Sephora. |
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Lastrova
Joined: 30 Dec 2010
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Just the other week I saw this really attractive Korean girl on the subway. She casually takes off one of her shoes, peels off her sock, and starts clipping her toenails. What struck me is that no one batted an eye.
 Kidding!
But seriously, what is it with the SE Asian habit of letting the pinky nail grow long? Is that some virility symbol? I never did get a straight answer from anyone while living there. I've seen it in Bali, Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos. |
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NYC_Gal 2.0
Joined: 10 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 12:43 am Post subject: |
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To pick their noses?
Traditionally, one long pinky nail was a sign of wealth, in that they could grow long nails because they didn't do manual labor. |
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DorkothyParker
Joined: 11 Apr 2009
Location: Jeju
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| Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 1:50 am Post subject: |
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Mostly in America, a longer pinky nail indicates coke or other drug usage.
Although, I'll admit, my pinkies do tend to grow better than the rest of my nails. I guess because they don't really pull their weight compared to the pointer or middle. |
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Lastrova
Joined: 30 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 1:58 am Post subject: |
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| NYC_Gal 2.0 wrote: |
To pick their noses?
Traditionally, one long pinky nail was a sign of wealth, in that they could grow long nails because they didn't do manual labor. |
Sure, long nails have always signified the elite class--taken to extremes in 19th century China and India--where the loss of functionality and utility was seen as a sign of superior wealth and intellect. But there's more to it than that. Something to do with maturity, manhood, virility, and style. It was even a fashion statement in Europe at one time. In the book, A House in Bali, the narrator talks about a peasant kid going through puberty and suddenly growing his pinky nail, and it had a different ring to it. |
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Koreadays
Joined: 20 May 2008
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| Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 2:47 am Post subject: |
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sorry OP but you are have been doing it wrong all along.
you start with the left thumb and work your way down to the pinky.
and with the toes too.
IN , out.
NOT, OUT IN.
it's logical really, start with the finger which is closest to you.
that would be the thumb.
so you put your pants on with the left leg or right leg first? |
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
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| Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 3:14 am Post subject: |
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| Koreadays wrote: |
so you put your pants on with the left leg or right leg first? |
Something I'd never thought about before! Invariably, all my life, left leg first. |
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Globutron
Joined: 13 Feb 2010
Location: England/Anyang
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| Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 3:35 am Post subject: |
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Once I really had to cut my nails but I had no clippers, and I'm too scared to use scissors.
So I found my Wire strippers most similar to this - http://www.ted-kyte.com/3D/Pictures/Wire%20Stripper.jpg
and had at it. Went surprisingly well. |
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Robbo
Joined: 05 Sep 2010
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| Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 4:29 am Post subject: |
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| Long pinky nails are common in S.America as well. I actually asked a Peruvian friend of mine about it, assuming it had something to do with cocaine and he said, "no, I'm not sure why. |
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Lastrova
Joined: 30 Dec 2010
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| Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 4:45 am Post subject: |
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| Robbo wrote: |
| Long pinky nails are common in S.America as well. I actually asked a Peruvian friend of mine about it, assuming it had something to do with cocaine and he said, "no, I'm not sure why. |
Right. No one could give me a straight answer, either. Not one with any substance anyways. Kind of reminds me of tattoos and how they are popping up on almost everyone. |
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PatrickGHBusan
Joined: 24 Jun 2008
Location: Busan (1997-2008) Canada 2008 -
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| Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 12:09 pm Post subject: |
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Well played OP!
You caught a few fish. Well done! |
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RMNC
Joined: 21 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2011 12:46 pm Post subject: |
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| Filing your nails every night before showering is the best way to go. |
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dyc
Joined: 16 Dec 2010
Location: Vancouver
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| Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2011 2:39 am Post subject: |
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| Panda wrote: |
I bet the OP is crying now, and I am sure she cant sleep tonight.
But I also have my own obsession, I can't stand people type on a keyboard after they eat anything with their fingers..
Hope that makes you feel better. |
YES! I'm glad I'm not the only one. |
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