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Mark Frauenfelder at 3:25 pm Tue, Jan 19, 2010

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Funny manicure.

Mark Frauenfelder is the founder of Boing Boing and the editor-in-chief of MAKE and Cool Tools. Twitter: @frauenfelder. Come and hear Mark speak at the ALA conference in Chicago on July 1.

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  • Anonymous

    or you could paint them different colors and have htem look like the ghosts from pac-man.

  • dculberson

    It looks to me like they would feel like being “clawed” with a thick piece of cellophane. Not much structure to them.

    • dbarak

      But think of the curve in the nails. I think that would add some extra structural strength.

  • sbarnes2

    Don’t pick your nose!

  • azriel

    I believe I have seen weavers who cut their nails this way so that they can manipulate multiple threads at the same time.

  • General Specific

    Gross.

  • murrayhenson

    I remember a Calvin & Hobbes comic where Calvin filed all his nails down to a point. Hobbes more or less said “nice, but they’re not retractable.”

  • randomcat

    Ow. I predict those will last about three hours, on average, before getting caught on something and splitting.
    Ow, ow, ow ow ow.

  • pahool

    This takes me back…

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBfZXaKRlhU

  • jeligula

    As a classical guitarist, I have to work on my nails constantly. Although they are now very strong, I still break them from time to time. This manicure didn’t last even a whole day. They aren’t very thick and the very first time a point snags on something, you have a painful tear.

  • Mitch

    Oh, that hurts to look at. They’re going to get caught on stuff and split. It would be a better thing to do with
    acrylic nails that aren’t going to hurt you if they split or break.

  • Anonymous

    pmg that looks like it hurts

  • Anonymous

    Banned by TSA. (hah)

  • spencercat

    I want to file those nails down! Or pick off the tips! I have to stop looking at this picture…

  • Lexicat

    i did that once a little over 30 years ago: each “tooth” breaks easily and can indeed split til it hurts.

  • mdpaustin

    Now, paint the thumb as Pacman and I’m on board.

    • Talia

      I was grossed out by this till I read your post, and now I’m all “AWESOME.” Yes indeed, and paint each fingernail a different color.. that would be ALL KINDS of win.

      Too bad I bite my nails too often to pull off such a shenanigan.

  • The Lizardman

    Some more serious fingernail modification from an old BME interview:

    http://www.bmezine.com/news/people/A10101/finger.html

    I did some thickening per the linked article and sharpening for a few years but have since more or less given it up and my nails have returned to a normal appearance but are still stronger and thicker than most

  • girlvaughn

    I just threw up a little. gross.

  • Anonymous

    In my teens I would to file my nails to a single point. Amazing for tickling. And a bit of red polish on the tips is funny.

  • Anonymous

    Paint them different colors & give them little eyes..& presto! U got pacman ghosts..

  • EscapingTheTrunk

    Look close, and you can see where the glue on one nail keeps it from splitting all the way up the quick.

  • dbarak

    http://technabob.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/domo_kun.jpg

  • Anonymous

    That’s just creepy, gross, and weirdly unnerving.

  • Baron Karza

    Good luck getting that dime outta your pocket.. Fail..

  • nanuq

    “Funny manicure.”

    Only if you’re not on the receiving end of those claws.

    • Anonymous

      omg are those real? They look lilke halloween nails. I wouldn’t like those nails but wow omg.

  • Anonymous

    Ouch those would snag on everything!

  • Anonymous

    I did that once. Then I accidentally cut myself.

  • max

    i used to do this when i was little

  • spiderking

    Looks like a good method of getting your significant other to sleep on the couch.

  • imorgan73

    Ugh – having that image foisted upon our eyes is the visual equivalent of chewing aluminum foil. Thanks!

  • Anonymous

    Do you wear contact lenses !!! Pahahaha! ((BIG Ouchies)