# Has anyone ever had a HANGNAIL? **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-had-a-hangnail/86963 **Category:** In My Humble Opinion **Created:** [October 12, 2001, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-had-a-hangnail/86963 "2001-10-12T02:50:30Z") **Posts on this page:** 9 **Page:** 1
### Author: ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather) #### Post date: [October 12, 2001, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-had-a-hangnail/86963/1 "2001-10-12T02:50:30Z")
Just curious. ---
### Author: ![Dark\_Lord\_Davidson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bc8723/32.png) [@Dark\_Lord\_Davidson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Lord_Davidson) #### Post date: [October 12, 2001, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-had-a-hangnail/86963/2 "2001-10-12T03:00:37Z")
Yes, yes I have. ---
### Author: ![Tranquilis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tranquilis/32/3639_2.png) [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis) #### Post date: [October 12, 2001, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-had-a-hangnail/86963/3 "2001-10-12T03:10:03Z")
Fairly often, in fact. ---
### Author: ![Kayeby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de0a6/32.png) [@Kayeby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kayeby) #### Post date: [October 12, 2001, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-had-a-hangnail/86963/4 "2001-10-12T03:23:14Z")
Forgive my ignorance, but what’s a hangnail? ---
### Author: ![NoSubstitute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@NoSubstitute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoSubstitute) #### Post date: [October 12, 2001, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-had-a-hangnail/86963/5 "2001-10-12T04:45:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by mouthbreather \* > \*\*Just curious. \*\* A hangnail is the skin flap near the edge of your fingernail that catch on things and bleed when torn off. OUCH! I have them ALL the time. I would REALLY like to know what causes them. Can we get a scientific explanation AND solution for this problem please? ---
### Author: ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby) #### Post date: [October 12, 2001, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-had-a-hangnail/86963/6 "2001-10-12T05:27:45Z")
I thought everyone on the planet over the age of 4 has had a hangnail. I guess not! ---
### Author: ![Helena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c68b51/32.png) [@Helena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena) #### Post date: [October 12, 2001, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-had-a-hangnail/86963/7 "2001-10-12T05:36:38Z")
Has anyone ever HAD a hangnail? How about “Has anyone NEVER had a hangnail?” Now that might be interesting. Out of curiosity, why do you ask? ---
### Author: ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather) #### Post date: [October 12, 2001, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-had-a-hangnail/86963/8 "2001-10-12T16:09:54Z")
It was just a little fun poke at the current “Has anyone ever had \ happen to them?” threads that are on the first page of IMHO. Ok, OK, it seemed much funnier before I hit “submit”. ---
### Author: ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid) #### Post date: [October 13, 2001, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-had-a-hangnail/86963/9 "2001-10-13T00:08:53Z")
Have-you-ever-started-a-thread-that-was-as-painful-as-a-hangnail. Just-curious.