# Long fingernails...REEEALLY long

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-fingernails-reeeally-long/390111>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 30, 2007, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-fingernails-reeeally-long/390111 "2007-01-30T15:28:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2007, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-fingernails-reeeally-long/390111/61 "2007-01-31T07:39:18Z")

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It takes a lot to gross me out, but long nails is definitely my weakness. In fact, I can barely stand nails that exceed the finger by more than a few centimeters - I don’t know if I could date a woman with anything longer.

Also, am I the only guy that hates painted nails as well? I find it to be a huge turnoff. Even worse is when the paint start chipping - ugh.

Just keep them short and natural girls!

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-fingernails-reeeally-long/390111/62 "2007-08-09T22:37:08Z")

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[QUOTE=Tupug Anachi]  
Ugh! I don’t care how much you polish the tops…the undersides are barforama!  
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Aaaagghhh… that’s an aspect that hadn’t occurred to me. :: shudder :: Those pics remind me of the [house centipede](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=8865961&postcount=241) or whatever it was in the MMP.

I like fingernails short, round, and tidy. Unpainted is ideal, but I don’t care that much about that. Modest backscratcher length–say, 2 or 3 mm beyond the point where the nail leaves the fingerbed–is okay. Anything linger, I start to worry about structural soundness, at the least.

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**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2007, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-fingernails-reeeally-long/390111/63 "2007-08-09T23:04:07Z")

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I had gone into a fast food place one day to grab something quick to eat, and as the girl behind the counter took my burger out of the slide I happened to see up under her 2-3 inch long flashy fake nails. I accepted my bag, asked to speak to a manager and asked for a refund. When he asked why, I asked him to look under her nails. When he did, I asked him if he was willing to eat anything she had handled.

He gave me my money back. I swear, there were things _growing_ under there.

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2007, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-fingernails-reeeally-long/390111/64 "2007-08-10T12:35:38Z")

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**Sunspace** , please don’t bump threads older than three months.

**Cajun Man**  
for the SDMB

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