# Long pinky fingernails on men **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 22, 2011, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-pinky-fingernails-on-men/572188 "2011-02-22T02:58:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2011, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-pinky-fingernails-on-men/572188/41 "2011-02-22T21:24:10Z")
> [@Heyoka13](#): > > LOL. > > Coke use, > -or- > they are nose pickers. > > :eek: Why not ear pickers? ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-pinky-fingernails-on-men/572188/42 "2011-02-24T12:51:15Z")
> [@Gedd](#): > > He mentions them sometimes being kept by theives (good for picking locks) An old thieves’ trick was to glue a thin sliver of blade under the pinky nail - not for picking locks, but for slitting purse strings and the like with one hand. Wouldn’t surprise me if this also gets used in some magic tricks. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-pinky-fingernails-on-men/572188/43 "2011-02-24T13:20:29Z")
I asked someone about their long pinky fingernail and he said it was helpful for flipping through filing cabinets. He wasn’t a lawyer. ---
**Author:** ![greekgirl23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@greekgirl23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greekgirl23)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-pinky-fingernails-on-men/572188/44 "2013-03-26T04:51:40Z")
My pinky nails are alwaysss long. Idk why i just like it that way. when i went to Greece a lot of the males in my family had it. But it is related to coke…not for me of course. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2013, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-pinky-fingernails-on-men/572188/45 "2013-03-26T13:40:17Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > Why not ear pickers? Waxy build-up… ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-pinky-fingernails-on-men/572188/46 "2013-03-27T00:13:41Z")
Ik. ---
**Author:** ![mancunian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mancunian/32/12244_2.png) [@mancunian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mancunian)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-pinky-fingernails-on-men/572188/47 "2013-03-27T00:56:53Z")
Pretty sure I could snort better if my thumb had a huge nail (ergonomically and more clandestine-ly). ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2013, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-pinky-fingernails-on-men/572188/48 "2013-03-27T02:23:10Z")
I’m pretty sure that in days past (for Chinese and other Asians) it was to dip snuff from a bottle. Here in my country, low lifes grow one thumb nail long and file them sharp for close quarter fighting. Ughh… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/long-pinky-fingernails-on-men/572188.md?page=2)