I know there are a lot of things going on in the world that many people consider devastating and tragic. I acknowledge all those things, but would argue that this is definitely the greatest human tragedy of the year so far. Remember being a kid and looking through the Guiness Book of World Records, and there was that lady in it with the ridiculously long fingernails, and you and your little friends would just discuss those fingernails for hours? (Okay, maybe your childhood was more exciting than mine.) Well, that woman’s nails have been BROKEN OFF in a DEVASTATING car crash that left NO ONE permanently injured except for the nails. God save us all.
Lee Redmond sustained serious but non-life threatening injuries in the Tuesday accident.
Redmond was the current Guinness record holder, with nails that hadn’t been cut since 1979. Her nails measured a total of more than 28 feet long in 2008, with the longest nail on her right thumb at 2 feet, 11 inches, according to the Guinness Web site.
Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Lt. Don Hutson says she was ejected from an SUV in the crash and taken to the hospital in serious condition, the Deseret News reported Thursday on its Web site.
I can’t talk about this anymore, you guys. I’m just too upset. Those poor nails!!! Nearly THREE FEET LONG! It’s so awful to see such precious things taken away from us before their time.
That picture makes me a little sick… and raises so many questions about just how she did every day things. I get tweaked out if my finger nails click on the keyboard much less begin to curl… gross!
i wonder how she used to wipe her ass.
or pick her nose…
Google her – there are videos of her doing all kinds of everyday things (including, no joke, washing dishes and cutting her grandkids’ hair), and on the ellen show, she demonstrates how she ‘wipes her ass,’ as you say.
If you google her you will find lots of videos of her doing everyday things – including washing dishes and cutting her grandkids hair. And on the Ellen show, she demos how she ‘wipes her ass’ – check it out. Scary but she’s resourceful, you’ve got to admit!
I’m more interested in how she deals with her menstrual cycle o.O
Being “ejected” from a vehicle is almost always is a result of not wearing a seatbelt! Stupid woman!
She probably couldn’t buckle it with those hideous nails.
For however old she is, she has a great bod! How do you think she works out?
THOSE are disgusting…. how long would it take to grow those puppies and how would you keep them clean or yourself clean. ICK ICK ICK
Ewww….Thank God…can you imagine trying to be “romantic” with someone with those things…It would be like a spider crawling all over you….I think she gives me nightmares!
Thank GOD!
honestly. I like to think that God was finally like, YOU KNOW WHAT>???? ENOUGH!!!
wait, did this happen in salt lake city?! if so… i need to meet this woman. how did i not know that i live in the presence of such celebrity?!
ahaha. I totally had the same Guiness Book edition as you as a kid!
THAT”S NASTY
As They said on Elm Street…they’re more like Finger Knives really
she’d be popular with the mystics on the ganges though
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006718/
How does that old bag maintain such a hot bod? I mean, she probably can’t work out with those nails!
She probably doesn’t eat much
OMG – that is so gross. I’m sure she’s devastated, but sometimes these things happen for a reason! How she got anything done is a mystery.
Rofl.
Clawlady!
That’s terrible! I couldn’t believe it when I saw it! She has been working on them for so long. She must feel terrible… :(
Oh no, what a shame!
She’ll have trouble scratching her back just like the rest of us now…
I wonder what the EMTs thought when they saw those next to her. It was probably like this, “damn, I used to spend hours as a kid wondering how she got those things”
PAYDAY!!!!!!!!!!!
(they want those things in some countries)
Oh, lordy! I submitted this story in as a joke. Wonder if they used the Jaws of Life to trim those bad boys off at the crash site.
I remember watching a Ripley’s show years ago that had an Indian man with the world’s longest fingernails at that time. His were so long and curled together that his hand was atrophied. So he purposely married a younger wife to take care of his daily needs. His whole job was riding around the world showing his nails. As a kid I used to day dream about hiring ninja’s to break into his home, cut off his nails, and release his poor wife from the craziness of feeding and clothing her perfectly healthy husband every day because he wouldn’t pick up a pair of clippers.
/vomit
i heard that once ur nails are that long that they become sort of a part of your body.so thats why u can never cut them off kuz its like cutting ur fingers off. so shouldnt she be injured or something?
No way! Those things have always freaked me out.
Well, whoever is in second place for World’s Longest Nails is probably clapping their hands with glee. Oh, wait. Maybe not clapping.
);
Yeah, I did discuss those nails while looking at the Guiness World Records book in the library of my elementary school.
But i guess no one cares that she’s in the hospital,
the nails are a more interesting subject.
Poor lady, i hope she recovers FROM THE CAR CRASH.
Okay, having met this woman by chance in a department store and seen the nails in person, I can safely say….Hallelujah!! This things were so gross. Yellow and grey discolored ickyness. It just couldn’t have been sanitary.
I do hope she is okay though, I’m not a complete asshole.
Being experienced in healthcare, I would venture a guess that the ER workers took an opportunity while she was out of it to chop off those nails whether they were damaged or not. THEN they told her they were damaged in the wreck and had to go. Just sayin’…
Lmao at that picture of her
I have a boner.
Literally… I creamed all over my computer screen.
that pic gave me chills and i may have nightmares now.