Thread: The Functional Fingernail.

Call it an eccentric quirk. For more than a decade now, I've kept one index finger nail a bit long; alternating from hand to hand. It gets too long, then gets trimmed just as the one on the other hand gets just long enough. Admittedly, virtually none of my fingernails are ever the same length.

The point: an always-there toothpick. Not a problem, since I'm quite insistent about washing my hands before I eat, etc... so it isn't hard to sanitize. Floss makes my gums bleed. And I find most toothpicks too long to be agile to get the tough spots, and too broad to get the thinner strands of meat that get wedged in towards the gum line.





Anybody else prone to this level of utilitarianism? I know I'm not the only one; I've met a chap or two who do the same. However: before she was my wife (talkin first year), SWMBO said "Wtf is with that coke nail?!? You know it's supposed to be the pinky, right?"