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SLC woman loses record-breaking fingernails in crash
Salt Lake Tribune ^
| February 12, 2009
| Erin Alberty
Posted on 02/12/2009 12:40:02 PM PST by Squidpup
The Guinness World Record for longest fingernails was broken Wednesday, so to speak.
The fingernails Salt Lake City resident Lee Redmond has been growing since 1979 were broken off in a four-car pileup Wednesday in Holladay, said Salt Lake County sheriff's spokesman Don Hutson.
Redmond was a passenger in one of the cars in the 1:30 p.m. crash. She and at least two others were taken to a hospital with minor injuries, Hutson said. She was ejected from the vehicle, Hutson said.
Redmond's nails were 33 inches long when The Tribune last interviewed her in 2007. She then was 66. In a 1995 article, she said she once turned down $10,000 to trim her nails on Japanese TV.
TOPICS: Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: fingernails
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To: dead
Well, for a change, something good in the news!
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posted on
02/12/2009 1:19:43 PM PST
by
QBFimi
(When gunpowder speaks, beasts listen.)
To: 353FMG
Ladies don't poo.
with that out of the way,
How did she put on that dress? The sleeves are very narrow.
Wonder how much weight she lost when those nails broke.
To: 353FMG
Someone else probably does it for her. Disgusting.
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posted on
02/12/2009 1:23:09 PM PST
by
FES0844
To: Squidpup
Good, now she can wipe her own a$$.
To: 1_Rain_Drop
silly me,
The dress must have been photoshoped.
She's a perfect, if not THE example of a truly wasted and useless lifeform.
To: Squidpup
This woman has gained an entire new life....
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posted on
02/12/2009 1:31:47 PM PST
by
r9etb
To: Squidpup
Of all the records out there I think longest fingernails is the wierdest one to quest for. A person is basically helpless with nails like that, can't drive, can't work, basic bathroom hygiene type stuff is pretty much out of the question too. What kind of person decides to be helpless just to get in Guinness?
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posted on
02/12/2009 1:35:24 PM PST
by
razorboy
To: Squidpup
Mental illness shows itself in many ways. Anyone else disturbed by her personal hygiene issues?
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posted on
02/12/2009 1:42:26 PM PST
by
SampleMan
(Community Organizer: What liberals do when they run out of college, before they run out of Marxism.)
To: Squidpup
Jeez lady, just glue on another one. Its not like anyone is going to notice or care.
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posted on
02/12/2009 1:45:45 PM PST
by
UglyinLA
To: Malsua
Well, she couldn’t hold on to anything.
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posted on
02/12/2009 7:20:23 PM PST
by
irishtenor
(Check out my blog at http://boompa53.blogspot.com/)
To: Malsua
Ejected and lived? I was half scared to read the story. I was worried that she was thrown against a truck hauling chalkboards.
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posted on
02/13/2009 7:32:53 PM PST
by
whodathunkit
(Shrugging as I leave for the Gulch)
To: whodathunkit; Quix
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posted on
03/09/2009 5:36:31 PM PDT
by
Joya
(Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, Savior, have mercy on me, a sinner.)
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