Is this an asian thing or are these people just weird....

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BooGiMaN

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Originally posted by: cheapbidder01
Originally posted by: Encryptic
Originally posted by: BooGiMaN
ill have to check but i think he has the pinky nail too..so whats does long pinky nail mean?

Some folks supposedly grow their pinky nail or other fingernail out to use as a coke spoon, although I doubt that's the case here. ;)

I used to grow mine out just so I can pick dried wax outta my ears.

As for the hair thing, asians don't have much hair so any little bit may help ;)

all i know that the chinese professor couldnt grow a beard worth sh1t, he tried too but all he got were raggedy patches of hair...
 

Mears

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What is the other reason for having a long pinky nail besides coke? I had a professor that grew his pinky nail out and I always assumed he was probably a drug user.
 

Childs

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I have a transparent hair on my chest that is like 6 inches long. I let it go because I'm curious as to how long it would will grow. I'm not asian.

I also shave my head with a razor twice a week. *shrugs*
 

TuxDave

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That sounds freaking nasty and most likely cancerous. If you knew him better, I would probably suggest that he gets it removed.
 

Yax

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Originally posted by: Mears
What is the other reason for having a long pinky nail besides coke? I had a professor that grew his pinky nail out and I always assumed he was probably a drug user.

buggers and earwax removal?
 

Rage187

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Min Nyguen the poker player has a long gray hair growing out of his mole on the right side of his face/neck.

Watch the next time they show the WSOP.
 

Wooster

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From what I heard.

1. For good luck.

2. The more you yank it or cut it, the more it will grows back.

I am a Chinese.
 

someone16

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Yea...disgustin...i'm pretty sure they're just way too lazy to cut and they don't care about getting chicks...

I mean, if you shave it frequently enough it wont show at all.
 

EarthwormJim

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Originally posted by: Encryptic
Originally posted by: BooGiMaN
ill have to check but i think he has the pinky nail too..so whats does long pinky nail mean?

Some folks supposedly grow their pinky nail or other fingernail out to use as a coke spoon, although I doubt that's the case here. ;)

I have a Malaysian friend who grows out his pinky nail. One time after class one of his teachers asked him if he did coke, and gave him one of those "get help" brochures (the ones that have a bunch of help phone #'s for drug re-hab etc.).
 

RossMAN

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Bring a lighter and burn his mole hairs.

Just don't do this near your workspace, because it will STINK!
 

KingNothing

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In "The Great Train Robbery" by Michael Crichton, a long pinky nail is a sign of a person who steals keys and makes wax copies of them before putting them back.
 

gotsmack

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Originally posted by: Wooster
From what I heard.

2. The more you yank it or cut it, the more it will grows back.

I am a Chinese.

False, I yank mine out and it grows back less. it just HURTS a LOT the first few times you yank it out.
 

rh71

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Snopes already discredited the don't-yank-or-it'll-grow-more theory. Anything they say needs to be taken as gold. :D
 

MagicianBdotCom

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Anyone else find some of the comments in this thread slightly offensive?

Anyway it's a Chinese (usually) superstition, cutting it off is bad luck. Which isn't all that weird when people carry around rabbits feet, have lucky (unwashed) socks and stuff like that. Nothing is weird, its just different.
 

DanTMWTMP

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Originally posted by: MagicianBdotCom
Anyone else find some of the comments in this thread slightly offensive?

Anyway it's a Chinese (usually) superstition, cutting it off is bad luck. Which isn't all that weird when people carry around rabbits feet, have lucky (unwashed) socks and stuff like that. Nothing is weird, its just different.