#580 Finding that chopped off fingernail that sailed across the room before anyone else does

Stepping on someone else’s sharp, jabby toenail shard is a painful and disgusting moment. Basically, it has the same creep-out factor as poking a dead bee laying in your windowsill or accidentally crushing a hollow, dusty skull on your tour through the catacombs.

Now, on the other hand, when your toenail suddenly blasts off into outer living room and you manage to find that nearly invisible sucker hiding in the shaggy carpet, well that’s a pretty great feeling.

Good work, Sherlock Toenail.

You cracked the case.

AWESOME!

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43 Responses to #580 Finding that chopped off fingernail that sailed across the room before anyone else does

  1. lol, I think you are going to be “odd man out” on this one.

  2. OMG I am so happy that someone else admits to this quandry!

  3. Melissa

    I’m afraid to admit that this happened to me about 15 minutes ago, before I checked the site, because it will seem like I’m making this up. I honestly am not.

    And it certainly is awesome!

  4. Emily

    lol, Sherlock Toenail!

  5. i watched the movie and really liked it:)

  6. I do feel glad whenever I spot one that jumped. Mind you, this is especially hard to do with white tile floors!

  7. Bry

    Truly disgusting…….and made me laugh!

  8. AWKWAR-…I mean, AWESOME!

  9. Dani

    Most awesome indeed.

  10. Amelie

    LOL!!! This is the funniest one yet!!!

  11. Freddo

    I remember one time when my father-in-law was visiting us, and we walked in on him cutting his toe nails ON OUR BED!!! WTF?!?!?!?!?

    One of the more dry-heave-inducing moments I can ever remember.

    Barf.

    But this post is AWESOME!

    • Ha ha! What did you say? This story needs some closure, Freddo. I imagine it was a pretty funny exchange.

      You: “D-dad?”

      Him: (keeps clipping on your pillow)

      You: “Please…. no…. ”

      Him: (looks you straight at the eye, squints a bit, and keeps clicking)

      • Freddo

        I don’t think I said anything.. I was horrified and permanently scarred. I left my wife to deal with it.

        To this day, neither of us can pull out a pair of nail clippers without one of us saying: “REMEMBER WHEN…” followed by the sound of me dry heaving.

  12. Cheryl Jones

    Oh Neil, that is one of your funniest. I actually have a similar problem with fake fingernails. They can end up in the strangest places and sadly you do not find them for days if at all…….not awesome! Thanks!

    • Fake fingernails! Good point, Cheryl. I remember finding one of those in my dentist’s waiting room when I was a kid and being totally fascinated with it. I think I was playing with this shiny, plastic thing for a while before somebody clued me in.

      Felt a bit disgusting afterwards.

  13. Bit creepy but c’mon, it’s true! Who wants to step on someone else’s toe nail slice?? Or have a pet eat it. Ugh.

  14. I hate when people do it in the living room. I do mine in the bathroom.

  15. Yuck and funny…how can that be? I’m showing this to my husband when he gets home.

  16. Yeah, I agree with shaquelia too

  17. Deb

    Where the heck are you clipping your nails? A dinner party?

    :)

  18. Cheeks

    I remember one time my dad was making supper, and accidentally cut part of his fingernail off. It was only when my older sister stopped eating her rice mid chew, that we realized where the nail shard ended up. We killed ourselves laughing….except my sister. :D

  19. This is my first visit to your blog. Hahahaha….you sure know how to make a first impression!

  20. Richard Duck

    OUCH…nailed that one.

  21. JREF

    Am I the only one who has actually (accidentally) crushed a dusty skull in a catacomb?
    Gotta love those old Parisians and their Plauge riddled bones!!

  22. I just tried to grab the RSS Feed for your blog but it is not properly showing up in Google Chrome. Does anyone have any ideas?

  23. camiwa

    I have to agree. Maybe everyone else’s toenails are well behaved. :) Mine are not.

    No matter how organized I try to be – sitting on the bedroom floor, on my dark rug – one will go FLYING on to my lighter colored carpet… which makes it hard to find. And I’d be mortified if my bf saw it, or stepped on it, which is even worse.

    It IS awesome when you find it. Saves a lot of embarrassment.

  24. wendywithaurora

    especially my grandson who puts everything in his mouth now…that would be so groase!

  25. Billierose

    Lol that just happend to me when I walked into the living room haha ewww

  26. MerryMary

    Ewww. I gotta say I clip my nails in my home, and think it’s disgusting to see people take care of this personal hygiene task anywhere (outside of the home). The same goes for flossing, shaving, tweezing, etc. This should not even be an issue. Remove your body parts in your own home, make my day awesome!

  27. Shraddha shukla

    The only awesome thing in this post was Sherlock Toenail

  28. aleysha

    truly is awesome

  29. Alex

    I hate when that happens and it hurts like heck

  30. Cshaw

    Yeah,I’ve never gone looking for it…lol

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