owww... got graphite stuck in between my thumb fingernail...

Electric Rain · Post by **Electric Rain** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 7:25 pm

Dr. KillGood wrote:Lego's are awesome!

Yeah... they really kinda are... I'm a little ashamed of saying so, being 17 years old and not 7, but Legos will ALWAYS be awesome.

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 7:49 pm

Electric Rain wrote:
Dr. KillGood wrote:Lego's are awesome!
Yeah... they really kinda are... I'm a little ashamed of saying so, being 17 years old and not 7, but Legos will ALWAYS be awesome.

ASHAMED!!!1!! What kind of freak are you, ashamed of liking Legos? Legos are t3h pwn, the only ones that should be ashamed are those that don't like them!

THON · Post by **THON** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 7:49 pm

benol wrote:
Felino wrote:
benol wrote:
khaag wrote:umm... protection for the soft tissue underneath...
But it's only soft because we have fingernails.
Benol, try this, attemt to pick somthing up, using your toungue, or some other non-hardened part of your body. Now, notice it flops, there is nothign with which to grab?

Thats your fingernails calling.
Who uses their fingernails to pick up stuff? Besides, fingernails do not make the fingertips rigid. Perhaps they are vestigial claws.

Try picking up a quarter without fingernails.

Electric Rain · Post by **Electric Rain** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 8:07 pm

THON wrote:
benol wrote:
Felino wrote:
benol wrote:
khaag wrote:umm... protection for the soft tissue underneath...
But it's only soft because we have fingernails.
Benol, try this, attemt to pick somthing up, using your toungue, or some other non-hardened part of your body. Now, notice it flops, there is nothign with which to grab?

Thats your fingernails calling.
Who uses their fingernails to pick up stuff? Besides, fingernails do not make the fingertips rigid. Perhaps they are vestigial claws.
Try picking up a quarter without fingernails.

*tries* ... ... ... *can't do it* Yeah, this is also true.

ganonbanned · Post by **ganonbanned** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 9:33 pm

alright, well this isnt really even a topic anymore, but my mom talked to my uncle, whose a doctor, and he said to just leave it and it will come up...

Electric Rain · Post by **Electric Rain** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 9:49 pm

Well, I guess that sounds okay... at least graphite's not poisonous. *shrug*

Post by **Skyone** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 9:51 pm

THON wrote:Try picking up a quarter without fingernails.

It's possible, just hard.

Loki · Post by **Loki** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 10:02 pm

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vskid wrote:Lego's. The only reason we have fingernails is to take apart 2 of those pesky 1x2 plates that are stuck together. Thats all.

i laughed when i read this cause it is so true, it was so hard to pull thos things apart when you just got done cutting your finger nails

and when you used your teeth they would always pop out and make you hurt yourself

gamemasterAS · Post by **gamemasterAS** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 9:15 am

Loki wrote:]
vskid wrote:Lego's. The only reason we have fingernails is to take apart 2 of those pesky 1x2 plates that are stuck together. Thats all.
i laughed when i read this cause it is so true, it was so hard to pull thos things apart when you just got done cutting your finger nails and when you used your teeth they would always pop out and make you hurt yourself

Sometimes it left little bite marks on your Lego's to.

Sir Games-A-Lot · Post by **Sir Games-A-Lot** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 11:49 am

Electric Rain wrote:
vskid wrote:Lego's. The only reason we have fingernails is to take apart 2 of those pesky 1x2 plates that are stuck together. Thats all.
*nods and grins* That's exactly it. I'd 'sig that, but I want to keep my "currently watching" sig for now.

Do a print screen of it, crop it and stick it ins as an image.

a_majla · Post by **a_majla** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 4:52 am

I found this thread on Google trying to search for a solution to this problem, and I was very surprised by the timing. The same exact thing happened to me on Saturday morning (the 29th).

It hurt pretty bad after the initial trauma and now my thumb is just very sensitive to the touch. There's no way I can fit anything but a needle underneath my thumbnail, so I can't get the graphite out myself with simple tools (unless I tear my own thumb apart).

I took a picture (click for bigger):

To whoever's doctor uncle said that it would come up, is it just because it will move up along with the growth of the nail? It feels like it's pretty firmly stuck in my nail bed. I'm trying to decide if it's worth it or not to just go to the emergency room and have them remove it.