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Top Nail Grower Loses Claim to Fame in Wreck

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(Newser) – The holder of the Guinness World Record for longest fingernails lost her honor in a traffic accident, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. Lee Redmond of Utah, who started growing the nails in 1979 and reached a total length of 28 feet and 4.5 inches, suffered the loss of her prized appendages when she was ejected from a car in which she was a passenger. She was hospitalized and is expected to be OK; her wounded pride is another matter.

No accident can take away the privilege of being the shortest man alive, He Pingping, 20.
No accident can take away the privilege of being the shortest man alive, He Pingping, 20.   (AP Photo)
Lee Redmond shows off her fingernails, which are about 30 inches long, in Salt Lake City.
Lee Redmond shows off her fingernails, which are about 30 inches long, in Salt Lake City.   (AP Photo)
A car accident.
A car accident.   (AP Photo)
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NutsInNY
Feb 13, 09 5:46 PM CST
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Doctor_Zaius
Feb 13, 09 6:18 PM CST
If this is news then so are the Geeks biting heads off of chickens in the carney side-show. Reply
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Caps
Feb 13, 09 7:03 PM CST
How could she scratch her a--? Reply
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Doctor_Zaius
Feb 13, 09 7:27 PM CST
very well actually.
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riffran
Feb 14, 09 5:53 AM CST
you beat me to the punch there caps, except I was going to ask "wipe" instead....on a serious note though, I bet daily activities of daily living such as bathing, general hygene, dressing combing hair ect...were a difficult task....glad she isn't seriously harmed though (except for the nails of course)... Reply
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