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Calendar laser-etched onto fingernails
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Posted on: May 14, 2009 10:49 AM, by SciencePunk
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If by "fabulous" you mean "a insipid waste of time", and by "calendar" you mean "an uneven yellowing list of the names of the month without any actual dates", then yes, I agree.
Posted by: cm | May 14, 2009 9:09 PM
If by "fabulous" you mean "a insipid waste of time", and by "calendar" you mean "an uneven yellowing list of the names of the month without any actual dates", then yes, I agree.
Posted by: cm | May 14, 2009 9:09 PM
Sorry for the double-post. The system hung on me.
Posted by: cm | May 14, 2009 9:17 PM
"calendar" schmalendar: I wanna iPodNail!
Posted by: Pierce R. Butler | May 14, 2009 10:29 PM
How accurate would that be? Do fingernails grow at a regular pace? I'm pretty sure that differing nutritional conditions, and some diseases, can lead to slower nail growth.
And if he gets one of them caught in a car door or something equally unfortunate it will all have been a bit of a waste.
Posted by: Lab Rat | May 15, 2009 2:03 PM
What if he gets a hangnail? Does he time travel?
Posted by: Ern | May 18, 2009 4:43 PM