Salt Lake woman with longest fingernails, loses nails in crashBy Pat Reavy
Deseret News
Published: Friday, Feb. 13, 2009 1:54 a.m. MST
A Salt Lake woman holding the current Guinness Book record for the longest fingernails survived being ejected from a vehicle after an accident involving four cars on Tuesday but her record-setting nails were broken off during the incident, according to the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office.
Injuries to Lee Redmond were serious but not life threatening, according to police.
Redmond gained notoriety for her fingernails, which were approximately 33 inches long and had not been cut since 1979. She has been featured on TV in episodes of "Guinness Book of World Records" and "Ripley's Believe It or Not."
On Tuesday, the SUV Redmond was a passenger in, hit the side of another vehicle in the intersection of 2300 East and 6200 South about 1:30 p.m., said Salt Lake County Sheriff's Lt. Don Hutson. The impact of that collision caused the second vehicle to hit a third vehicle, and propel the SUV onto the sidewalk, through a chain-link fence and back onto the road where it hit a fourth vehicle, Hutson said.
Redmond, who was in the passenger seat, was ejected from the SUV. The man driving the vehicle was pinned and suffered a broken ankle. Both were transported to area hospitals, she in serious condition and the driver in critical condition, Hutson said.
The cause of the accident was still under investigation Thursday.
A family member said Redmond was still in the hospital Thursday night but was expected to be OK.
I'm curious to know how someone goes about deciding to grow the longest fingernails on the planet. It has motivated me, however, to do something better with my life. I'm just sitting here, not enjoying any notoriety for anything. Well, today that ends! I'm on a quest to get into the Guiness Book of World Records. Here are my ideas so far:
- World's largest pancreas
- Most dishonest driver's licence height and weight
- Longest amount of time taken to hang a picture in the living room
- World's most unproductive work day
- Most Star Wars references in a sacrament meeting talk
- World's largest banana sticker collection
- Most pirate jokes told in a 60-second span
Well, what do you think? Do I stand a chance?
Quinn
7 comments:
Star Wars references in Sacrament Meeting, hands down! And please invite me when you go for it!
As for Ms. Fingernails, that is just gross. As a nurse I can only imagine what an ecosystem was living on those nails. Like she could really wash them throughout the day! I don't even want to think about how she went to the...no let's not even go there.
I agree with you, FB is sucking the life out of blogs! But I am a loyal follower of yours, so keep it up!
P.S. We saw the fingernail lady at T.J. Maxx about a year ago. They're worse in person. Or, they WERE worse in person. R.I.P. nails.
Apparently this is national news because I just heard about it on a local Ohio radio station.
My vote is for largest pancreas. No one know what it does anyways.
-Daniel
I want to hear all the pirate jokes!!
Tom's vote is for the banana sticker collection.
I saw her in a doctor's office waiting room and thought she was weaving a basket.
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