On Thu, 17 Jan 2008, floatingunder wrote:

> Tangent: Anyone see American Idol last night? Well, there was a guy who
> has saved his fingernails in a plastic bag for the past 7 years. He
> seemed to have no insight into this compulsion (or at least none he'd
> admit to). He brought his baggie full of brown fingernails with him to
> the show. Anyway, I'd say he may be crossing over the border.

Reminds me of the passage in Gastronaut: Adventures in Food for the
Romantic, the Foolhardy, and the Brave by Stefan Gates where he bakes, I
believe, a muffin out of his own crushed fingernails, saved over a number
of months. He said there was "a vague taste of fairy cake." The book is
worth it for the section "A Personal Journey into Extreme Flatulence"
alone.