When I first heard someone make reference to the stereotypically feminine complaint of "oh, I can't do that, I'd break a nail", I imagined that the person saying that was concerned about the nail completely breaking off down the middle. Having at one point trimmed off my own nail a bit too close to the flesh, this sounded like an excruciatingly painful thing to happen and I couldn't understand why the complaint was treated with such derision.
A childhood belief about general
others believed things like this
- I didn't know whether nail files were supposed to make your nails sharper or duller.Anon
- I used to think that the moon was God's toe nail, when it was in the shape of a crecent— Ms.imagination
- I used to believe that a half moon was gods finger nail, and his finger was pointing downwards.— clo
- I couldn't understand why my grandmother wore an ear-grenade (hearing aid). It sounded very dangerous to meAnon
- I thought break dancing involved actually breaking stuff!— Sydle
- Thank you to the person who said that red ants don't eat flesh. I always thought they did! — Lola***Rose