World laziest person .
'Dutchess' claims record for world's longest nails, says they're 'like a body part I was born with'
Wednesday, September 14th 2011, 7:45 PM
As records go, this one is a nail-biter.
A Las Vegas singer stepped out in New York yesterday as the proud owner of the longest fingernails in the world.
Chris "The Dutchess" Walton made it into the 2012 Guinness Book of World Records for the first time for having nearly 20 feet of nails on both hands.
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"It's kind of like a body part that I was born with, now I don't know what I would do without them," the 45-year-old said.
"I'm pretty sure one day I will cut them, but I can't see it in my head because I'm so used to having them.
"It's like a leg, I wouldn't just chop it off so it's gonna take some thinking."
"The Duchess," a mother of six girls and grandmother of three, says she started growing her nails 18 years ago by accident.
Now the nail on her ring finger is the length of the average human arm, her left pinky nail is almost the height of a New York City fire hydrant, and the middle fingernail on her left hand is as long as two Nathan's hot dogs.
The previous Guinness World Record record holder, grandmother Lee Redmond, had more than 28 feet of nails but lost them all in a car crash in 2009.
A closeup of Walton's nails, which she started growing 18 years ago. (Stan Honda/Getty)
"I don't know why \[I grew them\]," The Duchess said Wednesday at the New York Public Library.
"I just turned around and they were there."
The rock singer says her curly nails rarely get in the way.
She can cook and polish off a meal with ease, she texts using her knuckles, and she can clean, drive and wash
herself without assistance.
The only time she needs a helping hand is to reach into a pocket.
"I align my wardrobe to myself as well," she added.
"If I like a jacket, I'll take the seam out of the arm and replace it with a zipper so I can get my nails in the sleeves."
The Duchess manicures her nails at least once a month, replacing the acrylic and painting them with about five bottles of sparkly polish.
"I wear my patience on my hands," she said.
"Nobody can say I don't have patience."
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really scary... i dont know how she manage it.... hhewwwwwwwww...
Its look like
for past 18 years.....?? I wonder how she would have taken care of her kids.....poor kids must be scared to even hug her cause they might get hurt by her long long nails.....phew
May be Rizku u will get some hairs by scary nails massage...Yup it is possible becoz I heard somewhere that scary things can give u goosebumps....heeee heeee
flor padre she can scratch her back ! :)
@Flor- she said she can cook and text using her knuckles.. lol
well., i've seen a video of an armless man, but he can still do things like people who have 2 arms., these lady just have long nails :P
of household chores (using hand) can he actually do.
Well, she said...
"It's kind of like a body part that I was born with"
So, i just respect her idea on that. ;) I dont consider people who doesnt go with the norm as sick person.
But wow! her nails are really long... LoL
uuuuaaaah.......
What does she says when people ask her about it when she's walking in the street? I'm from a halloween party? :O
she looks so scary....:(
Must be having a hard time for any hand jobs...too long nails..:(
but definitely not lazy. I think she wanted some fame, and got it.
Not the world's laziest though as she can do household stuff ;)
Oh wow! I agree with her about her patience, lol
with "laziness". I may intend to believe as if you have such long nails, how can you work or do simple things that an ordinary person with short nails can do.
Brit, can you give it a better title. I would have liked it to be something like "Nailed to Fame" or "Extreme Obsession" ...
I don't understand the title of the post :O(
@Alkhor I am really sorry to see your comment abt our PM, U shouldn't defame our PM on foreign social site.
Her brain mapping might give insight into some weird kind of abnormality unknown to mankind thus far.
also holds the record for first successful horse mouth transplant. Giddy up!
Sick thought my friend, but good question. I want to party with her, so I can get her extremely drunk. When she stumbles and falls over... will she use her hands to prevent serious injury, or wil she keep her hands up and face plant the floor?
Does someone help her out in the toilet as well?
Worlds laziest person... I thought you found a picture of my friend in New York. Oh well!
She cant even eat food on her own with fork, she is totally depend on others. What price is she paying to get in record books.