Mississippi To Ban False Fingernails

[matcom]

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CLINTON, Miss. -- Sen. David Jordan is disgusted by the thought of finding a fingernail in his soup.

Jordan said a woman shared with him her story of discovering a false fingernail in her bowl of soup, inspiring him to draft legislation to protect other Mississippians from the nauseating experience.

"A lady is serving you and has red, long, burnt claw nails. The perception is that these things will come off," said Jordan, D-Greenwood. "If you're eating, we like to think that everything is clean. Clean nails, short nails, or gloves are what we expect."

Jordan's fingernail legislation is one of several unusual bills filed for the 2004 session.

Among them are proposals to prevent hotels from renting by the hour, ban motorized vehicles from sidewalks, prohibit veterinarians from silencing dogs and require twice as many women's restrooms as men's restrooms in state buildings.

http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2004/01/26/miss_bill_would_limit_false_fingernails/

[GOPisEvil]

1. "Every now and then, I sit in my room and just think about stuff."

Truer words have never been spoken. Good luck! :-)

[Catch22Dem]

2. I don't think that's such a bad idea

In food preparation. I mean, let's face it, when you're in food service there's a lot of shit you have to do. I don't think this is too bad. When I first read the title, I did, but not now.

[SoCalDem]

5. Fingernails are not as much of a problem

as the non-use of gloves in food preparation :(

[LynneSin]

12. I agree - If you work in a restaurant - fake nails are wrong

First, these things can come off your fingers and end up in someone's food.

Plus there are some gross things that could be growing under those nails, including fungus.

I don't think Mississippi should ban fake nails, but should ban them with anyone working in the Restaurant business.

This makes sense - it really does!!

[Gman]

3. I think this is a great idea

"Rep. Roger Ishee, R-Gulfport, said his headlight legislation grew out of complaints from Gulf Coast residents. He said a law in Alabama requires headlights when windshield wipers are in use,..."

I even got one of my state reps to introduce this several years ago. I learned about this after driving to S Carolina several years ago and driving through Louisiana in a bad rainstorm. While I was driving along as best I could at 55 - 60 because of terrible visibility, people where flying by at 85. They appeared to be coming out of nowhere. When I got to S Carolina I learned about their law for this.

Unfortunately, the bill here in Texas died in committee because the farm and rural lobby basically didn't want to be told what to do when it was raining.

[ozymandius]

4. Great news!

I have been throwing money into investing in Lee Press-On Toenails! It's the next big thing.

[radwriter0555]

6. Those sound like some sensible laws actually...

I like it.

[Rabrrrrrr]

7. I like the ideas!

Unless they solve the bathroom problem by making the women's restrooms smaller, but more of them. Or by just decreasing the number of men's restrooms.

I love the fingernail idea - false nails look so bloody stupid, anyway, and people in food service shouldn't be having long nails AT ALL anyway, let alone those ridiculous long fake ones.

But what does it mean "veterinarians from silencing dogs" - does that mean killing them? Or cutting out their vocal chords? Or that the vet can't quiet a dog down when it's on the operating table? I don't get it.

[Philostopher]

9. My guess would be 'silencing dogs' means

Debarking, which is a fairly common procedure. As you say, they actually go in and snip one of the vocal cords. Of course, it doesn't always work well -- sometimes it doesn't work at all -- and the dogs will still try to bark. There's one on my route where I walk my dog who's had it done. He sounds pathetic -- but he still tries to bark. They leave him outside all day and most of the night, you see, so if he barks, the neighbors complain. Personally, I see it as killing a fly with a sledge hammer -- there are more humane solutions -- but that's why they do it, I guess. I'm not into remodeling my pets, myself... if I couldn't stand occasional barking, I wouldn't have got a dog.

[Rabrrrrrr]

10. That's terrible

I'm with you - if you don't want your dog to bark, don't have a dog. Send it elsewhere.

No wonder he wants to outlaw that procedure.

How utterly selfish a process that is.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

8. I thought that was already a health code thing...

For restaurants and stuff. Everywhere I worked, you couldn't wear such things in the kitchen. And your nails had to be short. But this is Oklahoma mind you.
Duckie

[trof]

11. I want a ban on bad toupees and combovers.

Shiny-tops, all the way!