For three days after death, hair and fingernails continue to grow... but turning tapers off.
Sad news
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wudnhed
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Lou, you are on it tonight, LMAO!
Woodlvr
Member
Lou,
How many nightcaps have you had, or how long has the first one been going on?
Mike
How many nightcaps have you had, or how long has the first one been going on?
Mike
Chuck Key
Member
Maybe he is speaking from personal experience.
Chuckie
Chuckie
GaryMGg
Member
I must've died some time ago or someone told my hair that my body died. []
]Geo in Winnipeg
Member
Maybe he's been counting too many pen blanks and wondering what colour they are.
fuzzydog
Member
Lou;
put down the glue bottle and step away.
put down the glue bottle and step away.
Proud_Poppa_of_2
Member
Lou -
Can you cite to some authority for that assertion, or are you just saying that? I'm referring to the part about the turning tapering off.
Can you cite to some authority for that assertion, or are you just saying that? I'm referring to the part about the turning tapering off.
wdcav1952
Activities Manager Emeritus
Old turners never die; they just spalt.
DocStram
Member
Been there .... done that.
Daniel
Member
Dang, It is in my will to be buried with my lathe.
winpooh498
Member
Hey now! that is a t-Shirt in the making if I've ever heard one!
TBone
Member
I thought Lou's comment was funny.......until I read the replies
George and fuzzy....good ones
Gary....LOL....I resemble that remark.
George and fuzzy....good ones
Gary....LOL....I resemble that remark.
Firefyter-emt
Member
Lou, I have to disagree with you. I mean, we have all heard the phrase "So and so would be turning in thier grave" Right??
mikes pens
Member
Dr. William R Maples, a very well respected forensic anthropologist states:
"It is a myth that fingernails and hair continue to grow after death. What really happens is that the skin may retract around them, making the hair and nails prickle up and jut out more prominently."
Reference: William R. Maples, Ph.D. and Michael Browning, 1994.
Dead Men Do Tell Tales. (p.39) Doubleday
As for turning, he doesn't say anything.
"It is a myth that fingernails and hair continue to grow after death. What really happens is that the skin may retract around them, making the hair and nails prickle up and jut out more prominently."
Reference: William R. Maples, Ph.D. and Michael Browning, 1994.
Dead Men Do Tell Tales. (p.39) Doubleday
As for turning, he doesn't say anything.
LEAP
Member
Dam'n as usual I've got it backwards my hair is dying but I'm still turning
With special acknowledgement to Randy Newman.
Yes, occasionally my humor can be a bit sardonic. [8D]
Yes, occasionally my humor can be a bit sardonic. [8D]
LEAP
Member
Well that thread ended on a happy note.