These hands from you mentioned (the thin fingers):
http://exurbanpedestrian.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/hands31.jpg

I find to be very sexy hands.

I also like when hands that look long, but are normal sized if you know what I mean.

Lesley – Who’s this “kim” that’s attached herself to you? Is that your other name? I’m glad you’re enjoying the blog and that I was able to keep you cool for the upcoming milestone. I love you, too.

Thanks for the tip! I have been slowly making my way through your archives (rather randomly and pel-mel) (sp?) and have been enjoying myself immensely.

(“Cool Old People?” I am endlessly tickled by your categories.)

I so agree with your observations about hands. It’s almost a deal breaker (along with bad teeth) for me to meet someone who bites their nails or doesn’t clip them neatly. I used to date someone who just ripped them when they’d get too long. ewwww hindsight 20/20 he was like that in his personality lol

I don’t normally wear nail polish but when I do it’s a French manicure and my nails are very short (none of that fake gel with a thick white line ewwwww tacky…) like a lot of rings either and if I wear any, they tend to be a bit bulky but always silver. At the same time, I love cool rings on a man’s hands. I also love old hands, they’ve seen/done so much. And I agree that hands project a lot about who you are.

Citizen – Hey – you’ve never seen my “repulsed” look!

Lesley – I was going to mention to you yesterday, since you were so fond of the clothing post, you should check out the How to Be Cool Over 40 post. http://urbanpedestrian.blogspot.com/2008/05/how-to-be-cool-over-40.html

Ellie – You can find anything on the internet — except my hands. Those were taken with my camera — well, I guess they’re on the internet, too now.

Jobthingy – Oh, sorry. I hope you weren’t in the middle of an important dessert food or anything.

Debra – YES! I have avidly watched the VD’O’s hands. Wah-hoo!!

Lesleykim – Nice avatar. Calm down and go tuck yourself up with a nice L&O CI CD and call us in the morning

CP – I think a lot of people have those pictures of the parents first holding hands with their newborn. Interesting isn’t it? Hands are a lot more important to people than they even realize, I think. You should post the hands pictures some time — do a comparison of then and now!

Grandy – I know a lot of women who will scrimp on other things, but they absolutely need their weekly manicure no matter what. I’d like to see photos of your lovely hands, too

Janna – What a lovely thing to do. Is this a volunteer gig or someone you know? I’d love to do something like that. Also, you should compare notes with my daughter on the crazy nails thing. She must have 100 bottles of nail polish in her room and none of them are red or pink. She sports dots and flowers and stripes and alternating colours or a different colour on each nail. All the time I think she’s doing homework, she’s really decorating her nails.

Dare I mention that this week’s colors are black, neon yellow, and neon green? In stripes and fleur-de-lis swirls?

No?
Ok, then forget I said that last part.

I always look at people’s hands, too.

When I was a wee lass, I chewed my fingernails. My mom tried everything to get me to stop. Nothing worked. One day, I remember looking at my stubby nails and thinking, “How ugly! That’s gross!” and I never chewed them again. I know my mom was relieved but could have probably strangled me at that point.

When we had Claire, our friend came to take pictures of her when she was just a few hours old. He got some awesome pictures of all of our hands. I love those.

Anyway…interesting post!