A:
It was touch and go there for awhile, but it looks like my big toe will not actually become in-grown.
B:
Shew! We were all praying for you.
A:
Don't snark. That would've been a total pain, outpatient surgery and all.
B:
Yeah, well, that's why you don't pick your toenails.
A:
I know that now.
B:
Glad you caught on.
A:
But I've been examining my toenail pretty regularly, and it's really interesting. Do you know how they work?
B:
Toes?
A:
No, nails. Or fingernails.
B:
Yeah, I guess.
A:
Well don't tell me, I'm trying to figure it out for myself.
B:
What is there to figure out?
A:
The relationship between them growing from the end and attaching to the rest of your toe. I know it involves a "base" and a "bed", but I don't know what either of those mean. I mean, I know what they mean, but not in this context. But the toenail is growing out towards the end of your toe, but it's also kind of glued down. If it's glued down, how does it keep growing out? You can't glue one block of wood to another and then slide the one on top!
B:
Hurm. Yeah, I don't know how that works actually. I'm going to look it up, I just got this sweet Wikipedia app on my iPhone
A:
Spoiler alert! Spoiler alert, I don't want to know! I'm going to figure this out purely through introspection! Introspecting on my big toe!