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1. And from this they have deduced…?

   posted by Bassman on 6-30-2008 at 6:59 am

2. I have noticed another gender difference. Tell people they have something to brush off the side of their face, and brush yours to show them. Here’s what I’ve noticed: verbatim.blogs.com/verbatim/2008/05/the-real-gender.html

   posted by Karen on 6-30-2008 at 7:35 am

3. Only my mom and little brother are in the house.

   I would have examined mine palm down, as expected.

   Little brother examined his with curled fingers, as expected.

   Mom figured out what I was doing and ruined it.

   posted by Eileen on 6-30-2008 at 7:47 am

4. They used this to check for homosexuality at the republican convention on American Dad.

   “Hey, you have some dirt under your fingernail”
   If a guy puts his hand out with figures extended to check for dirt, he’s gay and therefore not allowed into the convention.

   they also would say “Ding, Ding”
   and if the response is “Goes the Trolly” they get dragged away

   posted by Chuck on 6-30-2008 at 8:06 am

5. I remember a show where they tested this to see if a man was gay. They also asked if he had something on his shoe, to watch whether he lifted his foot in front of him or behind (looking over his shoulder). The character in question did one thing in the “gay way” and one not, which is the onyl way it could have happened on a sitcom ;)

   posted by Liz on 6-30-2008 at 8:31 am

6. Fascinating! I love this kind of stuff. I’m a woman (straight) and I did it the “male” way. I’m not surprised–I often do things in a masculine manner when there is a difference between how men and women tend to do things. I’m going to try this on my ultra-feminie daughter when she comes home and see if she does it the “female” way.

   posted by annie on 6-30-2008 at 11:18 am

7. Heard this one before. It is kinda interesting. I’ve yet to see a guy do it the “female” way but I’ve seen a couple of girls do it the “male” way. And, no, they weren’t lesbians.

   posted by Nerak on 6-30-2008 at 11:49 am

8. I’m a straight woman and I look at my nails the male way. It’s harder to look at them the other way because the nails are too far away. But that’s just my reasoning. :P

   And I was going to mention American Dad, but I was beaten to it. ;)

   posted by Misty on 6-30-2008 at 12:13 pm

9. I’m a straight female and I checked mine the “male” way, but I also bite my nails on a regular basis and you can’t do that by looking at them the “female” way. I’m also right handed but cut my food as if I was left handed…does that mean something?

   posted by Aphiblazer on 6-30-2008 at 12:20 pm

10. i figured this out without asking anyone, even though i check mine the “male” way. it might have to do with occasional nail biting, as aphiblazer pointed out above me.

    posted by Laura on 6-30-2008 at 12:24 pm

11. I did both, female first, then male.

    Recaptcha: decrease nerve

    posted by Judy on 6-30-2008 at 2:03 pm

12. My (very heterosexual) brother in law actually had an interviewer give him the nail test during a job interview for a nuclear power plant. Granted this was in the early 90s, but they were trying to determine if he was gay to see if he was a security risk.

    He was sitting with his hands on his legs. The interviewer told him to look at his nails, so my brother just tilted up his hands, looked at his nails, and then shot a “that was stupid” look to the interviewer. The interviewer then went off on a rant about how he didn’t look at his nails “like a man” and how gays were security risks and couldn’t be hired.

    My (6’5″) brother in law won that argument.

    posted by hcat on 6-30-2008 at 3:02 pm

13. Oh my god, I’m a man! ;)

    posted by Dawn on 6-30-2008 at 4:19 pm

14. Did it like a man…not lesbian, but I do have high range-of-normal testosterone levels.

    Oh yeah, and I have an orgasm at least once a day. ;-)

    posted by lisa on 6-30-2008 at 11:24 pm

15. My mom did it the male way. She swears she’s straight, but she’s an Ellen Degeneres fan, and she was wearing her Rosie O’donnell t-shirt when I asked her to look at her nails.

    I think I might need a therapist. :o :)

    posted by Tdave on 7-2-2008 at 2:12 am

16. TMI, lisa!

    I do it the “male” way, but I also bite my nails like crazy. For statistical purposes, I’m bi, but I don’t think it’s really relevant given how many straight women do it that way too.

    hcat, how is a gay man a security risk to a nuclear power plant? I mean, I get the homophobia of the time period (as stupid and unfounded as it may be) but.. a security risk?

    posted by Celeste M. on 7-2-2008 at 5:17 am

17. I too, would like to know the lame-ass excuse for how someone’s sexual preference can be related to security issues.

    posted by Tdave on 7-3-2008 at 1:16 am

18. hmm, i’m female and i did it the male way. i think it’s because i chew my nails and it’s easier to chew them when my fingers are curled. i’m just used to curling my fingers to look at my nails?

    posted by ditzen on 9-15-2008 at 10:11 pm

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