She thought that getting a manicure for her birthday would be a great distraction from the fact that it was her 50th.
About halfway into it her technician and friend Kim was called to the phone. FOR 30
MINUTES she shouted in her head!
Need a delay, the surprise party coordinator told Kim.
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Upon pale hands she carved her art,
A whispered stroke, a crimson dart.
Her file sang a hollow tune,
Sharp as death beneath the moon.
She smiled sweet, her eyes aglow,
A touch so light, none yet would know
That beauty gleamed, so fine, so thin,
A dagger hidden in the skin
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“I want all my nails the same color. Why are you using ten different polishes?” asked Jill.
“I’m practicing nail art,” said the tech.
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Clip the pinkies, trim the toes. Sweep the drifts, the dust, the little crescent moons. Gather and grind the material, the slivers of keratin pressed and pulled and shaped into a dense inhuman bulk. A White Rhinocerous horn - counterfeit, sure - but medically identical. And so, so valuable. #hbp129
Nail technician by day, torture technician by night. An ulterior motive forced her to keep her urban salon open after hours to make more persuasive use of bamboo shoots in the dark arts and relay the results to early risers who frequented her shoppe after sunrise. Very lucrative, the arts.
#hbp129
The origins of punk Penelope Clementine #Penumbra, aka Penny Poutine, are unclear. Some say she was a nail technician in Montreal, others claim she's a septic tank worker from rural Ontario.
Regardless, she's a dynamic singer and bass player. And she has more than music on her mind.
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#hbp129 #nailtechnician
I break my fingernails all the time
Too many fingers in too many pies
Little Jack Horner
I have a nail technician
She cleans
And mends my hands
Ready for another breaking
When the mood takes me
I bend my head to listen
She listens too
A handy friend
Who works cash in hand
The Senators wife was a modest woman, with no vices other than having her nails done.
The new salon was perfect. She had a private room, soft relaxing music and a nice herbal tea. The effect was hypnotic.
She put her wallet in her purse, next to the .38 pistol that was not there earlier. #hbp129
The tiny brush swished in Irina's fingers, painting perfect petals on the diplomat's nails. "Да," she said to each clients' questions, no matter what was asked.
State secrets were plentiful when they didn't know you were listening. A decade of beauty school & spycraft had taught her that. #hbp129
She knew this tramp but this hussy wasn't her target.
Using her "special" paints, Tana cheerfully went about giving Helen hair nail art. All smiles and gossip.
Nothing wrong.
Nothing wrong at all.
But her boyfriend, that asshole, he was going to get more than scratches on his back.
Yes sir.
#hbp129
Phillip Robertson, a tighten in the construction industry, was screwed. The nail technician mistook his fingers for a carpentry project, and now his hand had more brads than a frat house.
Phil was worried he would never hold a flathead again—but he knew a #man who could #cure him.
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"Oh no." Her bank co-worker friend picked up the tiny glinting object near the monitor.
"Thanks for doing my nails at the salon," exclaimed her newly married friend a few weeks ago. "I love it!" The star-shaped nail art was actually a tracker from her friend's new landscaper husband.
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‘The prize for best sting operation of 2025 goes to… Detective Richard Kent!’
(Applause)
‘I thought of it when my wife won a beauty session,’ he began. 'The DNA from nails could solve cold cases. So a special thanks to the best manicured undercover cops in police history!'
(Laughter)
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Made it a me day
What can I say
First hair then nails
I hairdresser
So soft and sweet
Talking about everything
That nail technician though
Shifty eyes asking questions
Up to no good
Shutting me up
Giving short answers
Longest appointment ever
#hbp129
Photo: Closeup of a manicure. The nail salon Renault Kangoo Jamboree in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan. Source: とく@Twingoな日々 from Chiba, Japan., CC BY 2.1 JP <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.1/jp/deed.en>, via Wikimedia Commons.
Character: Nail technician with an ulterior motive. #hbp129
