I'm a journalist. Not just any Journalist, I'm a writer with a nail fetish. And not just any nail fetish, I am particularly interested in long toenails. I can't explain it. After all why are fond of a particular color? I have learned, there are some things you just can't explain. I just accept this as a condition of my existence. As a result of this fetish, I have been compelled to do some very stupid things. The other day, I was in a local grocery store looking at some bananas, when an oriental lady walked next to me also looking at the bananas. I glanced downward towards her feet. (experience has taught me that this is not a bad thing to do). Sure enough, there were ten toes with lengthy toenails in a pair of open toe shoes. My glance turn quickly into a stare as I examined the shape of each toenail. The more I looked at them, the closer I wanted to get to them. So I pretended my ankle had an itch so I stooped down to scratch it. I dropped a coin on the ground and picked it up. I even squatted down to stare at the bananas so I could get closer. If I had to guess, I'd say her toenails were no more than one half inch long. It appeared to me that she had a passion for her nails as they were perfectly manicured and showed no signs of abuse or neglect. The free edge of the nail (the part that extends from the nail bed) was white with no dirt underneath. This lady had a set of showcase nails. And the encouraging and exciting thing was the fact that winter had just ended, so this woman would probably not cut her toenails for the next several months. Whenever I see an Asian lady with nice lengthy toenails, the shape of the nails gives me the impression that they all either go to the same nail salon or they were taught to shape their nails in a certain way. Whenever you see a Black, Latin and rarely White woman with long toenails, they are either square are they look like they just forgot to cut them. It upsets me when I see a woman who has "I don't give a damn nails" because I still find myself looking at them. However with the Asian culture, the care of long toenails seems to be a symbol of pride. Black Women I can recall returning a rental car at LAX. I stood in a long line waiting for my turn to check out. I didn't care about the people in front of me or behind me. A black woman in her late thirties stood behind me talk to a guy. The only reason I noticed her was because she was only so loud. Finally the line advanced forward. I bent over to move my bags and happened to looked down at her feet. Her toenails were poorly covered with some sort of gold polish. The big toes were about a half inch from the toe and broken at points close to the end. The two nails on her toe that captured my attention were the little toe and the toe next to the little toe. The nails on the lithe toe were about a quarter inch long and formed a point. The toe next to the little toe hand nails about the same length, but the nails began to turn to the body at and angle. None of her toes looked cared for as her feet were ashy and in desperate need of lotion. --Summary-- Usually the black women I encounter with long toenails, either get them done at the shop or grow them natural. The natural grown nails, are usually the I don't give a damn nails I can't stand. Latino Women I remember the first Latin lady I saw with long toenails. She and her six kids were shopping at the flea market (swap meet for those on the west coast). Why did I look at her in the first place, I ask myself now as I describe her. She had nice lengthy black hair and an ample body, big enough for two. She was looking through some clothes, that obviously wouldnít fit her. I guess this shows how desperate I am. I noticed she had on sandals so I positioned myself to take a peek. I go got lucky, her toenails were painted dark red, which complemented her light complexion. Her toenails appeared to be between a quarter and half an inch in length. A second encounter with the Latinos happened several years later when I was in Europe. I met a lady in a club, that had a bad reputation. (someone told me she had aids, I later for out she wouldn't give him any time). Nevertheless, we danced, talked and drank. It was closing time and she invited me back to her place. Of course I accepted and we were off. I followed her to her place and proceeded inside. She suggested that we go to bed but I didn't answer. I told myself, I she has long toenails, I'll do it because she wasn't very attractive to me. The long toenails would help me focus better. While we sat on the couch, she took of her shoes. I noticed her pantyhose where sliced to shreds. Before I could see what caused this, she got up to put on something more comfortable. She returned a few moments later in a long tee shirt and slippers. She grabbed me by the hand and took me to the bed room and left for the kitchen. I stripped down to my BVDs and lied on top of the blankets. She walked back in the room and lied next to me. I quickly suggested giving her a foot massage. I sat up and grabbed her feet. I slowly took the sandal off the right foot. It was going to be a good night I thought to myself. Her toenails gave me the impression that she just forgot to cut them. The big toe was about a half inch and the toes were about a quarter inch. The difference with her toenails from others I had met, is her nails were thick and strong. As I rubbed her foot, I could smell the sweat from her foot. I debated whether or not to suck each toe and rub my tongue beneath the toenail. What the hell I thought, I suck her into a spasm. Then I took off the other shoe. This supported the ideal that she just forgot to cut them. They were long and rougher than the ones on the right foot. As I stared at her foot, she asked my if her toenails were too long. I replied, that her nails weren't long enough. especially the one the middle toe. That nail was close to an inch long! Of course after putting her in the right mood, she did something that has never been done since. She got up and told me to lie down. She wrapped those long finger claws of hers around my penis and began to suck and lick. She made me know what it was like to be a lollipop. Long deep penetrating strokes. She descended lower, and encased my testicles in her mouth and began to gargle. And here I though I was doing something! The climatic event had to be what happened next. She descended even lower and stuck her tongue inside my anus. Her tongue moved around inside like a proctologist searching for a hemorrhoid. -note: if you never had this done, don't you'll want it again, but no one else will want to do it! When she finished cleaning me out, my penis had the family flag waving proudly. She descended upon me and well..., you know the rest. I saw her again two days later and discovered that she had trimmed her nails. I asked her why, and she replied, I though you didn't like them. Besides, they grow so fast they make my feet hurt when I wear shoes. Over the course of several months, I discovered she was right, her toe nails did grow extremely fast. --Summary-- Latino's with long toenails are not very common. The most frequent sightings have been in LA. Of course if you're into hairy women, I'd place them at the top. However the ones I have encountered with long toenails have grown them naturally. Half have take good care of them by polishing them but no pedicures. The other half, "did I forget to cut them?" White Women Most of the white women I have encounter with long toenails have kept Lee Press-on in business. I have seen a few women with natural nails, One I met in college. I was trying to find the auditorium so I could buy some concert tickets, when I bumped into her. She was a blonde with a great little body. I asked her for the hell of it, if she knew where the auditorium was. She hadn't the foggiest ideal. For some reason while she was responding to my question, I happened to look down at her feet. The next thing I knew, my heart was pounding. Her big toenails curved towards the ground. She had painted them a fluorescent green, so you had to notice them. I looked at her finger nails and quickly realized they were fake. I occupied her for a good fifteen minutes asking her questions I didn't care to know the answer to. All the while taking glances at those toenails trying to figure out if they were live or Memorex. Unfortunately, I lost track of her after finals. Another lady I found was in Italy. I decided to eat lunch at the local hang out when these two Italian natives dropped in. They sat in the booth to the left of me. I was trying to learn enough of the Italian language to talk one of the locals into my bed. I have an international belt you know, but that's another story. Anyway, they finished lunch before me and were walking towards the door. I asked one of them when they passed if they spoke english. One of them responded, yes. I asked her how to correct pronounce a word, and she told me. For some reason I happened to look down at her feet. The free edge of her toenails was a sixteenth of an inch using my imagination. But she did have some long fingernails. We talked for a while and made arrangements to contact on another. I called her and spoke to her mother (in Italian) and spoke with the young lady, half in Italian and half English. We meet three weeks after the seeing her in the restaurant. I wasn't expecting anything except an expresso. We met at the park. She wore a nice dress that fell all the way down to her thick ankles. Her shoes had one toe picking through. One toe was enough. Her toenails must have grown at an incredible rate. They had to close to an inch in three weeks. I pushed her on the swing for a while and then we sat down to talk. I felt compelled to give her a foot massage. Primarily because I wanted to see the other toes. After some gentle coaxing, she conceded. I have to admit, I wasn't disappointed in the least. She seemed embarrassed about her toenails at first. I told her that I thought they were beautiful. She let me rub her feet and long toenails for at least a half hour. We then hopped in her car and drove to her friends house. We sat on the bed and I gave her another massage. Her toenails where filed to a slight point with a clear polish coat. She couldn't wiggle her toes well, but nails still looked dangerous none-the-less. The most vivid images I can recall from our fling was her lifting her legs in the air and those long toenails. That was the only time in my life I could recall asking myself if I were ready for marriage. The only thing wrong about that would have been the knowing that I didn't love her, but I was in love with her toenails. -Summary- The fact remains, a white woman with long toenails is rare. A white woman with "real" long toenails is next to impossible. However they do exist. If you are a long toenail fan and you happen to run across one of these women, you'd better keep her, you won't get too many chances to find another. Asian Women Of course this is a broad area and I'm sure that we all have had encounters with these "Dragon Ladies". What I have found that is most interesting is how to narrow the search criteria. I have found that Korean, and Japanese women very seldom have long toenails. As a matter of fact, I asked a Korean masseuse if she could explain why Asian women kept there nails long. After she stopped laughing at me, she took off her shoes and showed me her feet. "See, I don't have the long toenails", she responded. At another parlor, the masseuse was Chinese and Vietnamese. She told me that when she lived in Vietnam, she had long toenails. But because of working, she said she couldn't keep them up, so she cut them. She also explained to me that well to do Vietnamese women let their toenails grow long. I found out from another source, a Vietnamese manicurist, that in Vietnam, it is believed to be bad luck for women to cut their toenails. On another occasion, while shopping at the grocery store, I happened upon a Taiwanese lady with long toenails. I asked her if it was customary for women of her culture to let there toenails grow so long. I think the language barrier may have been responsible for the non effective communications. I saw her several times since then and during that period, she never cut her toenails. During my overseas excursion, I ran into a lot of Filipino women with short to medium length toenails. While at the club, I met one such lady. We drank a few drinks and talked for while. When she got up to dance with me, I was surprised to see how long her toenails were. The length of her nails, although they brought attention (even if she didn't have them, she would have gotten attention, she was very beautiful), she didn't care. We finally got around to talking about her feet and nails and she told me that when she was younger, they were much longer. She described how she would shred the sheets with her feet and use her toenails like chop sticks to kill bugs. Her mother use to call her a witch because of their length. While she was in school, she won an award for having the longest toenails. I had to ask her, If you were so proud of them, why did you cut them. She explained how she thought she was in love and that her boyfriend didn't approve of her claws. On another occasion, I came across a Chinese woman in Los Angeles at the Swap Meet (Flea Market for the easterners). She had on a pair of open toe shoes because there was no way she could have fit those toenails into anything else. The unusual thing to me was her fingernails were painted an ugly brown color , and her toenails were nude. She must have grown them for several months as they appeared to be an inch or better in length. She appeared to be proud to display those toes for me. Boy, was I lucky. Yesterday, I stopped by the store to pick up vegetables for my salad and guess what I saw. There was an Asian lady shopping with her daughter. I decided to ask if she believed in the superstition as her toenails has some length to them. After we got over the language barrier, I asked her if she was Vietnamese. She smiled and replied yes. Immediately, I asked the question of her. At first she though I was talking about her fingernails. I corrected her. Once she understood, she began to explain to me that the Vietnamese ladies believe that long toenails make the foot look better. They like the way the polish covers the nail. She then lifted her foot towards me so that I could get a closer look. She then asked my if I liked them. Of course I responded, YES. She laughed at me and must have thought me to be a bit strange for being so enthusiastic about it. I bit her a good evening, and made my way to the register. -Summary- If I were to rank the potential for toenails among the Asian women, It would go something like this: 1. Vietnamese 2.Filapino 3.Chinese 4. Taiwanese 5. Indian 6. Malaysian 7.Korean 8. Japanese -Miscellaneous Women- When classifying the human race, there are really only three types of people, Caucasoid, Mongoloid and Negroid. And basically, Woman from England, Germany, Finland, Austria, France, Luxembourg, Greece, Russian and Persian would all fall into the Caucasoid family. However, since this discussion is about long toenails, I'll briefly address these groups. If anyone has surfed the net, they would know that German women have a presence in the toenail arena. I have personally met several such beauties in my travels. The only other group that appears to have potential are the Persian women.