Gadgets
Weird Combo Of The Day: Nail Clipper/Butane Lighter
Posted by Mark Wilson at 12:44 AM on May 13, 2008
Behold, the 2-in-1 nail clipper and butane lighter. Because as we all know, the only way to properly dispose of your body's nail waste is miniature, ritualistic burning. US$2.68 with free shipping—or US$1.34 per function. [dealextreme] Thanks Martin!

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FredicvsMaximvs
Posted 1:38 AM 13/5/08
What, they couldn't stuff a flash drive in there?
FredicvsMaximvs
carmen89
Posted 1:30 AM 13/5/08
Great way to set yourself on fire because you couldn't buy a dollar nail clipper and a dollar lighter... jack ass
carmen89
faslane
Posted 1:28 AM 13/5/08
People are idiots, how dumb.
Faslane
faslane
Hvedhrungr
Posted 1:23 AM 13/5/08
God help you should you mix up the two...
Hvedhrungr
GeekyNerdGuy
Posted 1:10 AM 13/5/08
Are they just trying to combine every gadget that's not allowed on a plane into one?
GeekyNerdGuy
Monty
Posted 1:07 AM 13/5/08
If you have a butane lighter, why do you even need nail clippers?
Monty
Curves
Posted 1:02 AM 13/5/08
For the chain smoking manicurist in your life....
Curves
godwhacker
Posted 12:54 AM 13/5/08
viking fingernail funeral pyre FTW
(because you can't have a funeral without fun!!!)
godwhacker
scarbrtj
Posted 12:52 AM 13/5/08
This boy's gonna have a bonfire.
+ Watch video
scarbrtj
Darrone
Posted 12:50 AM 13/5/08
Used to have a butane/swiss army combo. actually really useful. But sorry, toe jam and fire should never meet.
Darrone
strider_mt2k
Posted 12:47 AM 13/5/08
"good", rather.
(sorry)
strider_mt2k
strider_mt2k
Posted 12:47 AM 13/5/08
That's not gonna smell got.
Not even a little bit.
strider_mt2k
wolfenstein-3d
Posted 2:01 AM 13/5/08
That's a butane lighter and a roach clip. Brilliant
wolfenstein-3d
wolfenstein-3d
Posted 1:56 AM 13/5/08
Actually, that's a lighter and a roach clip. Brilliant
wolfenstein-3d
ezman
Posted 1:53 AM 13/5/08
We used to sell these in the dollar store where i used to work... for a dollar.
ezman
blackwand
Posted 1:40 AM 13/5/08
I'd like to hear their advertisement scheme....
blackwand
OG512
Posted 2:25 AM 13/5/08
that's not a gadget, that's an ER visit waiting to happen!
OG512
Gari N. Corp
Posted 2:15 AM 13/5/08
Reminds me of the weird rituals that the kid from the Wasp Factory (horrific Ian Banks book) used to perform.
Gari N. Corp
cowboyshootist
Posted 2:11 AM 13/5/08
Gizmodo, you are SO behind the times. I've had one of these for nearly a year now. First it was the Bug Bat, old technology, and now this.
What's next? The Clapper?
Come on, join the 21st century and show us some new gadgets, not yesterday's old news.
cowboyshootist
carmen89
Posted 2:02 AM 13/5/08
@wolfenstein-3d: holy shit...thats brilliant!
carmen89
wolfenstein-3d
Posted 2:01 AM 13/5/08
@wolfenstein-3d: Thanks for posting it twice, n00b.
wolfenstein-3d
ps61318
Posted 2:55 AM 13/5/08
@wolfenstein-3d: If you like, I could ask if this will blend.
(and you're welcome.)
ps61318
wolfenstein-3d
Posted 2:38 AM 13/5/08
@ps61318: You sir may very well be too smart to comment on this website. You didn't include Crysis, Doom, or PC vs MAC in your comment :)
(jk, thanks for some intelligence)
wolfenstein-3d
ps61318
Posted 2:35 AM 13/5/08
Ok, kiddies, time for today's lesson in Rituals from Others Not The Same as You:
In Orthodox Judaism, nail clippings are a repository for spiritual impurity. It is thus considered very pious to burn one's nail clippings, it is considered pious to flush one's nail clippings, and it is considered reckless, irresponsible, dangerous, and just gross to simply throw them on the floor.
So while it's uncommon to burn them one at a time, and instead gather them, wrap them in paper, and burn them en masse; they should get burned nonetheless, making this gagdet highly useful.
Kind of a small target market, though.
ps61318
FinalValgas
Posted 3:07 AM 13/5/08
This doesn't make sense because women who smoke don't take good care of themselves.
FinalValgas
Hibikino
Posted 4:10 AM 13/5/08
I know this might sound retarded to a lot of people... but native asians (particularly Chinese) would eat this shit up. If there is two things I learnt while visiting family in Malaysia... Asian's love their nail clippers and shit loads of them smoke, too.
Hibikino
urbanminstrel
Posted 8:28 AM 13/5/08
Obviously for smoking your own nail clippings...
urbanminstrel
GadgetPlay
Posted 1:43 AM 14/5/08
@urbanminstrel: They're hard to keep lit. So they tell me...
If they were Keith Richards' though...
GadgetPlay