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They are an ethnic minority in Laos. Many of them helped the US during the Vietnam War. For that reason, large numbers emigrated to the US. INS (or whatever department that deals with this sort of thing) scattered families randomly across the US. However, since people in general like to hang with their own kind, the Hmong congregated in places you wouldn't expect, like the Twin Cities and Missoula, MT.

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For those of you who haven't heard the word Hmong before, this might jog your memory.

http://www.channel3000.com/news/3941611/detail.html

I know I was trying to figure out why I actually knew what it was and somehow I actually remembered that I had heard it when this story was big news last year.

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re: the fingernail -- a dealer at one of the nyc clubs had a long one on the pinky. yay all the way.

re: hmong -- as mentioned above; an ethnic group from asia. i remember having to read an essay about them during the early parts of med school as part of our cultural competency curriculum.

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Probably use the long pinky nail to pick their nose or dig for ear wax. Could be very useful for opening up envelopes or cutting the packaging tape that seals up cardboard boxes.

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Hi Bob,

One fingernail-full is approximately equal to one-half-teaspoon of MSG.

Hope that helps,
offTopic

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Yeah Minnesota has a huge settlement of hmong that came over back in the late 80s and early-mid 90s. It was one of Gov. Perpich's projects I believe. He got it started anyway, I could be wrong on that though.

The next project was the Somalies.

Wonder who we're gonna save next. Maybe our own homeless for once.

Apologies for the politics if you take it that way.

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its pronounced mung not mong

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i once asked my asian friends about this, but they're all hongers, flips and nammers and only offered [censored] answers. a chinese girl in starbucks told me it's a status thing. can't do manual labour with long fingernails, therefore long fingernails are an indicator you're not working class.

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I thought it was for picking there nose and scratching there balls

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as far i know, the pinky nail is used for sniffing coke,

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I thought it was for picking there nose and scratching there balls

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Am I the only one that can see why what he said is humorous?

craig