Gather ’round boys and girls and behold a freak of nature! See the freakish Magneta–watch her skin go from its pinkish hue to blackish silver!Behold her pristine finger:
An ordinary finger, yes? No camera tricks, no hand double.Now watch as she grazes a fork across her fingular surface:
Parents: cover your children’s eyes. For what you are about to see is so grotesque, so horrifying that Vincent Price would scream in terror. Alas, no more fanfare. Click below to behold the spectacle that is my mother’s finger:
How ghastly! How horrid! How silllllverish black!Ok, the end.
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Silverware Turns My Mom’s Skin Black
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Maybe she’s one of those man-eating reptilian aliens from that ’80s miniseries “V” on NBC.
silver nitrate turns skin black; maybe your mom exudes nitric acid from her very pores. i’m not insulting your mother — i’m just trying to rationalize this horrible occurrence.