Clipping your nails is already one of those daunting tasks that isn't enjoyable but is necessary physical maintenance we all have to do. It's extremely rude and somewhat disgusting when done in public and in the privacy of your own home the possibility of your trimmings flying at high velocity across your bathroom or bedroom is imminent. In some ways, clipping your nails can become dangerous for those around you and if you happen to not be able to find all of your trimmings the clipped nail can become an irritant when stepped on or found in your bed.
Luckily, a brand by the name of Klhip has developed a set of nail clippers that catch those pesky and annoying nail clippings and stores them in the handle of the tool. Goodbye to random nail clippings and say hello to easy fingernail maintenance without the hassle of having to clean up those impossible to find trimmings.
To insure one’s house, one’s car or to underwrite a life insurance policy, that is common practice. But who would pay an insurance premium for his/her thumb, legs or smile? Stars, of course.
At the top of the ranking are the legs of Mariah Carey, worth 810 million USD: The diva became, in 2006, the Gillette brand muse for the advertising campaign «Legs of a Goddess». She then took out an insurance policy with London Lloyds to protect her legs, a decision that is far from being insignificant. Among its customers, the London insurer then included several icons of music, such as Bob Dylan or Rod Stewart.
David Beckham’s body insured for 195 million USD: European champion with Manchester United in 1999, David Beckham was in 2006 the most renowned footballer of the planet. In relation to his sporting activities, he took out an insurance cover for his legs. The huge amount paid for his insurance would reportedly exceed the 103 million USD disbursed by Real Madrid for the cover of Christiano Ronaldo in 2009. The fashion model would later extend his insurance cover to his entire body.
15 million USD in insurance for Kim Kardashian’s curves: The curves of Kim Kardashian are her number one beauty asset. The reality TV star, who is crazy about plastic surgery, has underwritten an insurance policy worth 15 million USD to protect her famous butt.
The culinary critic Egon Ronay assured his taste buds: The famous Hungarian culinary critic has insured his taste buds since 1957, for the amount of 400 000 USD. An original insurance policy which allows him to cover his sense of taste without which he will no longer be able to practice his job.