Bill Nighy's incurable fingers
He suffers from a condition called Dupuytren's Contracture, which means his ring finger and little finger are permanently bent inwards towards the palm. Watch out for it next time you see him in a movie.

Anyway, a couple of months back we did this voiceover with him. He's quite open about his condition and mentioned it mostly because he didn't want us to think he was weird. The recording itself was quite painful as we had an idiot in the room with us trying to change the already-pitiful script while Bill was recording it. It went on too long. But Bill was amazing.

We finished and as he popped his head round the door to say goodbye, I wanted to apologise for the script and the stupid changes and tell him how great he was and gush at his feet. But unfortunately, I get quite flustered around proper famous types and all I could muster was, "h-h-hope the h-h-hand gets b-better s-soon".

He looked at me with disbelief and closed the door.
( mrlogic is copying your beard, Wed 22 Aug 2012, 14:27, 10 replies)

Nice
About 10% of men in the UK might suffer from that (according to some program on R4 the other week). Looks like we get it from Viking genes. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dupuytren%27s_contracture
(Smale is stuffed, Wed 22 Aug 2012, 14:46, closed)

Fucking Viking Bastards
Etc.
( mrlogic is copying your beard, Wed 22 Aug 2012, 15:34, closed)

Yep
My grandfather suffered from it.

Looked painful - but it wasn't and he never made fuss.

Bit of a shit trying to clap though...
(Deskbound You insignificant speck of dust, Wed 22 Aug 2012, 15:44, closed)

Must have made
wanking easier though.
(username failed moderation, Wed 22 Aug 2012, 16:12, closed)

Do you find it difficult, then?

(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Wed 22 Aug 2012, 16:34, closed)

Um.
No. Not really.
(username failed moderation, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 8:46, closed)

was i the only one
waiting for a massively drawn out pun at the end of that...? But i too an starting to get claw hands. My dad had it but his dad didn't. Maybe he wasn't his real dad... I don't know.
(robneymcplum spiced up his life on, Wed 22 Aug 2012, 16:52, closed)

ura crab rite?

( 2 Can Chunder Word to your mums, I came to prod bums, Wed 22 Aug 2012, 21:21, closed)

There's an OP for that
The inject some cartilage eating enzymes into the noduly bits. Then the next day they pull it straight and, after a pretty painful sounding crack or two the fningers are straightened.
Somtimes they have to push quite hard to get the needle in though.
(karnuvap, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 8:57, closed)

You should call him and let him know
I'm sure he'd be grateful.
( mrlogic is copying your beard, Thu 23 Aug 2012, 11:09, closed)