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April 20, 2009

What Happened To Matthew Perry's Hand?

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OH NO, SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED TO MATTHEW PERRY'S HAND! Tragic news. Somehow, though, I don't think it's what he says happened to it. From Yahoo!:

The actor admits he spends days on end glued to the screen playing war games on his XBox, ruining the muscles and tendons in his hand.

Perry says, "I play a lot of video games a lot of XBox 360. I played Fall Out 3 so often I had to go to a hand doctor. I used my hand too much and had to get injections in it."

Yeah, no. Nope. Matthew Perry did not hurt his hand by playing videogames. So, how did he hurt his hand?

  • He picked up a bag of cocaine that was too heavy.
  • He masturbated too many Thai prostitutes without taking a break.
  • He sprained it writing a check to his dog's masseuse
  • He wore bitter-cold conducting solid gold gloves all winter
  • He searches for casting calls on Craigslist without an ergonomic mouse and keyboard

Oh God, I just realized: what if Matthew Perry did hurt his hand playing videogames? I mean, he didn't. We all know that's just publicist-code for "he had cosmetic hand reduction surgery due to too many caviar smoothies." But if he did hurt his hand playing videogames, that is perhaps the :( joke of all.

(Thanks for the tip, Edith.)

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I am shorter than the rest!

Posted by: Matthew Perry's Middle Finger at 04/20/09 3:05 PM  | Reply
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That shit has been like that for awhile. Totatlly noticed it on an old Friends episode before.

Posted by: Fredo at 04/20/09 3:08 PM  | Reply
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exactly what i was about to say. according to imdb, due to an "unfortunate door shutting incident in nursery school".

Posted by: erin  in reply to  Fredo's comment at 04/20/09 3:15 PM  | Reply
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According to IMDB, Matthew is "Missing part of his middle finger on his right hand, this is due to an unfortunate door-shutting accident in nursery school."

Posted by: Jules at 04/20/09 3:15 PM  | Reply
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I wonder if According to IMDB, Matthew is "Missing part of his middle finger on his right hand, this is due to an unfortunate door-shutting accident in nursery school."?

Posted by: Angelaaaa profile link  in reply to  Jules's comment at 04/20/09 3:18 PM  | Reply
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I don't even know why your comment has a negative score. This made me burst into laughter.

Posted by: Funtastik profile link  in reply to  Angelaaaa's comment at 04/20/09 3:36 PM  | Reply
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Aw, thanks! I was just being a dick because the comment above me was left 4 times, but the duplicates have since been deleted, making me seem like even more of a dick.

Posted by: Angelaaaa profile link  in reply to  Funtastik's comment at 04/20/09 3:45 PM  | Reply
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He searches for casting calls on Craigslist without an ergonomic mouse and keyboard = Zing-of-the-Day

Posted by: Angelaaaa profile link at 04/20/09 3:17 PM  | Reply
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"Could I be anymore zinged?"

Posted by: Sebastian Paper  in reply to  Angelaaaa's comment at 04/20/09 5:18 PM  | Reply
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it's because he's secretly Gary Burghoff's son

Posted by: blah at 04/20/09 3:52 PM  | Reply
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i heard he was a leper

Posted by: rach at 04/20/09 4:08 PM  | Reply
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What happened to Matthew Perry's face?

Posted by: Funtastik profile link at 04/20/09 4:21 PM  | Reply
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Why does that bear have a negative pregnancy test in its mouth? Get better soon, teddy!

Posted by: here at 04/20/09 4:21 PM  | Reply
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I love the caviar smoothies! But they are bad for you…

Posted by: kryz profile link at 04/20/09 4:37 PM  | Reply
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yeah, his hand has been like that for years. is it not cool to like matthew perry? because i kind of love him.

Posted by: billy profile link at 04/20/09 4:37 PM  | Reply
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Eww his finger looks like the finger of the jerk step brother in Teeth.

Posted by: Bad tings ah gwan profile link at 04/20/09 6:43 PM  | Reply
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gabe how could you not point out the direct parallel to the joystick "claw" he had on that friends ep?

Posted by: poc llam tralb luap at 04/20/09 10:38 PM  | Reply
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"He masturbated too many Thai prostitutes without taking a break."

How the hell do you masturbate someone else?

God, you're stupid.

Posted by: Joe at 04/20/09 11:51 PM  | Reply
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With your hand, idiot.

Posted by: king.of.kenya profile link  in reply to  Joe's comment at 04/24/09 6:37 PM  | Reply
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Um, when you pet a sweet lady's kitty, it's technically masturbating her. Wow. If that arrow is missing from your foreplay quiver, you're not working with too much there, are you?

Posted by: Wow... at 04/21/09 6:50 PM  | Reply
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You know when I noticed that Matt Perry was first missing part of his finger? When I saw him on tv in the '80s. You're late, Gabe.

Posted by: langford profile link at 04/24/09 7:07 AM  | Reply
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matthew perry was in kinder garten and got it slammed in the classroom door some how, and the accident sliced off a piece of his finger. it was in an interview video.

Posted by: cheyanne at 07/05/09 10:38 PM  | Reply
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matthew perry was in kinder garten and got it slammed in the classroom door some how, and the accident sliced off a piece of his finger. it was in an interview video.

Posted by: cheyanne at 07/05/09 10:38 PM  | Reply
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matthew perry was in kinder garten and got it slammed in the classroom door some how, and the accident sliced off a piece of his finger. it was in an interview video.

Posted by: cheyanne at 07/05/09 10:38 PM  | Reply
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This article is so stupid!! He's missing that part of his finger due to an accident in preschool.. Cut him a break!

Posted by: Esse at 09/30/09 5:48 PM  | Reply
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