[ClearCase_guy]

Old episode of Hawaii Five-O -- a crook apparently leaves no fingerprints behind. The cops are baffled. Then they realize that workers at the pineapple plantation have no fingerprints -- long exposure to the juice just burns them off. After that, the list of potential suspects became very narrow, and Five-O found their man.

Moral of the story: having no fingerprints makes you very easy to identify.

[QBFimi]

I rolled fingerprints for a couple of years at a friend’s CCW (concealed carry) classes. The prints do seem to go away with old age, but the worst were people who shuffled paper all day (accountants, especially). After that came drywall and concrete workers.

[katana]

Since nine members of the woman's extended family also lacked fingerprints, Itin and his colleagues, including Eli Sprecher, a dermatologist at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center in Israel, suspected that the cause might be genetic.

Yeah, I would call that a major clue.

[wildbill]

This is Dr. Eli’s office calling for Whitey Bulger. Your adult stem cell finger implant donor has been found.

Please call asap to schedule your procedure.

[Condor51]

My fingerprints are 'gone' too. It just slowly happened.

The last time I had to go to the FBI and get printed for a Security Clearance in 2002 the tech was having fits. Said he couldn't get any usable prints and gave up after three times. I still got my Clearance.

But in 1998 when I had to do the same thing, the nice FBI man had no problem then and the prints came out fine with one try. And I didn't do construction work, where your prints could get 'sanded off' like a bricklayer's might. I always worked in an office.

And I just looked now with a magnifying glass, they are there but very very light. Not a lot of high ridge detail.

So I guess if I ever need another SC I'll just give the FBI my DNA. ....... (riiiight)