Gum in hair?

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Scissors? ;)

Ice? Mineral Oil? Olive Oil? Baby Oil?

Edited to add . . . peanut butter!!

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Scissors are a girls best friend? Ice supposedly makes it friable. Good luck.

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Butter, or any type of oil.

UGH. Used it all.

This poor kid.

Well, we have a mouse and I've got two traps out with cheese and someone told me that peanut better works better and I used peanut butter and still that silly mouse just runs right by the traps. So, I dunno what to tell you Farawyn.

Maybe it is time for her to get her hair cut?

I need to get a nice big ol' jar of peanut butter here, and just hide it from the allergic kids.

Thanks. He's gonna wear a hoodie home and trying at home.

Well, we have a mouse and I've got two traps out with cheese and someone told me that peanut better works better and I used peanut butter and still that silly mouse just runs right by the traps. So, I dunno what to tell you Farawyn.

Maybe it is time for her to get her hair cut?

It's short. It was purposely placed there by an older kid and smooshed in.

It's short. It was purposely placed there by an older kid and smooshed in.

Oh . . . well, I think hairdressers are trained to do something about this but I'll ask my hairdresser daughter-in-law.

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Go kick the older kid in the shin...as far as the gum, no other suggestions to add. Poor kid.

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Gasoline may be a little rough but you can take a zillion little bites of the muck with a lice comb.

He's gonna do the peanut butter thing at home. It was last period, so I just let him hang out with me. He was mortified. :(

His mom has the natural peanut butter with the oil, so he's gonna use that.

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