Head Lice - It's True

[OldDude]

Tuesday morning I was brought a bug in a zip-lock bag. The bug had been just removed from a head. It was a, robust, adult head louse - judging by it's size. It appeared to be very agitated as it was quite active. OK, so I decided to perform a scientific experiment; school nurse myth buster if you will. After poking several pin-holes in the bag I push-pinned it to my bulletin board. Yesterday, when I left, the louse was alive and well and was still displaying agitation, flailing its louse arms wildy in the bag; I thought I noticed some obscene gestures. This morning I must report the louse has perished and, thus, my school nurse myth buster scientific experiment has proven a head louse will die within 48 hours if off of a human head. You have my express permission to share this scientific data with any hysterical parent or staff member.

[Farawyn]

Yes, 9 glasses of that would be sufficient. The little bloodsuckers would be drowned from the inside out.

Good thing I don't have lice. 9 glasses, Red State?

This is IPA, not Bud Light.

[NanaPoo]

Goodness, I'm sitting in my sweet little clinic at my precious little Christian private school and come across this wonderful thread about head lice and think, "oh, good! This is just what I need after so many cases of lice this week." Then suddenly there's cooter jewelry and vajazzling and pubic lice giving me the thumbs up and before I can clean up the lemonade that's squirted out my nose, I'm closing the window so I don't get caught reading this thread at work!

Good grief, you people are gonna get me fired quicker than I can even do it myself!

Note to self: read the cooter jewelry thread only on my phone.

[Jensmom7, BSN, RN]

I'm not a school nurse either, but this seems to be where to cool kids hang out!

I know, right?

Nurses with a sense of humor...whoda thunk it?? [emoji41]

[No Stars In My Eyes]

Yes, 9 glasses of that would be sufficient. The little bloodsuckers would be drowned from the inside out.

I wonder if their is a way to drown from 'the outside-in'?

And to keep this within the subject matter of the title ......I am having trouble picturing head lice 'standing' around holding little cocktail glasses of the above concoction, drinking glass after glass (nine, to be exact), all th while accidentally inhaling the...whatever that stuff is in the photo of the glass, and therefore, in fact. 'drown' themselves, or at least their sorrows.

I mean, really, when you think about it, it must be a miserable life being a louse.

[No Stars In My Eyes]

Q. What did you do Friday night?

A. Oh, I had a scintillating and educational discussion online with a bunch of professionals/lunatics, on the subject of head-lice and 'public' lice.

Q. What did you learn?

A. That if I laugh a lot, for an hour or two, my stomach gets sore, and the soreness is a reminder of my evening of laughter!

[Farawyn]

Q. What did you do Friday night?

A. Oh, I had a scintillating and educational discussion online with a bunch of professionals/lunatics, on the subject of head-lice and 'public' lice.

Q. What did you learn?

A. That if I laugh a lot, for an hour or two, my stomach gets sore, and the soreness is a reminder of my evening of laughter!

No Stars, I love ya.

[OldDude]

No Stars, I love ya.

She really knows how to condense something into reality. Nice, very nice. John Denver would use you for writing his lyrics if he was still here.

[Farawyn]

She really knows how to condense something into reality. Nice, very nice. John Denver would use you for writing his lyrics if he was still here.

Is "she" me? Or is "she" her?

[OldDude]

Is "she" me? Or is "she" her?

Yes you are and yes she is.

[GmaPearl BSN RN]

Crab fest… when pubic becomes public :)

[daisyrae7]

I actually like John Denver :). Our kindergarten teacher used to play his records at nap time!

[OldDude]

I actually like John Denver :). Our kindergarten teacher used to play his records at nap time!

Now you're talking!