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...with a coarse-toothed comb?
Just wondering.
Posted by Rand Simberg at December 23, 2006 07:21 AM
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In certain parts of West Virginia, maybe...
Posted by McGehee at December 23, 2006 09:00 AM
Sure, it's called Wikipedia.
Posted by Lurking Observer at December 23, 2006 09:06 AM
Sure, It's the search for WMD in Iraq.
Posted by anonymous at December 23, 2006 09:58 AM
Everytime I hear the terms, fine fine toothed comb, or, comb the area, I think of the desert search scene from "Spaceballs".
"Did you guys find anything?"
"We ain't found sh1t!!"
Posted by Steve at December 23, 2006 03:50 PM
Same here.
Posted by Big D at December 24, 2006 07:40 AM
Cooties.
Seriously, that's where the phrase comes from: One used a fine-toothed comb to separate each individual hair to look for nits(eggs) which the adult louse attaches to the hair at its base.
And, yes, you can use a coarse-toothed comb, it is just more likely to fail to find every one.
DAMHIK. Actually, it's because I grew up in a "working-class" neighborhood (read:poor) in the days before pyrethrins (sp?).
Posted by bud at December 28, 2006 01:42 PM
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