Cure for Head Lice 
2003 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance
I do not know when this occurred, nor am I certain of all of the details, for it was all reported to me second hand. While attending Cosmetology School, one instructor was answering questions concerning the common problem of head lice. She then insisted on telling us a story. It seems as though there was a woman in the Dallas/Fort Worth area that had caught the little parasites while working at a small day care center. After consulting with her mother and grandmother, she decided that the best course of action was not stopping by the local drug store, but at the local gas station.
You see, it is an old wive's tale that soaking one's lice infected hair and scalp in gasoline will kill the bugs. I'm sure to some extent, it is true,however, it seems as though lice is not the only thing it kills. For, after sufficiently soaking her head in the gasoline, this woman had the sudden urge to have a quick smoke. Well, she carefully washed her hands, covered her hair with a towel, and stepped outsite to light up. (No pun intended.) Though this woman did take the initiative to cover her gasoline soaked hair with a towel, she lacked the personal intelligence and insight to choose a towel that she had not used while applying the flammable liquid to her hair. Needless to say, shortly thereafter, the day care school worker was no more. Though, it may be safe to say that she had also rid herself of the head lice.
I do not know which is more disturbing: this woman lacking such common sense as to douse her head in gasoline, or that she had had several children's lives trusted to her on a daily basis. Submitted on 08/11/2002
Submitted by:
Kathryn
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