# (scratch) Head Lice (scratch-scratch)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scratch-head-lice-scratch-scratch/4669>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 10, 1999, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scratch-head-lice-scratch-scratch/4669 "1999-11-10T11:44:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 1999, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scratch-head-lice-scratch-scratch/4669/21 "1999-11-11T19:44:00Z")

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Humans the reservoir for flying squirrels?  
You know what I mean.

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**Author:** ![Lucky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Lucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 1999, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scratch-head-lice-scratch-scratch/4669/22 "1999-11-11T21:38:00Z")

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I don’t know if this is done anymore, but years ago in India if you had head lice, you would find the guy on the street with the monkey, sit down and let the monkey pick them out and eat them. Very efficient and not expensive.  
Lice are pretty common in Nepal, too. I’m not sure what most people do when they get them, but one regularly sees people checking each other’s heads for them.

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Don’t get me wrong–I love life. I’m just finding it harder and harder to keep myself amused.

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