By whoanoa - 10/03/2010 03:12 - United States

Today, I discovered that my mother uses my eyebrow tweezers to pull ticks off the dog. She also hasn't figured out that just dipping the tweezers in alcohol doesn't automatically sterilize them. Especially if there is icky dog hair still stuck on. FML
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frankiefan 0

Actually, alcohol will kill most bacteria, so you're wrong. But I agree that it's sick that she's using them in the first place, and going through the trouble of sterilizing them without removing the hair. There's tweezers at Walgreen's for a dollar and they work just fine on my eyebrows... if you're not a caveman, it shouldn't be a big deal to get a new one (at least she wasn't using your hairbrush on the dog and GIVING you ticks).

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Stinatown 3

Keep it together, OP. I know being 13 is tough, but... it's dog hair. Not exactly a situation where I'd feel as though my life is f*cked.

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truthisRelative 0

This is, again, another testament of our media saturated culture. The term "Internet resource" is quite the oxymoron indeed unless, of course, you're Internet resources come from online accredited peer-reviewed journal. A ten year old book is indeed more reliable than many so-called Internet resources. Especially if it's an encyclopedia or other educational book.

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floobl11121 0

woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooowwwww how is this f your life this is a joke

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_get_over_it_ 0

That is not how tick transmission works-- looks like your dad's home remedies book was full of fail.

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rlm2112 0

I used to just think she was a typical "know it all" teenager. It's now obvious she is autistic or has asperger's. So now I feel kinda bad for her. She's still hot though.

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Stinatown 3

@truthisRelative "Internet resource" is not an oxymoron. A resource is any work that provides accurate information to fulfill a need. It is up to the user to determine if a source is appropriate for his/her needs. If I want to know what time a movie is playing at my local theater, a peer-reviewed journal is not going to provide helpful information, but fandango.com will (and therefore is a reliable and acceptable resource for my needs). Similarly, I would not cite Wikipedia in a college thesis, as it is not a reliable resource for scholarly works. In this case, the Center for Disease Control website contradicts the resource Snickerdoodles cited. I will use my judgement to say that in this case, a published book is not more reliable than an Internet source. (Funny you should mention the encyclopedia-- In December 2005, the scientific journal Nature found there was very little difference in the error rate between Wikipedia and the Encyclopedia Britannica. Just saying.)

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ReaganSmiles 0

your dog shouldnt have ticks in the first place!!

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buggybeauty 0

YDI. someone should call the ASPCA on you for letting your dog get infested with ticks! that's neglectful! buy some advantix for goodness sake.

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worthbeads 0

I'm completely outraged by your comment. There is no 100 percent prevention for ticks. I live in the country, and my dogs get ticks periodically despite the fact that we apply tick repelent

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worthbeads 0

I'm outraged by your comment. There is no 100 percent sure-fire way to prevent ticks. I live out in the country and my dogs get ticks periodically despite the fact that I regularly apply tick repellent to the dogs. By your logic, if a child were to, by chance, catch lice at school then the child is to be taken away from its parents. Think before you type, because that comment was garbage.

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Fminetoo 0

Dogs roll in the mud, they are going to get ticks no matter what you do on occasion.

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