Cooties. What are they? Where do they come from? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/mage.gif" alt="" />

You'd be surprised, actually. A 'cootie' is simply a louse (singular of lice).


Now, from whence came this schoolyard myth that 'guuurls haave coooo-tiiiies!' <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/evilgrin1.gif" alt="" /> ?

Well, its a proven fact. Because girls, in general, have longer hair, they are more prone to having lice (and so, cooties).


"Sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite." ... Wuts a begbug? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/silly.gif" alt="" />

Well guys and gals, a 'bedbug' is simply another type of lice. While a cootie will take up home in your hair, bedbugs are the type that hag out on furniture, and in the hair on the other parts of your body (armpits, arms, chest, legs, ... inbetween those last two <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> ..., etc.).


And finally, what the hell is a louse? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

Well, a louse is a bug that latches itself onto one of your hairs with its powerful claws (thats why you can't just scratch'em out). They get down near your flesh, and drink your blood like the common tick, leech, or misquito. They can't fly or jump, and they are about 0.5 to 0.8 milimeters (mm) in length. And they eggs. Oooh, do they ever lay eggs. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/badsmile2.gif" alt="" />


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