All things being equal, people in Ireland tend to cheer for the little guy. Being a fair-minded people, the Irish would never, for example, stand for tiny defenceless living things being systematically rounded up, poisoned, drowned or ripped apart by larger animals.
Now, explain this to parents who have just noticed that their kids seem to be scratching their heads a lot. Point out that lice love clean hair, and the parents should see their presence as a tribute to their pristine home. Suggest that seeing as each nit only lives for 40 days, the gift of life would be an especially poignant one.
It will likely be to little avail. Your arguments will be brushed aside in the headlong rush for magnifying glasses, fine steel combs and foul-smelling shampoo.
Until now.
Just as many US states have discovered already, one of the most efficient ways to kill is by electrocution - and now parents can zap their children's headlice with the new RobiComb. Simply run the Robi-Comb through the hair - when the buzzing noise stops it means it has killed another louse.
The Robi-Comb for electronic lice, around £25 (€32) is available in many pharmacies and from Irish Response Careline on (1890) 351010.
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