[waxnrope]

Originally Posted by Linus

Sorry but false: http://www.snopes.com/oldwives/tick.asp

yeah, but look at all the trouble the original author went through to sound legitimate ...

for getting rid of ticks, I use a match: lite a match, blow out flame and quickly apply the still hot match end on the tick. The sucker moves out like his arse is on fire ... and this is not from another site or another person, but my from my own experiences.