Talk:Comb

message: I don't know enough about combs to make any conclusions, but I can't make the connection between a comb, a carillon, and a music box.  However, I have not tried to fix this perceived oddity.--Rbeas 03:14, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: A music box has a "comb" that makes the notes. All the best: Rich Farmbrough, 21:52, 27 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Connexion

message: Hey, black people have a special comb just for black people, I saw it on TV. It is made of wood and its longer.
Then add it, you idiot
:Saw the same thing, and that's not a comb, you idiot. It's a stick. From the bad old days before the Civil War. (And your "its" above, for "it is", should be "it's")Myles325a (talk) 08:45, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Afro 

message: Should people really be just adding things they don't know about but saw on TV?
Indeed not - in fact, nothing should be added without a reliable source, which "I saw it on TV" is not. Please remember to sign your comments with four tildes, moron. --Pyreforge 07:45, 27 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Then add it, you jerk" 

message: Does anyone have a source for "The phrase often used by police detectives: "we are combing through the evidence" relates to the actual use of an over-sized, novelty "Acme" comb at the scene of a crime."? I've never heard this before. PirateAngel (talk) 11:59, 30 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  "combing for evidence" 

message: there's no page for the rare hackle comb used to comb fleece to spin on a drop spindle or such. It's basically just a bored with nails in it but they can go for $150.00 and upwards. Here is a page selling one.. Just mentioning this to make Wikipedia the infinite resource it is; maybe a page 'types of comb tools' or such with a mention of it. :p 70.59.140.179 (talk) 06:38, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[hackle comb]] 

message: Unbreakable plastic combs were introduced in the early 1960s.  Unlike older plastic combs, they would not shatter if dropped on a hard surface.  The advantage of those older combs over traditional metal combs was presumably the much lower price.  Should that development be mentioned here? Michael Hardy (talk) 21:13, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  unbreakable plastic combs 

message: Of course, we are all familiar with the "fine-toothed comb" both as an actual artifact, and in the trope "going through [something] with a fine-toothed comb". But there is, in fact, a "fine toothcomb". These can be used on your teeth in the morning after a night of very heavy drinking. I actually have one, and could send in a YouTube clip showing how to operate it, if there is any demand for such Myles325a (talk) 08:42, 26 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fine-toothed comb and fine toothcomb 

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thread_title:  [[:File:Plastic comb, 2015-06-07.jpg]] to appear as POTD soon 

message: I recently reverted this definition of the word "umpernater". This factoid was a minuscule blip on the internets, based on an apparently reliable source and found nowhere else. I tried to solve this puzzle. I assumed this was a typo or a linguistic glitch. A have seen such "mis-calques" before in wikipedia , such as "englobated" . Since the author has italian-looking name, I quickly found a similar italian word "wikt:imperniare". If someone wants to waste some time to suggest  other ideas, like, to contact the book author. Staszek Lem (talk) 19:07, 22 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Name of the space between comb teeth