Attached Link: http://slate.msn.com/id/2085432/

Actually dermatophYte, off by one letter. Still got 23 Google hits so I'm not alone in misspelling it. The official skinny: "The dermatophytes metabolize the keratin of the skin, hair, and nails." Digger is the heavy in this piece and his exploits touting *Lamisil* for treating nail infections have even rated him a social commentary on *Slate*, where you can watch his antics. In fact, you can get your picture taken with him at the San Diego Rock N Roll Marathon Expo June 4th. They seem to find him gross, but I think he'd kinda cute for a 3D animated Fungal-American, the way he flips back a toenail and makes himself at home. Sorry Booful, I was using *posse* in the contemporary vernacular sense (*"Slang*. A group of friends or associates." - Dictionary.com), referring to Digger's "friends," fellow dermatophytes that he invites to join him, chowing down on your nailbeds. The do keep bringing the old 'toons back as hucksters, (Jane Jetson, Wilma Flintstome and the Scooby Doo girl hawk a fix for "plastic hair,") so why not an anti-microbial posse? Deputy Dawg and Quick Draw McGraw hot on the trail of Ser Syphilis? Nope, too politically incorrect today. Abu Gonorrhea and his gang of Evildoers! And wait 'til they turn the Tasmanian Devil loose on those hemorrhoids or Wile E. Coyote cranks up his Acme yeast infection cure.

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