Despite having been revealed to be a hoax, "toothing"—which supposedly people using Bluetooth-enabled cellphones and PDAs to hook up for anonymous sex—made a guest appearance on an episode of CSI: Miami last night, with Delko said to have been engaging in a little toothing the evening before the action takes place. This comes just six months after they managed to work a reference to flash mobs into the show (damn, those writers are with it!).
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