Crossing Jordan2001

Dr. Mahesh 'Bug' Vijayaraghavensatanaryanamurthy:
[the FBI is scanning a charred hand found in an explosion] I heard you're having some trouble.

FBI Agent:
We're fine. And this is a classified area, so you're going to have to...

Dr. Mahesh 'Bug' Vijayaraghavensatanaryanamurthy:
Scanning the derma?

FBI Agent:
Derma? That thing's baked! We've tried transluce photogrpahy, three different frequencies of UV scans, and I can't buy one damn ridge.

Dr. Mahesh 'Bug' Vijayaraghavensatanaryanamurthy:
Let me try a more low-tech approach. [He obtains a syringe and alcohol and begins to inject the alcohol into one of the fingers]

FBI Agent:
Look, pal: unless Bangladesh U has caught up with Quantico, I don't see how rubbing alcohol trumps five million bucks' worth of equipment.

Dr. Mahesh 'Bug' Vijayaraghavensatanaryanamurthy:
This hand has been exposed to massive heat; heat causes flesh to dehydrate. So we rehydrate.

FBI Agent:
You're not serious.

Dr. Mahesh 'Bug' Vijayaraghavensatanaryanamurthy:
Sure I am.

[Bug finishes rehydrating the finger, scans it - and sure enough, the scanner picks up a fingerprint]

Dr. Mahesh 'Bug' Vijayaraghavensatanaryanamurthy:
Let me know if you need any more help. Oh, and, uh, by the way? I went to Oxford, you ass.