The ears have it

[michaelgpearce]

Over the last year, i have started a new ear cleaning regimen. This process used to consist of sticking a q-tip in my ear to clean out a couple day's work of crud. But my friend Scott once told that your ear cleans itself out and using a q-tip actually pushes all the goop further back into your ear canal. Scott has a PhD, so i trusted this

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[fishythree]

i heard q-tips in the ear are bad for you too.. but i still stick em right in... umm... stick the loop part of a bobby pin into your ear.. that gets the stuff out.. my grandma always does that.

[michaelgpearce]

If i had a bobby pin, that sounds perfect. But me being an extremely heterosexual male, i don't have one. But I did put a belt buck fastener (if that's what you call it, the long skinny part) in my ear with toilet paper around it. It kinda did the job.

[fishythree]

arent you supposed to collect bobby pins from the girls that leave em in your bed and stuff?

[michaelgpearce]

Obviously you have not been over to my house recently. The only lady that's been sleeping in my bed recently is my Vox Jaguar - and she only leaves her keys.

[mental_oriental]

maybe we could establish "ear-coning" hour at our band practices? we'll have the squeeky-cleaniest ears in our graduating class!
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[michaelgpearce]

Yes. Do not use candles alone. Always have someone help you.

[missylaneous]

I've used one of these. Sadly my deafness has nothing to do with earwax :(

[jadeblade]

I don't think you can get brain damage twice, so go ahead and jam whatever you can in there.

[michaelgpearce]

If we knew each other better, i would take that as an insult. Instead, i am just worried that maybe i really do have brain dammage. BTW, the Smiths lightswitch cover has moved to the bathroom.

[jadeblade]

is that a pro or de-motion? plus, I feel like we have known each other forever. i guess that's weird.

[michaelgpearce]

Trusting someone's opinion is always a promotion. But you'll have to come visit Carlos and I before i can take things as an insult. :)

And did you notice how i wrote "dammage"? That wasn't intentional.

[bomb_the_twist]

i had the wierd cruddy thing with my ear a month ago and qtips didnt help, it turned into an ear infection, but not the painful kind, and that's when they had to flush my ear out with water and a cyst came out and then i could hear good again. it was pretty awesome. i still have my antibiotic ear drops if you wanna try them.

[michaelgpearce]

I think it generally worked its way out. But if not, i'll come knocking.