Don't stick a Q-tip way in your ear.

[LaraMN]

No matter how much you might want to. I just did and the cotton end came of and lodged inside my ear canal. I had to fish it out with tweezers. Stupid! Stupid! That's all.

[Callalily]

1. Ya know

I heard this very same advise from someone else too. Rest assured, I feel forewarned. I think I'll take heed!

[LaraMN]

7. Yeah, tomorrow I'm going to see how long I can stare at the sun.

Or if that shy pit bull at the end of my block will let me pet him, if I rub chicken on my arm.

[no name no slogan]

11. Just think, icy metal pole season is on its way!

I dare you to go lick the ice off that metal pole. G'head, nothing will happen :evilgrin:

[LaraMN]

14. Yeah, like any of us MNasotans don't know ALL about that.

Kindergarten. Silver Bay. I went home and got a grape popsicle and my tongue bled like a mutha.

[Politically_Wrong]

55. Must have been a smart guy...

If I told you once I told you a thousand times goldie! Never put one of those demon sticks in your ears! I don't understand why people do it! Sure it gets some wax out...but it obviously shoves even more back!

[Callalily]

58. Indeed Jor a very smart guy!

But you didn't specify, this or this although I don't really know who these guys are, other than the Q-TIPS. And realistically, they wouldn't fit in my ear, not that I'd want them there anyway!
It's raining here and I must decide to cancel rowing or not. Ugh! It's always me!

[gardenista]

2. Ok, so it's *not* ok to stick a Q-tip, but it's ok to put TWEEZERS???

My momma always said not to put anything bigger than an elbow in my ear. Didn't stop me from filling my nose with blue beads one time. God, WHAT was I thinking?!!!!

[BikeWriter]

6. Did they have to operate to retrieve the beads?

[gardenista]

23. I can barely remember, I was 4, but they did not operate.

I *did* have to go to the doctor, and I can remember having to blow my nose *real hard*. Geez, it's a miracle that kids live long enough to get any sense.

[nytemare]

27. I heard of a kid who stuck seeds in his nose

And they germinated into his sinus cavity.

EWWWWWWWWWWW!

[gardenista]

29. Oh my God, that is really, really gross!

Puts a whole 'nuther spin on "go to the doctor if your 'sputum' is green.

[nytemare]

35. Yeah, they said the kid kinda smelled. It was the infection in his nose.

Ick.

[BikeWriter]

33. Seeds sprout in warm damp places.

[nytemare]

36. I suppose they did in this case, too.

Poor kid.

[BikeWriter]

39. Seeds swell when they sprout, too. They're harder to get out. :-(

[nytemare]

43. He's lucky they got it before it went into his brain, really.

That could be bad.

[LaraMN]

47. This sounds like a premise for a Bruce Campbell flick.

:rofl:

[BikeWriter]

50. Unless he was a freeper; it might be an improvement.

[BikeWriter]

32. Yep, you may have half-filled your sinuses...

That could have been quite serious.

[gardenista]

26. oooops! I meant SMALLER than an elbow!

I remember trying many contortions to see if I could stick my elbow in my ear. I'm sure that was a source of amusement for my parents in between trips to the emergency room. Between me and my three siblings, we became well-known pill swallowers, paint-thinner drinkers, and window walker-throughers. Let's say my folks were not so into the kid-proofing thing.

[BikeWriter]

34. LOL! I noticed that, too!

[BikeWriter]

3. I've heard doctors say don't stick anything in your ear...

smaller than your little finger.

[nytemare]

5. Thing is, you can't fit your little finger in your ear.

So, you have to use a qtip.

:)

[BikeWriter]

10. Nope, water will flow in and out. That normally suffices.

[Dave Reynolds]

4. I usually stop

when my eardrum starts to bleed, then I know it is too deep.

[KitchenWitch]

8. Great visual

:puke:

[Dave Reynolds]

13. Want me to post more liver pics?

:7

[KitchenWitch]

15. LMAO

:rofl:

[LaraMN]

21. wussy. eom

[Dave Reynolds]

22. That would be "pantywaist" to you, missy!

:P

[LaraMN]

25. okay, what's the back story on that bit of phraseology.

:shrug:

[Dave Reynolds]

37. From randomhouse.com:

The usual meaning of the word pantywaist is 'an effeminate or weak man or boy; sissy'. Example: "I think my career has shown I'm not exactly a pantywaist" (John Wayne, in a 1971 Playboy interview).

The original sense, though, referred to an article of clothing for children. This pantywaist was an undergarment consisting of short pants and a shirt that buttoned together at the waist. By metonymy, this children's garment was applied disparagingly to an older male who would never normally wear one.

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Or somethin' like that...:hi:

[LaraMN]

41. Sweet! I'm gonna call my husband that, when he gets home!

I KNOW he doesn't know what it means! Thanks for the learnin'!

[nytemare]

9. That happened to me a couple of years ago.

Luckily in my case the end of the qtip tip was sticking out far enough that I didn't have to go into my ear at all with the tweezers...LOL.

:)

[RevCheesehead]

12. Were you using a real Q-Tip?

Accept no substitutes! What you save in pennies, you lose it flexibility and comfort.

(I also wet it down by sticking it in my mouth first.)

[LaraMN]

17. I wasn't...

:yoiks:

So if I had a real one, I COULD do it? 'Cause it really itched in there.

[RevCheesehead]

19. I've done it for over 30 years - maybe longer.

I just don't feel clean unless I get the waxy buildup out of my ears.

[LaraMN]

20. Yeah, the wierd thing is, I hardly ever have anything in there.

My oldest son's a walking ear-faucet. I have to clean his ears like three times a week. Gro-iss!

[RevCheesehead]

24. Yeah, well, it's probably all the cheese.

Even if I'm lowfat, part-skim mozzarella. :)

[gardenista]

31. yes, but remember, you are RevCHEESEHEAD. You have worse buildup

than the rest of us.

:P

[graywarrior]

16. Oh man! I've been wearing Q-tips sticking out my ears for weeks now

God dammit all.

[LaraMN]

18. My son had to be "put under" to have his ears cleaned, last winter.

That was a HELL of a lot pricier than the name brand Q-tips.

[proud2BlibKansan]

28. I had a 3rd grade student

stick a lima bean in his ear. One of those deals that is funny now but wasn't funny then.

[LaraMN]

30. My best friend's sister rammed clay up her nose.

I think everybody must have an unfortunate kid-with-foreign-object-in- orifice story.

[WCGreen]

54. Doctor Doctor... Everything up his nose........

[LoZoccolo]

38. Yeah that sucks. The wax should normally come out by itself anyways.

Using the Q-Tip can push it back into an area where it's more difficult for it to come out naturally.

[BikeWriter]

40. Exactly. Using the foriegn object defeats the natural processes.

[LaraMN]

42. But it was ITCHY!!

:silly:

[BikeWriter]

45. That's because you've been poking unnatural things in it!

[LaraMN]

46. Maybe so.

Q-tips cannot be trusted.

[BikeWriter]

52. I know you're right!

[BikeWriter]

48. Read: "The absence of earwax may result in dry, itchy ears."

http://www.sinuscarecenter.com/waxaao.html

[LaraMN]

51. Sick! That's me!

Nice work. I have under-lubed ears. I suspected, now it's all....making...sense...

[BikeWriter]

53. I'm glad I could help. Now you know what to do. :-)

Never put anything smaller than your elbow in your ear!

[Lady Freedom]

44. So this is the thread Floogeldy copycatted!

I was begging to worry that Floogeldy might be talking from experience!

[Floogeldy]

49. Ha ha!!

:rofl:

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

56. Oh sure, NOW you tell me.

I've already got a Q-Tip and a plunger I used to get the Q-Tip out stuck in there. :cry:

[Fox Mulder]

57. You're lucky you didn't accidentally puncture your eardrum.

Cuz that can happen, and it almost did to me last week!

[edbermac]

59. Use a DustBuster next time...

;)

[AnarchoFreeThinker]

60. I tried, but the Q-tip won't fit on account of the banana in my ear