People! When the periodic Ear Wax Conversation comes up around here, it just leads to me becoming obsessed with my *own* ear wax! And that's never a good thing.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, flaming otters, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Steph L. - Jan 30, 2006 9:24:15 am PST #3699 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
msbelle - Jan 30, 2006 9:26:36 am PST #3700 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
EXACTLY!! I may have to run out and get QTips RIGHT NOW!!
JZ - Jan 30, 2006 9:28:50 am PST #3701 of 10002
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
People! When the periodic Ear Wax Conversation comes up around here, it just leads to me becoming obsessed with my *own* ear wax! And that's never a good thing.
Teppy, put down the pencil, the tuning fork, and whatever else you're pulling out of your desk drawer right now and back away.
Kathy A - Jan 30, 2006 9:29:38 am PST #3702 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I had to have one of those tubes put in my left ear to soak up the excess wax, which wasn't so bad (they put me under general for the insertion, and the doc just plucked it out with tweezers when it was done), but I hated the earplug they had me wear whenever I was in the pool or in the back of the car with my left ear exposed.
Steph L. - Jan 30, 2006 9:29:49 am PST #3703 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Q-Tips are Bad News when it comes to ear wax -- they might get a little in the outer portion of the ear canal, but they inevitably shove more wax back further in the ear, which leads to that hard, gross, black, packed wax that has to be removed by a doctor.
signed,
Knows A Little Too Much About Ear Wax
Steph L. - Jan 30, 2006 9:31:01 am PST #3704 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Teppy, put down the pencil, the tuning fork, and whatever else you're pulling out of your desk drawer right now and back away.
Pen cap.
shrift - Jan 30, 2006 9:32:37 am PST #3705 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Ahahahaha. I hadn't read the e-mail yet, but my boss just came by and told me one of our coworkers wants me to pull a files from 140 different jobs for him. Because apparently he thinks I have time to do that for him this afternoon, with nothing to bill against. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
Boss has nixed the request, thank god.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 30, 2006 9:36:23 am PST #3706 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
What Teppy said re Q-Tips. That's why I needed that irrigation in the first place - in order to remove the meteor sized ball of ear wax. I've never used them since (I tend to let a stream from the shower do a warm water rinse, or I use ear drops if it's really bad).
The more painful scrapage solution last year I think was just because it was the easiest way at the time.
That said, the throat-cam portion of my ENT appt. was the most uncomforatable portion of that visit - far worse than the crochet hook.
tommyrot - Jan 30, 2006 9:38:08 am PST #3707 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Teppy, put down the pencil, the tuning fork, and whatever else you're pulling out of your desk drawer right now and back away.
Heh.
A C# tuning fork is just the right frequency to shatter hardened ear wax.
msbelle - Jan 30, 2006 9:41:17 am PST #3708 of 10002
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Will stand in a hot shower filling ears when I get home. THANKS EVERYONE! not.
IOnotyuckyearwaxN - I have lots of work to do and yet am doing personal tasks this afternoon. Currently putting track listings onto burned CDS. Why does iTunes spite me by not doing this?