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06-25-2008, 12:05 AM | #1 | ||
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June 25, 2008: Picky Picky
You can pick your friends, and you can pick your ears, but you can't......
Neatorama points to these two combination earwax spoon/ toothpick, antiques. Discovery News. Quote:
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Bet you wish you had one for the gross out value.
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06-25-2008, 02:38 AM | #2 |
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Hygiene is important! These people just valued it so much that they even made tools out of precious metals for...a classier experience? I guess this shows that pretty much anything can be made from gold and silver.
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06-25-2008, 02:45 AM | #3 |
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I wonder when these tools went out of fashion in the West. And why. People still have earwax, right? People should still groom themselves, right?
I have a little earwax spoon/keychain that I bought in China a few years ago for about 2 cents. (They're mass-produced in steel, not silver) It's a handy little tool. |
06-25-2008, 08:11 AM | #4 |
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That's what Q-tips are for.
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06-25-2008, 08:15 AM | #5 |
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I thought that was a coke spoon.
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06-25-2008, 08:37 AM | #6 |
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Replaced with car keys.
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06-25-2008, 09:20 AM | #7 |
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Gold and silver for earwax and tartar removal, but I guess they used the old farmer's blow to clean their noses. Now I'm going to stop thinking about these things for the rest of my life.
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06-25-2008, 10:52 AM | #8 |
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'cepting Q-tips just shove most of the wax up into the far recesses of the ear canal. And, of course, the Q-tip folks say not to use their product in the ear canal.
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06-25-2008, 11:01 AM | #9 |
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Poor technique. Q-tipping is an art and feels deliriously wonderful. I'm a junkie. My ears are very tidy. The qtip folks just don't want you to stick it in your ear for fear you will poke a hole in your ear drum or leave cotton in there. All examples of poor technique.
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06-25-2008, 11:46 AM | #10 |
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They don't care if you screw up your ear, they just don't want to be sued.
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06-25-2008, 11:50 AM | #11 | |
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06-25-2008, 12:41 PM | #12 |
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depends on the diameter of the ear canal. My wife, poor thing, has small diameter ear canals and can't insert the q-tip into the canal. It just mushes the wax back into the canal opening.
I, on the other hand, get an eargasm every morning. |
06-25-2008, 02:36 PM | #13 |
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06-25-2008, 02:50 PM | #14 |
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I am surprised to find so many q-tip junkies. I thought my every-day-without-fail habit was rare.
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06-25-2008, 02:54 PM | #15 |
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If I don't q-tip my ears after I shower, my ears feel gross all day. All moist and itchy; it drives me crazy.
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