Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!wivax!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!benson From: benson@dcdwest.UUCP Newsgroups: net.misc Subject: Re: Hiccup cure and humor (?) Message-ID: <209@dcdwest.UUCP> Date: Wed, 15-Jun-83 15:25:03 EDT Article-I.D.: dcdwest.209 Posted: Wed Jun 15 15:25:03 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 16-Jun-83 21:06:48 EDT References: floyd.1570 Lines: 17 I agree with Andy about not putting Q-tips (or anything smaller than your elbow) into the ear canal. This is mostly in defense of your eardrum. One additional fact (surmise, groundless belief) I would like to put forth is that earwax is not without its ' benefits. The canal is a warm, moist place, ideal for growing fungi. The wax may act as a shield to prevent the dread Otitis Externa. Those of us who have on occasion suffered from this know the embarrasment of walking through life with one's little finger digging in their ear. (By the way, I was told once that the French name for the little finger is auricular, meaning the ear finger. Guess Otitis Externa spares no one, not even the elegant French.) Peter Benson decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!benson