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From: benson@dcdwest.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Hiccup cure and humor (?)
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Date: Wed, 15-Jun-83 15:25:03 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun 15 15:25:03 1983
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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
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