What do you clean your ears with?

[Syringer]

Originally posted by: shinerburke
My wife's tongue

What a coincedence, she cleans my ears too.

 

[AdamSnow]

Damp Q-tip...

My ears dont require that I do it every day though... that's a lot of wax!

 

[Tremulant]

This is like the "how do you tie a towel around your waist?" thread. If you feel pain, stop jamming the q-tip into your ear.

 

[Spikesoldier]

Originally posted by: Syringer

Originally posted by: shinerburke
My wife's tongue

What a coincedence, she cleans my ears too.

really? she cleans my pipes better than Roto Rooter.

:beer: to anyone who can guess the reference.

 

[DurocShark]

Originally posted by: Gurck
q-tips

 

[Turfzilla]

My dog's tail works real well

 

[Snapster]

Otex ear drops which contains hydrogen peroxide.

 

[Regs]

Ew blood. *faints*

Maybe you have an infection? I never had blood on a q tip

 

[Amused]

"Shut up, brain, or I'll stab you with a Q-Tip!"

 

[dman]

Another, Shinerburkes wife.

In a pinch, I find pointy metallic objects work well too.

You can use them to threaten Shinerburkes wife when one of the other members here is monopolizing her time.

 

[J0hnny]

Don't you guys ever wonder where the term Q-tip comes from?

 

[Mail5398]

People who do not use Q-Tips have gross looking ears full of nasty wax. Yuck.

Q-TIPS RULE!

 

[thomsbrain]

Originally posted by: jagec
Pinky finger.

I haven't gone so redneck as to use my car keys, though

one time my drummer got some tissue stuck in his ear (forgot his earplugs at band practice that day), and my bassist had to fish it out of him using some car keys. good stuff.

personally, i just let the maggots keep me clean. nothing like parasites to cure what ails you.

 

[eLiTeGoodGuy]

car keys

 

[pyonir]

do you ever get pimples in your ear? That could be where the blood is from...

 

[Garuda]

When I was in prison, I would often get skull fvcked in the ear. It wasn't fun, but the semen did clean out my ears real good. :thumbsup:

 

[etalns]

Originally posted by: Garuda
When I was in prison, I would often get skull fvcked in the ear. It wasn't fun, but the semen did clean out my ears real good. :thumbsup:

Someone should beat you with a lead pipe.

 

[Scarpozzi]

Now for my gross earwax story. I also have extreme wax buildup in one ear. It all stems from me being a lifeguard from years ago. I would do these deep dives down to 10-15 feet to retrieve objects in the training. I would often demonstrate these drills during the summers and ended up having earwax problems ever since.

About 3 months ago, my ear canal started itching. I tried cleaning it out with a Qtip gently. I woke up the next day and couldn't hear. I had to make it through the weekend and went to a doctor on monday. He ended up having to fill a surrenge with water and clean it out. There were HUGE chunks of wax coming out of my ear and the force of the water on my ear drum was so great that it caused my throat to burn. (the doc said this was a normal reaction because the brain doesn't know how to handle nerve irritations in the ear canal).

The moral of the story. Never use QTips. The doc showed me the ear tools he had and compared them to the end of a Qtip. The Qtip was about 4 times as large. If you use them and have a lot of ear wax, you're going to end up like I did. Now, I use drops in my ears to help soften the wax. I let warm water run in my ear in the shower and I use those ear wax removal kits... They use Hydrogen Peroxide to help dissolve it. I don't recommend this though because it may irritate the ear canal. Water is the best.

 

[shuan24]

Why do we call them "Q-tips"? Thats kinda insult to the Q Americans.

 

[Klixxer]

You are all pathetic, i use a chainsaw.

 

[OutHouse]

i know Q-tips are bad because they push the wax deeper in the ear. but damn it feels so good to gently spin the Q-tip in my ears. sometimes i want to shake my leg like a dog.

 

[Syringer]

Originally posted by: Garuda
When I was in prison, I would often get skull fvcked in the ear. It wasn't fun, but the semen did clean out my ears real good. :thumbsup:

Brings new meaning to the term virgin ears.

 

[EGGO]

Originally posted by: Arkitech
For some reason one of my ears seems to have more wax than the other, so I try to clean it with qtips at least twice a day. But I don't think its the best idea, especially since tonight I noticed a tiny bit of blood on the qtip. So what do you guys use to clean your ears with?

Loud volumes of music.

 

[JDub02]

Originally posted by: Citrix
i know Q-tips are bad because they push the wax deeper in the ear. but damn it feels so good to gently spin the Q-tip in my ears. sometimes i want to shake my leg like a dog.

i know the feeling .. i hate having water in my ears. q-tips rule.

 

[Amused]

Originally posted by: J0hnny
Don't you guys ever wonder where the term Q-tip comes from?

The Q-tip was invented in the 1920's Leo Gerstenzang (a Polish-born American). His wife had used a toothpick with cotton stuck on the end to clean their baby's ears, and Leo invented Q-tips to replace her jury-rigged invention.

Gerstenzang's original Q-tips consisted of a wooden stick swathed in cotton at both ends; much later, the wood was replaced by white cardboard. Gerstenzang started the Infant Novelty Company to sell Q-tips (which he then called Baby Gays); in 1926, he changed the name of his product to Q-Tips® Baby Gays. The Q stood for "quality". Eventually, the name changed to Q-tips.

Doctors today advise that you should not use Q-tips to clean inside your ears. Q-tip, however, have many other uses, including cleaning small areas (like jewelry or the space between computer keys), applying glue, spreading paint, etc.