The Hindenburg catastrophe occurred on 6 May, 1937. The cause of the fire remains unknown, though there are multiple theories. Surprisingly, only 36 people perished in the disaster, one of them a ground crewman. The loss of the Hindenburg caused a decline in public interest in airship travel. What would have happened if the Hindenburg had not been lost? Maybe zeppelins would have remained popular. Also the band Led Zeppelin would have had to come up with a different photo for their debut album's cover. Personally, I'd like to fly on an airship some day. But I'm eccentric like that.

Saturday, September 29, 2012

Otic Thoughts from the White Board - Sept 29

That's "Otic," meaning of the ear.  Learned that back when I was in Pharamcy Technician school.  Boy that seems like a long time ago.

Now why would I bring up something like that, you ask?  Well I did something kind of dumb last night.  I was using a Q-Tip to clean my ears, and I was kinda tired, so my hand accidentally slipped and jammed the thing into my ear canal.  Much deeper than intended.  I hit something in there.  And it hurts.

I don't recall enough anatomy to know what I smacked into in my ear, but now it is all plugged up in there and quite painful.  I imagine I am on my way to having an ear infection. 

They should have to put this warning on every single Q-Tip, for those of us too dumb to read the box (or in my case, to take it seriously).  Boy, that would make the price of the things go up, I tell ya. / Source: NakedLoon.com  - I kid you not, that's where I got it from.

I've been doing this offending practice for years; that is, putting a Q-Tip in my ear, not blogging or complaining, though I've done both of those for years as well.  I have finally managed to do some harm, and now I'm ruing the day.  Ruing, I tells ya!

Article entitled "Q-Tips: Weapons of Ear Destruction" from WebMD.com. Thankfully, I don't use them often. Probably significantly less so now. Ouch.


Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it with the handle of anxiety or the handle of faith. - Henry Ward Beecher

And now, here come the ear quotes...

Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice. - William Shakespeare

The ear is the avenue to the heart. - Voltaire

Men who have a pierced ear are better prepared for marriage - they've experienced pain and bought jewelry. - Rita Rudner



The parting comment:

Source: LolSnaps.com
My last parting comment was sexist. Think I can get out of trouble with one of these? And what florist in my local area carries them, I wonder? "Ooh hunie, they smell good and they let me get that nice pair of shoes I've been wanting. How did you know?"

1 comment:

  1. Believe it or not, this parting comment is a bit sexist too.

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