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?"