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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
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 Posted - 05/09/2012 : 08:34:55
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Here's a hypothesis that desperately needs testing: the Q-Tip is the Most-Abused Product Ever (MAPE). I don't know anyone who doesn't stick them in their ear canals, contrary to the written warning(s) on the box (and those commercials back in the 70s).
Can anyone think of any competition for the title? Sure, lots of people huff paint, but I think the per capita rate of paint abuse is minuscule compared to that of Q-Tip abuse.
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Hal
Skeptic Friend
USA
302 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2012 : 08:54:33 [Permalink]
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To stretch the definition, I'd say that fingers/hands are probably stuck in more places they don't belong than just about anything else*. My hand is nicely configured for clearing solid debris from my kitchen garbage disposal.
* Stretching further to metaphorical misapplications, noses almost certainly lead, hands-down.
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ThorGoLucky
Snuggle Wolf
USA
1486 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2012 : 09:05:45 [Permalink]
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| A while back, Steven Novella in the SGU podcast explained that it was not necessary to swab ears as I had been taught by my mom when I was a kid. I took Steven up on it and stopped doing so. My ears itched more and more until after three months, I couldn't tolerate it anymore. It took several Q-tips to swab my ears clean and end the infernal itching. Perhaps I destroyed my ears' natural ability of self cleaning due to swabbing since I was a child. Hmm. |
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BigPapaSmurf
SFN Die Hard
3192 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2012 : 09:52:41 [Permalink]
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Hmm, it's a close match with "Standing on the last step/top of a ladder", "Not balancing a ladder on proper footing", "Standing on one foot on a ladder", several other ladder rules and "sleeping with an electric space heater/blanket/heating pad"
Theres probably a warning in TV manuals about not watching for more than two hours at a time or something, the most flouted rule will be one that no one is even aware of... unless we count things that include the rule HOT! DONT TOUCH!
The ladder though probably has more rules broken each usage, it will never compete with the number of people who qtip wrong. |
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
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Posted - 05/09/2012 : 10:34:31 [Permalink]
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I only use Q-tips to clean stuff like my keyboard. I would never stick one in my ear. There are drops for that sort of thing though it's not a problem that I have, so I've never used them.
I have definitely fallen from ladders. But I suspect that my ladder time is much more than your average persons, being that it's a tool of my trade. |
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podcat
Skeptic Friend
435 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2012 : 11:13:40 [Permalink]
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| I thought that title went to Happy Fun Ball. |
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
9687 Posts |
 Posted - 05/09/2012 : 14:00:40 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dave W.
I don't know anyone who doesn't stick them in their ear canals, contrary to the written warning(s) on the box (and those commercials back in the 70s).
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Are you seriously trying to convince me that isn't the intended use?
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 05/09/2012 : 21:40:39 [Permalink]
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Here in the Catholic Philippines, this is probably the product most often not used according to instructions:
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The Rat
SFN Regular
Canada
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Posted - 05/10/2012 : 06:09:32 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Hal
To stretch the definition, I'd say that fingers/hands are probably stuck in more places they don't belong than just about anything else*. My hand is nicely configured for clearing solid debris from my kitchen garbage disposal.
* Stretching further to metaphorical misapplications, noses almost certainly lead, hands-down.
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A good friend of mine has often posed the question "If you're not supposed to pick your nose, why are your nostrils and your fingers the same size?" |
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Hal
Skeptic Friend
USA
302 Posts |
Posted - 05/10/2012 : 07:31:24 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by The Rat
Originally posted by Hal
To stretch the definition, I'd say that fingers/hands are probably stuck in more places they don't belong than just about anything else*. My hand is nicely configured for clearing solid debris from my kitchen garbage disposal.
* Stretching further to metaphorical misapplications, noses almost certainly lead, hands-down.
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A good friend of mine has often posed the question "If you're not supposed to pick your nose, why are your nostrils and your fingers the same size?"
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As good an argument for Intelligent Design as any, I suppose. My point was actually that noses, like fingers, get stuck in a lot of places they don't belong, with even more disastrous consequences!
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alienist
Skeptic Friend
USA
210 Posts |
Posted - 05/10/2012 : 11:54:35 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by ThorGoLucky
A while back, Steven Novella in the SGU podcast explained that it was not necessary to swab ears as I had been taught by my mom when I was a kid. I took Steven up on it and stopped doing so. My ears itched more and more until after three months, I couldn't tolerate it anymore. It took several Q-tips to swab my ears clean and end the infernal itching. Perhaps I destroyed my ears' natural ability of self cleaning due to swabbing since I was a child. Hmm.
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Sometimes allergies can cause itching. Have you noticed if your ears itch more during certain times? |
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alienist
Skeptic Friend
USA
210 Posts |
Posted - 05/10/2012 : 11:56:20 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by The Rat
Originally posted by Hal
To stretch the definition, I'd say that fingers/hands are probably stuck in more places they don't belong than just about anything else*. My hand is nicely configured for clearing solid debris from my kitchen garbage disposal.
* Stretching further to metaphorical misapplications, noses almost certainly lead, hands-down.
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A good friend of mine has often posed the question "If you're not supposed to pick your nose, why are your nostrils and your fingers the same size?"
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Nose picking is the most common cause of nose bleeds. |
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ThorGoLucky
Snuggle Wolf
USA
1486 Posts |
Posted - 05/10/2012 : 16:51:52 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by alienist
Originally posted by ThorGoLucky
A while back, Steven Novella in the SGU podcast explained that it was not necessary to swab ears as I had been taught by my mom when I was a kid. I took Steven up on it and stopped doing so. My ears itched more and more until after three months, I couldn't tolerate it anymore. It took several Q-tips to swab my ears clean and end the infernal itching. Perhaps I destroyed my ears' natural ability of self cleaning due to swabbing since I was a child. Hmm.
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Sometimes allergies can cause itching. Have you noticed if your ears itch more during certain times?
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No.
I have only one data point from one biased subject. I should try my experiment again. Then I can get two data points from the same biased subject! |
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
26020 Posts |
Posted - 05/10/2012 : 18:52:21 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by alienist
Nose picking is the most common cause of nose bleeds. |
[Chief Wiggum] Remember, Ralphie, if your nose bleeds it means you're picking it too much... or not enough. [/Chief Wiggum] |
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