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- From: james@sst.ph.ic.ac.uk (James Kew)
- Subject: Re: Handwriting (was: Spelling Flame)
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- Date: Mon, 17 Aug 92 11:30:53 BST
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- In article <24857@castle.ed.ac.uk>
- JHenderson, egpv29@castle.ed.ac.uk writes:
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- >There was a jolly worrying article in the Torygraph recently about a
- >woman who went deaf after drying some water from her ear with a
- >cotton bud. The doctor they spoke to says he sees 2-3 people a day
- >with problems caused this way. Apparently it's quite easy to
- >dislodge them little hearing bones. From now on, my ears are staying
- >dirty, and if that offends you, tough!
-
- Erm, aren't "them little hearing bones" safely tucked away on the
- _other_ side of the eardrum? Or do you clean your ears via the
- Eustachian tubes?
-
- Mind you, I guess a perforated eardrum isn't all that much fun either.
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