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Monday, October 30, 2006
Ears
In honor of the Orange Man Project, the link to which a friend of mine has been passing around the email recently, I thought I'd blog on the subject of another seemingly natural human phenomenon.. or at least a phenomenon that seems to effect me: that one ear is more directly connected to the respiratory system than the other.
So, here's the experiment I urge you all to try - get some cotton wool buds and give your left ear a good poking. Stick it in far enough so that you can pull out some yellowy wax (but not far enough to actually, you know, penetrate your ear drum). Once you're all done with that try the same thing with the other ear.
Now, here's where the interesting bit comes in.... did poking your right ear make you cough?? And, if so, why didn't you get involuntary coughing when you poked your left ear? These, I feel, are some of the most crucial and profound questions of our times. Unfortunately, I do not have a logical answer to offer. Feel free to leave a comment if you can think of one..!!
So, here's the experiment I urge you all to try - get some cotton wool buds and give your left ear a good poking. Stick it in far enough so that you can pull out some yellowy wax (but not far enough to actually, you know, penetrate your ear drum). Once you're all done with that try the same thing with the other ear.
Now, here's where the interesting bit comes in.... did poking your right ear make you cough?? And, if so, why didn't you get involuntary coughing when you poked your left ear? These, I feel, are some of the most crucial and profound questions of our times. Unfortunately, I do not have a logical answer to offer. Feel free to leave a comment if you can think of one..!!
