Why does the Q-tips box explain every other way to use Q-tips except for using them to clean out the ear? In fact, the box specifically warns against cleaning out ears with Q-tips. How many people buy Q-tips for the purpose of using them to clean grout or dab on cream (like the box suggests)? I would put good money on betting that 99.5% of Q-tips find their way into ear canals. If the Q-tip company wanted Q-tips to be used for other things, then why do they make the Q-tip the perfect size to put into the ear?
I also bet that a very rich family (with a fortune earned in the 1970s) is out there somewhere that has members who are deaf as doorknobs, but are living large from suing Q-tip makers for not labeling the risks of Q-tip ear cleaning.
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2 comments:
AyDubb said...
I've always heard that you shouldn't stick anything smaller than your elbow into your ear. Clearly the person that said that didn't know the Q-tip's main purpose on this earth was to reach that itch that the elbow can't scratch. I have seen other uses for the things, though. My sister used them to reach the boogies in the noses of her young children when they were still infants, and to clean around their belly buttons post-extrication from the womb...
The Traveler said...
"Why does the Q-tips box explain every other way to use Q-tips except for using them to clean out the ear?"
Two words... Plausible deniability.