I feel the need to ask this very important question...?

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  1. manlypoetryman profile image80
    manlypoetrymanposted 14 years ago

    There are so many questions on here at times...and this is one that really needs to be answered...too!

    What the heck is Ear Wax made of...and Why the heck does it have to grow in our Ears?

    1. Ron Montgomery profile image61
      Ron Montgomeryposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Because Butt wax would be uncomfortable.

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        Justine76posted 14 years agoin reply to this

        belly button wax isnt to bad, so long as you get some fuzz in there too.

      2. manlypoetryman profile image80
        manlypoetrymanposted 14 years agoin reply to this

        EEEEWWW!

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    Justine76posted 14 years ago

    The skin in the outer ear canal has special glands that produce earwax. The fancy name for this waxy stuff is cerumen

    http://kidshealth.org/kid/talk/yucky/earwax.html

    smile  we just learned this a bit ago, me 'n the kdis.

    1. manlypoetryman profile image80
      manlypoetrymanposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Dang...justine...you got the "know-how" going on...!

      now...what the heck is doing stuck in places that a Q-tip would not even dare to go!

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        Justine76posted 14 years agoin reply to this

        meh, I stab my brain, you get used to it.  I dont understand why its yellow? blech

        1. manlypoetryman profile image80
          manlypoetrymanposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          And crusty!

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            Justine76posted 14 years agoin reply to this

            If its crusty, your leaving it in for too long.  hahahah!!

            1. manlypoetryman profile image80
              manlypoetrymanposted 14 years agoin reply to this

              lol !

  3. mega1 profile image80
    mega1posted 14 years ago

    ours is not to reason why -   -   -

    and I was trying to eat lunch here!

    1. manlypoetryman profile image80
      manlypoetrymanposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      EEEWWW! the topic of ear wax...and lunch...deff do not go together...! That would probably make me hurl...if someone was to come up with a graphic description of ear wax. but...I won't...I'll behave for now.

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        Justine76posted 14 years agoin reply to this

        good luck! I got to go make some bread.

        1. manlypoetryman profile image80
          manlypoetrymanposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          w/ or w/o all the crust?

  4. mega1 profile image80
    mega1posted 14 years ago

    if you save it up you can make a nice lost-wax-casting for a piece of jewelry.  rings.  bracelets!

    1. gramarye profile image59
      gramaryeposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Ah! now you have to write a "how to" hub to explain this!

  5. jayjay40 profile image70
    jayjay40posted 14 years ago

    I had never thought about this before, now I can't stop. EEEEWWWWW!

 
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