[Trevor]

"Don Pearce" wrote in message
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The doctor was, of course, talking about Q-tips when he made his elbow
remark.

A point that seems to have been lost in the retelling.

For a normal, healthy person the ears are self-cleaning and
need no extra prodding, which is more likely to push the accumulated
wax up against the ear drum than remove it.

Yeah, I could never see much point in Q-tips for the ears. They do have
other uses IME.

Trevor.