Off-topic: The strange life of Q-tips, the most bizarre thing people buy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/01/20/we-have-a-q-tips-problem/
Q-tips are one of the most perplexing things for sale in
America. Plenty of consumer products are widely used in ways
other than their core function -- books for leveling tables,
newspapers for keeping fires aflame, seltzer for removing
stains, coffee tables for resting legs -- but these cotton swabs
are distinct. Q-tips are one of the only, if not the only, major
consumer products whose main purpose is precisely the one the
manufacturer explicitly warns against.
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And we *all* don't use them as directed. The technical term for the jolt
many people get out of using Q-Tips the wrong way ... is appropriately
called *eargasm*. And use the named Q-Tip brand only! The knockoffs aren't
worth even thinking about.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein ([email protected]): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
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