My best ever hi-fi upgrade - and it didn't cost a penny!

[swee'pea99]

All I needed was an old milk bottle and a peen:


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQu8nY3CXIw

 

[tom73]

Then on operation to fix your busted ear drum.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

pardon?

 

[AndyRM]

Gonna be fun pulling that peen out of his ear...

 

[Threevok]

We had a guy here in work who we had to rush to A&E for sticking a pen in his ear, which was OK, until the top stayed in there on removal

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

I tried that and the water came out the other ear. Is that supposed to happen?

 

[raleighnut]

Then on operation to fix your busted ear drum.

I'm with Tom, it looks an easy way to rupture your eardrum

Oh and BTW I've had my ears 'syringed' a couple of times, it didn't cost me a penny.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I tried that and the water came out the other ear. Is that supposed to happen?

Nope it's meant to come out of your nose.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

We had a guy here in work who we had to rush to A&E for sticking a pen in his ear, which was OK, until the top stayed in there on removal

A&E are well used to the removal of bodies, foreign from orifices, various

 

[swee'pea99]

I'm with Tom, it looks an easy way to rupture your eardrum

Oh and BTW I've had my ears 'syringed' a couple of times, it didn't cost me a penny.

Nah - it's really easy & there's no way you're going to harm yourself. At worst it won't work, but it did for me - in spades. I thought my right ear was a bit blocked. When I cleared it I realised just how blocked my left ear was. I did ask at my GP about syringing, but they said they 'don't offer that service anymore'. Oh.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Nah - it's really easy & there's no way you're going to harm yourself. At worst it won't work, but it did for me - in spades. I thought my right ear was a bit blocked. When I cleared it I realised just how blocked my left ear was. I did ask at my GP about syringing, but they said they 'don't offer that service anymore'. Oh.

By coincidence I am off to an Audiologist on Wednesday to have my right ear syringed - £49.00

Never suffered with ear wax until it started about 4 weeks ago - contacted my GP practice and I went to see a nurse for an ear check. Wax build up confirmed.

They too no longer do syringing because of potential liability claims re perforated eardrums.

I thought that's what Professional Indemnity Insurance was for!

 

[postman]

Would the water from the shower head be as good.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Yes

 

[swee'pea99]

Would the water from the shower head be as good.

Yes

Or to put it another way, no. You need to squirt into your ear...as against showering onto it. FWIW I also cheated - following my wife's advice, I prepared the groundwork by pipetting warm olive oil into the ear, then leaving it a few hours before going at it with the warm water. But the crap that came out when I swooshed it! (Those of a sensitive disposition may wish to look away now...)

(The 50p wasn't up there - I added that for scale.)

It really is amazing tho' - I feel like I've been living underwater for months, and have just surfaced. Everything's so clear! (And really significantly louder.)

 

[Slick]

Or to put it another way, no. You need to squirt into your ear...as against showering onto it. FWIW I also cheated - following my wife's advice, I prepared the groundwork by pipetting warm olive oil into the ear, then leaving it a few hours before going at it with the warm water. But the crap that came out when I swooshed it! (Those of a sensitive disposition may wish to look away now...)

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(The 50p wasn't up there - I added that for scale.)

It really is amazing tho' - I feel like I've been living underwater for months, and have just surfaced. Everything's so clear! (And really significantly louder.)

May give it a go.