Dumber Than The Police Permit (3)

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I own ear plugs. I take them with me when I go on holiday. One never knows about one's neighbours in a hotel. This is what happened to me last winter: I left the gas heating on when I went to bed because it had become cold. I can hear well and the noise of the gas flame disturbed me. I decided to put something in my ear but was too lazy to get up and fetch my ear plugs which are in the bathroom. I tore a piece of tissue off the one I have under my pillow to blow my nose, rolled it into a firm plug and put one into each ear. I've done that before, in bed and especially during Turkish wedding parties. I'm not a fan of Turkish music blaring for hours at high volume. It helped and I fell asleep. This morning I took the improvised ear plugs out or rather tried to do it. I could get the right one out easily. The left one, however, was too small and I couldn't grip a corner with my fingers to pull it out. I have a little thingy with which I can clean my ear. I used it but to no avail. Pincers didn't help, either. The operation was impeded by the fact that I couldn't look into my ear while poking in it. I asked my husband to help. Unfortunately, he didn't succeed, either. As I learnt later, we both pressed the tissue deeper into the ear instead of loosening it. Things like that always happen during the weekend, of course. No ear, nose and throat specialist was working. I pondered if I should wait until Monday but my hearing was impeded and I didn't like the feeling. In the afternoon I decided to go to the emergency doctors of the local hospital. Not surprisingly, many other patients were waiting there. Providently, I took a newspaper and a newsmagazine with me. After two hours and a quarter a doctor called me in. It's kind of funny when an elderly lady says that she's put something in her ear she shouldn't have. It's more fitting for a kindergartner, isn't it? The doctor couldn't suppress a smile. The whole procedure lasted only two or three minutes. I promised not to do it again! ----- You can find the other instalment when you click on the green bar at the top of the site. ----- I've found the picture on pinterest. A brilliant idea from hindering the cotton pad from disappearing in your ear.