WTF?
Imagine my surprise when I walk into our sitting room shortly before going on holiday to find Lou laid out on the settee with a burning candle sticking out of her ear, my immediate reaction was ‘wot the fug are you up to’? Lou explains that she had bought two pair of these at the boot sale at a quid a pair one for her and one for me and that they are supposed to get rid of your sinus problems and melt you ear wax!
‘Well I certainly aint sticking one of them in my ears they could be bloody dangerous you could set fire to yourself especially with as much hair as you have got’ (she didn’t hear a word) undeterred she burns on but asks me to sit guard till the flame reaches the red mark when it’s time to pull out the burning waxed cone to see the result. In the meantime I look them up on the internet to find that health experts and sceptics are saying that ‘ear candling is dangerous and could do more harm than good’ but my Lou was expecting a bucket of wax by the time the candle was extracted from her ear, “just shout me when it reaches the red mark” I let the candle burn to the last seconds and then NOTHING as she examined the tail end of the EAR HOPI candle, no wax nowt!
However the idea did remind me of a competition we had in the army barracks years ago when some of the lads lay on their back with legs drawn tight to the chest and someone hold a candle to your bum whilst you FART releasing an odorous blue flame almost burning your trousers and overheating your wedding tackle and luncheon box. Much more effective and fun than sticking a candle in your ear dear!
ps; Eer! Lou does not know I have this picture so I could be in trouble once again!