My mommy said to not put beans in my ears.

[vanlassie]

17. My little sister (who is on DU so let's see if she reads this!)

stuck a wheat seed in her ear. Mom took her to the doctor and he tried to pull it out, then wash it out, with no luck. So he sent her home, mentioning that it just might be a problem having let that seed get wet, because of the possibility that it might swell up and them it would REALLY be stuck.
So I came home from school later that afternoon to see my sister getting her ear vacuumed - our mother had affixed a drinking straw to the end if the vacuum hose. It worked! But mom later said that she wished she had thought to put a new bag in the machine first! I will never forget her painstakingly sifting through that full bag searching for that stupid seed.